The World`s shortest escalator

If you happen to be in Kawasaki Japan make sure you find a "More`s" department store located across the street from the train station, go to the basement and low and behold you`ll find the World`s shortest escalator. Strap yourselves in!.

they should sell tickets to ride that thing

Toyota unveils autonomous car

Toyota is developing an autonomous or self driving car to create what they are calling a virtual "co-pilot". Showing off a modified Lexus at CES this week, Toyota says the car has sensors and automated systems to observe, process and respond to its surroundings.

Giant squid filmed in deep sea habitat for the first time. UPDATED with new footage

Giant squids have been washing up on shores for centuries, not too long ago there was some footage of one of the beasts attacking a lure and another of a live one on the surface. But this is different, never have any of these creatures been filmed in their native habitat.

Watch a film clip from Pixar`s new short The Blue Umbrella

Love animation? Can`t wait for something new from Pixar? Well here`s a clip from an upcoming short called The Blue Umbrella. It`s a sweet love story between you guessed it, 2 umbrellas. Have a look.

Now you can have your very own HAL 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey, a beautiful movie by the late Stanley Kubrick. Who can for get the soft spoken protagonist, HAL 9000. Well now you can own your very own replica of HAL made from the movie`s original blueprints. It speaks when spoken too, has the same soft red glowing "eye" and even sings "Daisy Bell". Very cool.

getting it, maybe 2, then they can bicker all they want about not being able to open the pod bay doors

more here

This is why you don`t want to live in a binary star system

Binary star systems sound cool and are featured in countless Sci-Fi stories and movies. But in almost half of all simulations the distant companion star ejected at least one of the gas giants, suggesting this would be a very common outcome in the millions of the galaxy's binary star systems.

This is what you`d look like going through a luggage X-ray machine

If you`ve ever wondered what someone would look like going through an airport luggage machine, well here it is. Apparently shot in Mexico, if you`d ask me to do I`d have to say no. I`m not sure how much radiation those things give off so I`d rather not take my chances.

not surprising