GlowPong Glow In The Dark Beer Pong

If you believe that everything, including beer pong, is better under the lights, then GlowPong needs to be on your short list of things to buy. This is pure glow-in-the-dark beer pong, with no black lights necessary. The patented Glowing Party Cups provide the targets, glowing brightly for up to 12 hours, while the tables and balls all glow just as bright in your choice of colors. Accessories include ball charging units, glasses, necklaces, and more. You may also want to spring for some glowy shirts too, so you don’t rip over the bodies scattered throughout the room.

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Wearing The Suit From Edge Of Tomorrow Would Basically Kill You

Those guns… would rip right off those armatures. Weapons, especially heavy weapons, cause a lot of recoil. I mean a lot of recoil. For comparison, I am going to consider the machine gun farthest back to be comparable to the US military’s 240-G.

Do you see the way he is directly behind the weapon with it seated directly in his shoulder? That’s important. The recoil of the weapon is actually supposed to travel through his body so that it doesn’t affect the aiming point and the muzzle. If those move, essentially you are aiming at a completely new point and the only round that mattered was the first. It defeats the purpose of having an automatic weapon. Besides the fact that this weapon, as it seems to be in the movie, could not possibly overcome this engineering defect, it would probably rip itself right off.
Also, Tom Cruise would be deaf.

There’s No Armour

Lets look at that image again. In what is probably the most reminiscently “Saving Private Ryan” battle scene I have ever seen in a sci-fi, there is a complete absence of decent armour. That isn’t true. There was this one guy who went in wearing the “heavy” version that had plating. Of course, he also went into battle completely naked otherwise, so whatever. The point is, that battlefield is horrible and stuff that happens in battles like it involve a lot of sharp, tiny, flying objects. This is called shrapnel and it sucks. Nowadays, we wear a lot of armour made to stop stuff like this across our entire bodies and thicker armour for bullets.

In the movie it appears that Cruise wears a police issue flak jacket, intended to stop small projectiles like 9mm to his chest (vital organs). Well, that’s OK, but it really isn’t a good excuse for battlefield armour.
If you’re interested the US military actually does want to make this into a real thing complete with actual armour… PS, that would make it an Iron Man suit.

That Thing Is So Slow

I really don’t know how to show this because the trailers just don’t show how underwhelming these things are to watch move. When you watch their top speed, you realise that you could outrun them pretty easily. They are pretty good at stamina, but in a battlefield, without being able to move, as in move really damn fast, at just some points… you are going to die and that means a lot to all of us who aren’t trapped in a Groundhogs day from Hell.

The System Lacks Fine Motor Control

After I realised that those hands don’t actually help anything, I really started to wonder how a lot of things got done. They are basically like trying to do everything you need to do on a day to day basis wearing boxing gloves. It really doesn’t make sense. And Emily Blunt holding a sword… yeah, that also wouldn’t work since they aren’t made to improve your grip. There is also a scene where they hotwire a car, without giving spoilers, that should be a lot harder.
Also, I seemed to notice that there is no aiming mechanism at all. Just look and shoot. It’s basically all just shoot from the hip… with no aiming mechanism at all. Don’t know how that works. Maybe it is why they lost every single day, after day, after day, after…
I’m just saying, aiming is kind of a big deal when you don’t have an unlimited amount of ammo. Which reminds me:

You’re Doing it Wrong!

So did you know that this whole technology already exists? Yeah, the exo skeleton that Cruise and Emily Blunt are wearing is based off of an actual thing that Raytheon is building. It’s nowhere near ready, but still… something looks familiar.

But it isn’t made to make a regular “untrained” soldier into a super soldier, at least not the type of car crushing one. It’s made to just make them really strong as in “load bearing”. This is one of the most important images for how this technology will be used.

As a former Lance Corporal in the Marines, I know the truth. They just want this technology so that we can carry more stuff. Honestly, that’s what its going to be for. Expect to see future Marines wearing armour like this packed floor to ceiling with massive “turtlebacks” overflowing with extra ammo, weapons, food and supplies, medical equipment, and probably adult materials. I’m just being honest.
What wasn’t featured at all? Anyone on that battlefield with extra anything. It just simply made no sense. In fact, there is a moment in one scene where Cruise says with manly bravado, “give me more ammo and another battery” (see Advait‘s answer about power). I am sure to non-military this delivered the intended message that, “Oh, he’s growing as a warrior. He’s much more prepared now.” What the rest of us who have ever been in were thinking was much more like, “What the Hell?! You mean you haven’t had full ammunitionthis entire time? You’re a friggin idiot!”
The truth is that in the battlefield of tomorrow there will be a few guys in every squad who are simply caring massive, massive amounts of extra gear like what I am describing.

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Makeup Art by Laura Jenkinson

Wonderful and creative artworks painted on human faces by London based makeup artist Laura Jenkinson.
Lips, mouth, and face transformed with makeup into beloved characters from Disney, Pixar, and other popular animated movies.

Genie

Pumbaa

Olaf

Popeye

Monsters Inc.

Mickey Mouse

Bugs Bunny

Minion from Despicable Me

Alien from Toy Story

Nemo

Dori

Sebastian

Lumiere

Chip Potts

Stewie Griffin

Timon

Mr. Potato Head

Mario

Winnie The Pooh

South Park

Hey Arnold!

SpongeBob SquarePants

Seal

Pluto

Shrek

Stitch

Cow

Tasmanian Devil

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Clear turquoise waters, pristine sand and the world's largest pools: The idyllic MAN MADE beaches that rival Mother Nature

With white sandy beaches and clear blue waters - these beaches look too good to be real.

In fact, they are man made, created by a company which transforms a destination into an idyllic paradise.

With projects around the world, Crystal Lagoons says its unique concept can provide an unlimited size lagoon, surrounded by picturesque sandy white beaches, anywhere in the world.

Their first project, the San Alfonso del Mar tourist complex in Chile, obtained the Guinness World Record for the largest swimming pool in the world, at a size of eight hectares. 

Crystal Lagoons expects a second Guinness World Record with the 12.5 hectares mega lagoon of the Citystars Sharm El Sheikh tourist complex in the middle of the Egyptian desert. 

Following that should be a third Guinness Record with the Mohammed Bin Rashid City project in Dubai, expected to be completed by 2020, that includes the world's largest crystalline lagoon with 40 hectares.

Idyllic destination: This man-made lagoon and beach is the company's La Jolla de Asia project in Peru

Paradise found: San Alfonso del Mar project in Chile - which was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest swimming pool in the world

Man-made wonder: The lagoon in Las Brisas, Chile, boasts clear waters and beautiful white sand

Mohammed Bin Rashid City project in Dubai, expected to be completed by 2020, includes the world's largest crystalline lagoon with 40 hectares

Record breaker: The San Alfonso del Mar in Chile boasts the largest swimming pool in the world at a size of eight hectares

Crystal Lagoons says its unique concept can provide an unlimited size lagoon, surrounded by picturesque sandy white beaches, anywhere in the world

Crystal Lagoons expects to get a second Guinness World Record with the 12.5 hectares mega lagoon of the Citystars Sharm El Sheikh tourist complex

Breathtaking design: The Diamante Cabo San Lucas project in Mexico boasts crystal-clear waters and white sand

A swim with a view: The world's largest swimming pool in San Alfonso del Mar, Chile - made by Crystal Lagoons

Beach paradise: The Diamante Cabo San Lucas project in Mexico, surrounded by guest accommodation

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Dad Builds Battletech Treehouse for His Kids

Way back in the ’80s you may have played a tabletop war game called BattleTech. It was also a paper-and-pencil role-playing game called MechWarrior, which then was turned into a series of video games. The Mechs were awesome of course, which is what kept us playing. It was all great stuff. Now people are building Battletech treehouses for their kids.

This awesome playhouse was built several years back by Jim Martin, a NASA scientist in Alabama. This mech is modeled on the Mad Cat, a 75-ton mech belonging to Clan origin. This thing looks awesome. The details are so good that it looks like it could begin to walk away and shoot stuff.

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15 Fabulous Tattoos By Nikko Hurtado

Nikko Hurtado is one of the world’s most talented tattoo artists. He’s moved into painting too, but it’s likely he’ll always be best known for stunning designs like this

Lucille Ball

Raphael

Natalie Portman

Venom

Walter White

Joe Pesci

Vivien Leigh

Johnny Depp

Lana Del Rey

Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls

Alec Guinness

Anjelica Huston

Dana Carvey

Benjamin Franklin

Cheryl Cole

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