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The rise of the Jesuit Terminators was so slow, so seemingly harmless that by the time the final models were deployed, it was far too late to stop them.

Radiolab has an excellent story about one of the most fascinating clockwork automatons ever made, a 15-inch high figure of a well-known miraculous monk, San Diego de Alcalá. The story is a bit apocryphal but the gist is this: the son of the King of Spain, Don Carlos, fell down a set of stairs in 1562 and fell into a deep illness due to his injuries. The King …
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I hate myself for even thinking, let alone linking, but… Welcome to Soylent Brown.

Some hardcore carnivores have a hard time finding meat alternatives such as soy protein or tofu burgers to be palatable. But non-meat eaters may lose their appetite along with their carnivorous friends over this one – a meat alternative made from HUMAN EXCREMENT. Yep, you heard me correctly — Japanese scientist Mitsyuki Ikeda has developed a “burger” made from soya, steak sauce essence, and protein extracted from human feces. Hit the break for a video explaining the process!

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Lovely, simply lovely. Next steps, imbue with life, mass production, dominate world.

Executed by vrogy, from Thingiverse user dino-girl’s “spiderasaur” plans. We have featured vrogy’s work many times beofre; check the links below for some of my personal faves.

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• Inside The Halo Armor With Vrogy
• Sandcast Aluminum Decepticon Symbol
• Vrogy’S Halo 3 Marine Armor

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While that’s a substantial chunk of change, I disagree with the “impractical” tag. Depending on how it performs, I can think of some interesting uses for it in the outdoor crowd.

Most stoves produce heat that far exceeds the temperature necessary to boil water, but TES NewEnergy has found a way to convert that excess energy into power, which can subsequently be used to charge your USB gadgets. Released yesterday in Japan, the Hitochaja HC-5 USB power pot can generate up to 400mAh of juice — enough to charge your iPhone in three to five hours. Considering …
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Beloved science fiction and fantasy writer Terry Pratchett has terminal early-onset Alzheimer’s. He’s determined to have the option of choosing the time and place of his death, rather than enduring the potentially horrific drawn-out death that Alzheimer’s sometimes brings. But Britain bans assisted suicide, and Pratchett is campaigning to have the law changed. As part of this, he has visited Switzerland’s Dignitas clinic, an assisted suicide facility, with a BBC camera crew, as part of a documentary will include Britain’s first televised suicide. Pratchett took home Dignitas’s assisted suicide consent forms.

He said: “The only thing