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This German University Has Slides

This beats Hofstra University’s Unispan by a mile. A fun, slippery-slidey mile. In the Mathematik/Informatik building of the Technical University of Munich, Garching campus, there are two four-story parabolic slides. They’re not display art for looking at. They are for sliding. By anyone in the building. Best. College. Ever.

Between this and the dog who gave birth to 17 puppies, Germany wins this week.

(via Makezine)

Terminator Bust Made of Legos

Why, good morning. I’ll bet you were wondering what a Terminator made of Legos would look like. Wonder no more. Though I’m wondering what it would look like when it shattered then reformed. Probably slower than in the movie.

(via Makezine)

For the Computer-Icon-Wall-Hanging Lover In Your Life

If you think you’ve officially run out of gift ideas, give something familiar. Something technical, but less rigid. Something they could be completely sick of looking at … onscreen.

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The Ocarina of Egg

We already knew you could make an ocarina out of wood, clay, bone, gourd, or plastic, and that sometimes elf chicks or princesses will give them to you, but YouTuber heita3 has now shown us that you can make an ocarina out of an egg. (h/t Make )

Provided you have a couple different drill bits, a light touch, and probably a lot of patience.  Be prepared to hear every song from your Beginner’s Piano Workbook

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Robotic Rubik’s Cube Solver in Action

As tough as Rubik’s Cubes might be to solve for you, it turns out that all you need to solve a 4×4 cube is some LEGO Mindstorms parts, a mass-market LEGO programmable robotics kit, and a Nokia smartphone from three years ago.

The execution is the tricky part:

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How to Make a Giant Octopus

Exactly what it sounds like: an instructional video on how to make a lifelike stop-motion giant octopus, courtesy of a resourceful Swedish animator who made it for a friend’s film.

The detailed instruction on puppet construction from Chavant clay sculpture to armature to paint are fascinating enough, but it’s worth sitting through the film to check out the Cthulhu-like giant tentacle attack in its final three minutes.

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