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marți, 24 iulie 2012

Damn Cool Pics

Japanese Smart Trashbox
Germany's 2012 Hipster Olympics
Actors Who Pose Exactly The Same
Extreme Daguerrotype Hair Styles 1850s - 1870s
Child Safety in Cars [Infographic]
The Doing-a-lot-of-Nothing Congress [infographic]

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Japanese inventor Minokur posts a video of his latest invention: the "Smart Trashbox," a battery-operated trash can that uses XBox Kinect technology to track falling pieces of trash and move around the room to catch them.

Germany's 2012 Hipster Olympics

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:40 PM PDT

Believe it or not there is an actual "Hipster Olympics" with actual events, such as "horn-rimmed glasses toss" and skinny jeans tog o' war" held in Germany.

Attendees wait in line to enter the second annual Hipster Olympics.

Attendees sign up to compete.

An attendee takes a photo of 'early Hipsters,' author Jack Kerouac and "Family Matters" Steve Urkel.

Participants of the "Hipster Olympiade" (Hipster Olympics) throw horn-rimmed glasses.

Participants compete in a Crate Race.

Contestants compete in an event in which they must suck the "pearls" out of a cup of the ubiquitous bubble tea.

A team celebrates after winning a round of Skinny Keans Tug O' War.

Members of the winning team, Jam FM, celebrate after winning the second annual Hipster Olympics on July 21, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.

A member of the winning team, Jam FM, celebrates after receiving his medal.

Images by Adam Berry / Getty Images
Via Buzzfeed

Actors Who Pose Exactly The Same

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Maybe these actors should try a little variety when it comes to posing for their movie covers.

Extreme Daguerrotype Hair Styles 1850s - 1870s

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:37 PM PDT

When people think of bad hair, the '80s pop to mind but it looks like the mid to late 1800's might have them beat according to this collection of shots from Retronaut.

We're not sure we even want to think about kind of styling products were involved.

Via Retronaut

Child Safety in Cars [Infographic]

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT

Did you know that car crashes are the #1 killer of children in America? Or that 72% of 3500 observed car and booster seats were misused in a way that could increase a child's risk of injury?

From the first car ride home from the hospital on, parents are responsible for making sure their child is safe during each car trip. The designers of this infographic uncovered above fact while researching car safety seats.

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ViaCarInsurance.org

The Doing-a-lot-of-Nothing Congress [infographic]

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Lawmakers have sent only 54 bills to President Obama so far this year, making it one of the least productive sessions on record. Most of the new laws are trivial.

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