French YouTube user ioduremetallique, has made a robotic arm that reaches inside vending machines, and pilfers multiple cans of soda. The video shows how the robot works inside and outside of the vending machine. The only downfall is that the video is in French.
Michael Montgomery, a glorified pot reporter, got a rude awakening when he ate brownies he didn’t know contained a high dose of medical marijuana. This animated video uses Montgomery’s hairy experience as subtext to explore the growth of marijuana into a mainstream recreational and medicinal substance in California.
A Cape Town couple from Norrdhoek, Sally and Stan Hannath are undertaking a road trip from Norway to Norrdhoek. The aim of the trip ios to rais awaerness for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hosptial in Johannseburg. THe cape2cape4kids road expedition will cover 27 countries and will run form June to October 2013.
Vespa scooters are icon’s of style. They’re a design legacy on two wheels, with chrome trimmings and achres of storage space. They’re stylish, sleek, safe, and powerful. And they can also drop wheelies like boss.
Since man first penetrated Earth’s atmosphere, a slew of garbage has been piling up in Near Space. The majority of the junk up there is from space shuttles. Heiner Klinkrad, a European Space Agency (ESA) space expert estimates there to be about 27,000 objects in orbit, travelling 80 times faster than a passenger jet, and that number grows, daily.
Winter’s coming, which might depress you. But who said you had to be outside in order to take a dip? Imagine a world where you could break out your bikini or speedo anytime you wanted, even if it was snowing outside? Of course zi Tjermans have already made such a thing possible. This mindblowing indoor […]
WATCH how the inspirational words of Nelson Mandela are taking over Times Square. Absolutely beautiful!
We’re big fans of Foosball over here at 2oceansvibe. In fact, we even have our own custom foosball table. But we’re pretty sure all of us would get owned by this guy. Check out this foosball goal, scored like a boss
Audio dating back 128 years, has been restored of Alexander Graham Bell, which was previously thoguht to tbe ‘unplayable’. Researchers at Berkley have developed technology that is capable of restoring audio, from Thomas Edison’s recording to the supposed first recording ever.
This year’s L’Iris d’Or, the Sony World Photography Awards Photographer of the Year, went to 32 year old Andrea Gjestvang from Norway. Gjestvang beat out 122,000 hopeful entries from 170 different countries. Check out her photo, and other winners
It took Rupert Murdoch 40 years to get to $1 billion, Mark Zuckerberg did it in three – awkward. And Zuckerberg’s net worth is $2,1 billion more than Murdoch. The fight between old media and new media is waging. Clearly the new media kids are faster, stronger and better. Either way they are all still super wealthy.
Contracted Hyundai advertising agency, Innocean was manadated to create an ad to show off the new ix35’s fairly amazing 100% water emission feature… And they ballsed up. Or did they?
What is the world coming to. Yes, Saudi Arabia has strict Sharia Law, but deporting three gentlemen because they are just too good looking and the woman may not know how to control themselves? Take a look at one of the dashing deportees.
When people have their friends over for dinner, they generally impress the guests by presenting them with a home-cooked lamb tagine with apricots and spicy couscous, or creme brûlée, at the most. No one expects the host to whip out a pint of home made ice cream. That kind of thing is NEXT LEVEL
R1 billion scandal rocks PetroSA. Bieber bus drug bust in Sweden. SA Banks’ unsecured credit exposure Tops R400bn. Gwyneth Paltrow goes commando. Was Ace Of Base musician a neo nazi? Victoria’s Secret angel ditches modelling for God.
Now that Oscar has been given bail and granted the right to travel, conversation has returned to his statement and how it will hold up in a court of law. We have investigated the alternatives.
Inbox zero is an almost-mythical technological Nirvana that we all strive for. Seeing as most of us make a living out of the information in our inbox, a stress free life really does mean a big fat zero. Seth explores how to get there.
This place is so geared for living the holiday, it comes with its own separate guest cottage. Honestly, that’s naughty. Parents visiting? Here’s your own cottage, mom. Not the family type? Fine. You have yourself a ready-made staff quarters right there, my friend. And it’s all spitting distance from the waves
The smartphone industry has become a boxing ring, with top companies – Samsung – taking a stab at competitors to benefit their product. Samsung was recently embarassed for paying college student to write reviews about their products and face them up against HTC, and they seem to back at it.
Russian historian, Andrei Lankov lived in Pyongyang in the 1980’s, where he was an exchange student. His forthcoming book takes a look at how the government established a tight grip on the lives of everyday North Koreans. Take, for example, these anti-US questions cited by Lankov in a North Korean student textbook.
A “news machine” has been developed by Color Magazine and interactive designer, Jonathon Chomko in an effort to highlight sensationalism in journalism. The new machine turns user tweets into headlines, through various media filters. It’s an epic visual demonstration of broken telephone in the news cycle.
Remember those two “special” guys that sat on the couch eating pizza and talking utter nonsense? That’s right, Wayne and Garth are back, and they are looking… Older than ever.
We haven’t seen a hairdo like that in years. And we definitely haven’t seen a computer like that for a healthy length of time, either. Kim Komando, AKA “Komputer Tutor” hosted this delightful insert on the definition of a computer, and how to master the basics of DOS.
The Mars Curiosity Rover, the world’s most expensive robot has taken to occupying its time by drawing penises on the surface of the red planet.
Killer whales have been known to launch coordinated attacks on other whales, sharks and even wave-wash seals. On 18 April 2013, photographer Shawn Heinrichs captured one of the very few recorded incidents of killer whales attacking a pod of sperm whales.
The world is an amazing, terrifying, and wonderful place, and nothing describes a situation with the impact and immediacy of a good photograph. Gleaned from news streams, our social network feeds, and television, here’s a look at some of the top stories from yesterday, in pictures
The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah, survived the extinsion of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. But in just a few decades man has managed to put the animal on the endangered species list, and experts are warning that the cheetah could be extinct by 2030.
Nostalgia much? Don’t worry if you shed a tear watching this – I think a few people did. It has been 14 years since 1999, which is a little bit mind blowing. This montage of pretty much everything that happened pop-culture-wise in 1999 is the dose of childhood (or at least youth) that you needed this morning. […]
There’s no need to dig in your wallets to find enough dollar for those crazy priced fancy-ass coffee machines. Luxe has provided us with an elegant machine, at a friendlier price-point. It’s quick and easy, and it turns you into a pro-barrister in minutes, churning out cups of delectable coffee.
The new Xbox is set to be unveiled on 21 May 2013, but there have been a slew of specutlations as to what the new console will pack under the hood. If Xbox is released on time, it could be stiff competition for the Sony PlayStation 4, which is set to launch later this year.