Sunday, April 27, 2014

Pro Golfer Knocks Drone Out of Sky With Golf Ball

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Take this as your warning, drones: don’t mess with golfers


Pro golfer Keegan Bradley was annoyed by a drone flying overhead during putting practice, so he decided to take matters into his own club-swinging hands. He drove his golf ball toward the drone four times, finally striking it out of the air



The DJI Phantom drone was equipped with a GoPro, so we get firsthand footage of the quadcopter crashing into the ground


And while the entire encounter seems somewhat (read: completely) staged by Putnam Investments, you can’t deny Bradley’s got aim — and, apparently, a distaste for drones Read more…


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VH1's New PSA Tries to Bring Humor to Anti-Bullying Awareness

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Sometimes, humor can be an effective way to address serious issues. It can especially be welcome among a sea of somber PSAs — as long as the message doesn’t miss the mark.


VH1′s latest anti-bullying PSA offers a light-hearted rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” mashed up with kids who look like they’ve been pulled straight out of a 1980s teen movie. Unsurprisingly called “Revenge of the Nerds,” the ad highlights the things kids tell themselves to cope with being bullied — namely, that they will have revenge one day.



As well produced and humorous as the ad is, one can argue that it does little in the way of campaigning against bullying Read more…


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Money Can't Buy Trustworthiness

It’s not so much the class you’re raised in that determines how trustworthy you are. It’s your socioeconomic status right now, relative to those around you.
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If Not Pine Tar, Then What?

Baseball rules prohibit the application of any "foreign substance," but over the years offenders have been known to use petroleum jelly, sunscreen, and of course good, old-fashioned disgusting spit. Why not widen the field of choices?
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A User's Guide To Parody Religions

Our prophet explains that we may know what gravity is, but we don’t know the cause of it, thus, “What if it is He, pushing us down with His Noodly Appendages, that causes this force?”
A User's Guide To Parody Religions

Eternal Bachelor George Clooney Is (Allegedly) Engaged

Eternal bachelor George Clooney could finally be settling down — the actor is engaged to beautiful lawyer Amal Alamuddin, sources tell Page Six.
Eternal Bachelor George Clooney Is (Allegedly) Engaged

Legend Confirmed: Atari 2600 'E.T.' Game Discovered at New Mexico Dig

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After decades of video game lore surrounding a supposed treasure trove of discarded E.T. game cartridges from the '80s, on Saturday an excavation crew in Alamogordo, New Mexico uncovered the truth


Breaking through huge mounds of dirt, concrete and refuse, the crew, which began setting up the dig on Thursday, unearthed the proof of what was once only urban legend: Atari 2600 cartridges for the E.T. video game buried in the desert



Surrounded by several hundred game fans and media reporters, on site to record the event, workers revealed the last remnants of the Atari 2600 video game adaptation of the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Read more...

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Family Dog Helps Man With Alzheimer's Regain Speech

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Charles Sasser of Albuquerque, N.M. has become nearly mute in the past year due to Alzheimer's, a degenerative brain disease that he was diagnosed with five years ago


But his family was pleasantly surprised to see that Sasser's interactions with their dog Roscoe helped him briefly regain the ability to piece together full conversational sentences



Sasser's daughter Lisa Abeyta told ABC News that one conversation she recorded went on for almost an hour (she later edited it down for the video, above). This was the first time their family had seen Sasser communicate with such interest and liveliness Read more...

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LG G3 picture leaked, shows back mounted keys

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Rumors about the upcoming LG G3 have been floating around for a while now, but finally we have a picture of the device. The photo shows the back of the phone, and while it’s not the best quality, it does tell quite a bit about it.


We can see that LG will be keeping the back mounted keys on the back of the device, thought they have been redesigned. The picture also shows some sort of sensor next to the camera. We don’t yet know what kind of sensor that will be. Keep an eye out for more details!


Source: GSMArena



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Inside The Science Of The Most Futuristic Surgery Ever Imagined

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, combines neurology, neurosurgery and electrical engineering and casual conversations in the operating room between doctors and their wide-awake patients.