Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje believe they have the best of both worlds. The ice dancers soaked up the show tour environment in two gruelling months spent on the cross-country Thank You Canada Tour. And they have the technical savvy that's earned them three world championship medals in their dozen years together. On Friday night, […]
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Cool Stuff: Grab NECA’s New Michael Myers Figure from ‘Halloween’ 2018, You Know, For Christmas
It’s not exactly in the spirit of Christmas to get excited about an action figure of one of the most notorious slashers from the big screen. But this new action figure of Michael Myers from the recent Halloween revival directed by David Gordon Green is just too perfect not to highlight as a potential Christmas […]
‘Force, intimidation & tear gas’: IDF raids Palestinian news agency to ‘grab CCTV footage’
There was no need for the IDF to raid the Palestinian news agency office in Ramallah and use force and tear gas to seize CCTV footage, as they could have asked for it and got it, WAFA editor Maher Abukhater has said. Israeli soldiers raided the office of the Palestinian news agency WAFA in the […]
The top DoD spokeswoman is allegedly under investigation for asking her staff to grab her laundry and pick up snacks
Top Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White is reportedly under investigation for misusing her staff by sending them to run her personal errands, according to CNN. The investigation has not yet found White to be in violation of any federal rules or policies. The top Pentagon spokeswoman is reportedly under investigation for misusing her staff, CNN reports, […]
This Robot Hand Taught Itself How to Grab Stuff Like a Human
The system, developed by OpenAI, ends up “inventing” characteristic grasps that we humans already commonly use to handle objects. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b5b6f549e34135358301768/master/pass/openai-hand-block-3.jpg
Harvard’s robot arm can grab squishy sea animals without hurting them
As you might imagine, you can’t just grab extra-soft sea creatures like jellyfish or octopuses when you want to study them. Not if you want them to remain intact, anyway. Thankfully, researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have a far more delicate solution. They’ve created a robot arm (the RAD sampler) whose petal-like fingers can quickly […]
Cheerleading daredevils toss their friend to grab mangoes in electrifying VIDEO
A cheerleading team tosses their friend up in the air to grab delicious mangoes from a tree branch in a heart-stoppingly intense video. Showing off their athletic abilities outside an arena, this team of young Filipino athletes spotted a nice-looking tree full of mangoes and decided to practice their moves… to collect fruit. According to […]
Toyota just sunk another $1 billion into Asian ride-sharing giant Grab
Business Insider/Jonathan Loh It’s the second major investment in ride-share giant by Toyota Values Grab around $ 7 billion Recently booked its one-billionth ride See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: THE KRISTIN LEMKAU INTERVIEW: JPMorgan Chase’s CMO explains how she deals with disruption on two fronts at once, why […]
Wanna Pull Water Out of Air? Grab Some Ions or a Weird Sponge
These techniques won’t quench humanity’s thirst, but they’ve got serious potential to help augment water supplies in particularly dry places. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b19c206714d3b70d9ed7ea0/master/pass/water-harvesting-01.jpg
How much it costs to grab a pint of beer around the world
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Guinness If you’re planning a trip to Manila or Prague, you’re in luck — those cities have some of the cheapest prices for beer around the world. Deutsche Bank analysts collected data on how much it costs to buy a pint of beer in a neighborhood pub in the expat […]