Digital illustrator Chris Labrooy continues to experiment with radically unusual car designs by creating ludicrous CGI vehicle concepts based on VW Beetles, Datsuns, and Citroen C3s. Since we first mentioned his Auto Aerobics series, Labrooy decided to bring a few of his ideas to life in a series of animations titled Cut & Shut and […]

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. Southwest (all times local): 7:54 a.m. A drone that was spotted flying over a massive wildfire in northern Arizona temporarily grounded all firefighting aircraft Wednesday night. Officials say the drone endangered the lives of firefighters and limited their ...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps growing bigger and bigger, and since two new additions are premiering soon, Marvel is happy to keep tantalizing us with little updates. Today, the most substantial news comes […] The post Marvel Gives Us an Inhumans Trailer, Miles Morales and a Bug Hero Team Up appeared first on Geek.com.

For weeks I’ve been letting you know about the plethora of cool, smaller, indie games on the Nintendo Switch. But let’s be real. For many, the next true game of note to hit […] The post Hands-On: Super Mario Odyssey and Other E3 Nintendo Switch Games That Aren’t Zelda appeared first on Geek.com.

Is Baby Driver Good Very good! Wow! That sounds enthusiastic! It’s been a rough year… So what’s this one about? It’s a bank-heist/car-chase/young-adult/romance/action/musical/comedy set in Atlanta, Georgia. …you’re gonna have to be more […] The post MovieBob Reviews: BABY DRIVER (2017) appeared first on Geek.com.

We don’t see as many movie tie-in games like we used to back in the day. These sort of titles have a certain stigma surrounding them — usually, because most turn out to […] The post The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game is Film Tie-In Worthy of Your Attention appeared first on Geek.com.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Whale-watching is a growing tourist business in many parts of the world, and delegates to an international whale conference in South Africa say guidelines to protect the animals are increasingly needed. Dylan Walker, CEO of the World Cetacean Alliance, says 13 million people annually board boats to ...

Relationships between siblings are filled with contradictions: love, protection, competition, envy. Embracing in one moment, wrestling in the next, this dynamic is acted out over the course of a lifetime.

Orville and Wilbur Wright may have paved the way for aviation. But a team of researchers at MIT are adding a new twist on human-invented flight. Students of the Computer Science and Artificial […] The post MIT Has the Flying/Driving Drones You’re Looking For appeared first on Geek.com.

Orville and Wilbur Wright may have paved the way for aviation. But a team of researchers at MIT are adding a new twist on human-invented flight. Students of the Computer Science and Artificial […] The post MIT Has the Flying/Driving Drones You’re Looking For appeared first on Geek.com.

Apple has reportedly acquired eye-tracking solutions firm SensoMotoric Instruments. According to MacRumors, the German computer vision company recently filed documents outlining new articles of incorporation, and stripped its website of information about its […] The post Report: Apple Acquires German Eye-Tracking Firm appeared first on Geek.com.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican donors paid $35,000 apiece to hear familiar a message from President Donald Trump: The media, particularly CNN, keep trying to take him down, and yet Republicans just keep on winning elections. He noted with pride that his party had won four special elections this year. The ...

Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany presents “Monobloc – A Chair for the World” through July 9, 2017.The white plastic chair is the most widely used piece of furniture in the world. As the quintessential example of a mass consumer product, the Monobloc chair can be found wherever there is a need for cheap seating – be it in European gardens, African cafés or Asian restaurants. The exhibition »Monobloc – A Chair for the World«, tells the story of this ubiquitous and little researched everyday item. Based on 20 objects, the show examines the history and the cultural connotations of a chair that has put its mark upon the world. »Monobloc« is the third temporary exhibition in the Schaudepot, built in 2016 and designed by Basel-based architects Herzog & de Meuron. The exhibition is supplemented by extensive background information and images of the Monobloc in many different contexts – from garden parties to political crisis zones. The show gives insight into the technical development of the Monobloc and its specific cultural connotations.The exhibition is on view at Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Str. 2, D-79576 Weil am Rhein. For details, visit: http://www.design-museum.de Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - More than 600 Arizona firefighters are bracing for persistent windy conditions as they battle a northern Arizona fire that has charred 32 square miles (83 square kilometers) of dense shrubbery. The fire is burning in communities around Prescott, a mountain city about 100 miles (160.9 ...

BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Senate is considering a bill that would require drivers to put down their cellphones while behind the wheel. Under the measure scheduled for debate on Thursday, motorists would only be allowed to use their cellphones, or other electronic devices such as GPSs, in hands-free mode. ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Officials in Buffalo are welcoming the expansion of ride-sharing services as a way to reduce alcohol-related crashes. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown joined Erie County District Attorney John Flynn and local law enforcement leaders Wednesday to praise the arrival of ride-hailing companies Lyft and Uber in upstate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was whisked a few blocks from the White House to the Trump hotel on Wednesday night for his first re-election fundraiser, where he raised an estimated $10 million behind closed doors. Some 40 months ahead of the 2020 election, the president held court for ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - A husband and wife were injured when a bison rammed them as they were taking photographs in Yellowstone National Park. Park officials say 74-year-old Theodore Schrader and 72-year-old Patsy Holmes, of Heber City, Utah, were on a boardwalk at Mud Volcano when the bison ...

With new of a Rocko’s Modern Life reboot and film coming, it’s time to dig back into the quirky and weird world of Rocko with this helpful gift guide. If you’ve got fans […] The post Turn The Page, Wash Your Hands With This Rocko’s Modern Life Gift Guide appeared first on Geek.com.

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Brooklyn-based photographer Ben Zank has an eye for the unusual. Strange juxtapositions, awkward inconveniences, and often the ongoing struggle of life itself are all expressed through his surreal photography. Zank often portrays figures (some of which are self-portraits) as physically encumbered with faces obscured or turned away from the camera, seemingly in the throes of […]

Most of us run our lives through our computers, so they’re obviously important. But goddamn are they expensive too. And when we do buy one, technology move so quickly that our laptops seem […] The post Simple Geek’s Guide to Speeding Up Your Old Laptop appeared first on Geek.com.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Two South Carolina lawmakers have proposed that the site where the Civil War began be raised in status to a national park. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford on Wednesday introduced legislation creating the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Park as the ...

If there’s one thing that the modern world teaches us, it’s that everything changes. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen massive paradigm shifts in just about every aspect of human existence, from […] The post Sexy Robots Help Cure Erectile Dysfunction appeared first on Geek.com.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Carnegie Science Center has received its largest gift, a $7.5 million donation from PPG and its corporate foundation for the interactive museum in Pittsburgh. The gift is part of more than $42.5 million being spent on a new 37,000-square-foot wing that will be known as the ...