Instantly Vaporize Rust With Lasers! (Video)

I’m a tinkerer. I have built and rebuilt guns, done the same for tractors, worked on every vehicle I’ve ever owned, and have even been known to weld up some steel sculptures. In all of those pursuits, I have encountered rust, and it’s usually a problem. Removing rust is usually messy, tedious, inefficient, and slow.[…..]

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Make Silky, Takeout Quality Egg Drop Soup at Home With Cornstarch

Make Silky, Takeout Quality Egg Drop Soup at Home With Cornstarch

Egg drop soup may seem like one of those magical things that can only be acquired from your favorite takeout joint, but it’s actually startlingly easy to make at home. Getting that silky texture is the real trick, but all you need is a little cornstarch.

Once you make your stock (this recipe has all the flavor bases covered), you’ll want to make a slurry of 1 tablespoon soy sauce + 1 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch. Whisk that into about six cups of stock, and let boil until thickened, about two minutes. Beat some eggs with a little sesame oil, and slowly pour them into the hot soup, whisking constantly to form those delightful, wispy strands.

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Google Street View takes you on a South African safari

So you’ve wanted to see African wildlife in its native habitat, but the prospect of booking such an expensive trip makes your bank account weep. What to do? Google can help. It just introduced the Mzansi Experience, a virtual visit to South Africa that uses Street View to give you a sense of the country’s grandiose landscape. On top of seeing elephants, leopards and other fauna, it’ll take you to everything from Cape Town’s Table Mountain through to Durban’s Golden Mile. While this still won’t be as awe-inspiring as a real safari, it’ll require much less effort… and it might even inspire you to go when your finances allow.

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Watch a Bowling Ball Get Shot Out of a Cannon and Smashed into Pieces

Watch a Bowling Ball Get Shot Out of a Cannon and Smashed into Pieces

Would shooting bowling balls out of a cannon make for good artillery? Sort of! The bowling balls whirrs out fast and strong and tries to strike everything in its way. It won’t break everything because if the ball comes in contact with a hard surface, it basically gets smashed into smithereens. Still, it’s a fun little trick to have in the arsenal.

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Run 500 hard-to-find Apple II programs in your web browser

Sure, it’s easy to find ways to run classic Apple II programs like The Oregon Trail or Prince of Persia. But what about that obscure educational title you remember using as a kid? Is it doomed to be forgotten? You might not have to worry. The Internet Archive has announced that its web-based emulation catalog now includes over 500 relatively tough-to-find Apple II programs that might otherwise have disappeared forever. If you remember using the likes of The Quarter Mile or The Observatory, you can fire it up without having to dig your old computer out of storage.

In many cases, it’s almost surprising that the programs are available at all. They come from an era when copy protection frequently involved hardware-specific tricks, and attempts to crack them often broke code or included unsightly credits to the cracking teams involved. Here, that isn’t an issue — the goal is to preserve the software as faithfully as possible. The Internet Archive likely can’t save everything even it keeps expanding its library, but it could prevent large swaths of Apple II history from being reduced to memories.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Building a Realistic R2-D2 Replica

DC2_7442Learn how to build your own R2-D2 and join a dedicated community of Makers bringing Star Wars astromech droids to life. This comprehensive guide will get you started!

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This Amazing Fan Film Showcases All The Things We Love About Darth Maul

This Amazing Fan Film Showcases All The Things We Love About Darth Maul

There is one good thing to come out of Episode I: The Phantom Menace: Darth Maul. This fan film, Darth Maul: Apprentice showcases all of the things that we loved about the red-and-black Sith Lord.

When a team of Jedi Knights stumble upon Maul’s training world, he’s forced to protect his identity and the nature of his training. Fantastic lightsaber battles ensue.

Did we mention that there were some great work with lighsabers here?

This Amazing Fan Film Showcases All The Things We Love About Darth Maul

Beyond just the fighting, this is a really beautifully shot film – the scenery is great, and the team behind the camera knew what they were doing.

There’s been some excellent stories about Maul as well: Michael Reaves’ novel Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter was quite a bit of fun, and the Sith Lord’s appearances in The Clone Wars were surprisingly good.

There’s also a fantastic behind-the-scenes video about how the film was created:

[Comicbook.com]


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