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Frederica Nargi’s Amazing Bikini Body

I’m not exactly up to date on my Italian TV personalities, who the heck is really, but someone emailed me these shots of Federica Nargi playing paddle ball in her tiny European bikini so I had to post them. She’s a hottie! Awesome! I doubt she knows this, but I happen to play a mean beach paddle ball myself, and that’s with an adult beverage in one hand, so if she’s ever looking for a mixed doubles partner she knows where to find me.

How to Photograph a Rainbow

A Rainbow is something that has the power to stop you in your tracks when it unexpectedly appears when you’re least expecting to see one. They’re beautiful – but how do you photograph a rainbow?

Elle Macpherson Bikini Pictures Prove That Elle Macpherson Will Be Hot Forever

I've been in lust with Elle Macpherson since the days before my balls even dropped. Like an inborn sense of passion for the statuesque hall-of-fame swimsuit model. Her 'down under' is a place I have visited many times in the dark recesses of what remains of the sober portions of my mind. I know she spends most of her time these days hawking her sweat shop products d'jour, but when I see Elle Macpherson bikini pictures, even but a glimpse aboard her yacht in Sydney Harbor, well, I became that child again secreting the SI magazine betwixt the mattress and the fake box spring in my bedroom lest my parents find out I'm ogling the hotties at far too early an age and send me back to Dr. F.P. Singer, the child psychologist who once asked me the stupidest question ever uttered, 'Why do you think you like attractive women so much?' Elle Macpherson has some kind of magical power where she may just look great in a bikini forever.

The Underwater Project

A haze of smashed blues and whites, the bright sting of sunlight and a briny hit. The wave rolls onwards, lurching forwards with a power that seems so benign from afar. It throws itself in a powerful lunge, crashes down and topples everything in its path – but for the ocean swimmers who know that to survive a wave is to dive deep. Grip the sand, they remind themselves. Go low, stay low. Their faces spontaneously contort, their muscles tightening in reaction to the saltwater and the struggle for power in the ocean. They surface when the surge has passed. Then breathe. They don’t know that a camera has captured it all; from straining arms clawing at sand to eyes squeezed tightly shut against the bite of salt. Mark Tipple, 29, holds the 11-pound camera as steady as possible in the melting foam and makes his way to the shore. “Surf photography’s been around forever, I wanted something different” Mark says.

Masterpiece London 2011 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe

At the Masterpiece London 2011 fair (June 29th – July 5th) Rolls-Royce will be displaying a one-off example of the Phantom Drophead Coupe. At the Masterpiece London event, hundreds of exhibitors will be displaying and selling all kinds of artwork, antique furniture, expensive watches, and centuries-old literature. Just the kind of stuff you’d expect the typical Rolls-Royce owner to have laying around the house. The Masterpiece London 2011 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe was hand-crafted by a team at the Rolls-Royce home in Goodwood, England. The theme of the bespoke car was to try and capture the essence of a perfect weekend get-away, offering the driver and passengers even more luxury than they’d get in the standard Phantom Drophead Coupe.

A Colossal Flying Reproduction of a 1935 Airship

The first time retired computer engineer Jack Clemens tried to build a scale model of the USS Macon, a helium-filled naval airship lost in bad weather in 1935, his cat jumped on the prototype from a high shelf and ruined the hull. Clemens finished a second version in 2008 but totaled it during an unexpectedly windy test flight. Finally, in April, Clemens completed version number 3, a 20-foot-long radio-controlled replica accurate down to practically every detail, from the airbag to the propellers. Clemens frequently used to commute past the Macon’s enormous hangar in Moffett Field, California. He thought returning a model of the craft to its original home would be a fitting tribute, so he requested the plans from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

2015 Lotus Esprit Superleggera

On your marks, get set, GO! McLaren and Aston Martin are charging forward with their respective supercars, but a new leader in the race for Britain’s fastest supercar is emerging and it’s none other than Lotus. According to Automotive Express, sources are stating that the British manufacturer is preparing a flagship Superleggera version of their next generation Esprit. The new Superleggera is set to be released in late 2013/early 2014 and will be the fourth model in the Esprit lineup - next to a coupe, a convertible, and a glass-roofed Targa edition. The Esprit Superleggera will be powered by an upgraded version of the 4.8-liter V8 engine mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch semi-automatic gearbox with rapid shifts. This configuration will be capable of producing 612 HP at 9,000 rpm which will be highlighted with a special aluminum body that will be even stronger and lighter than the body used in the current model. This type of powerful and light combination will ensure the supercar charges from 0-60 mph in under three seconds with a top speed of 212 mph.

Pool Playing Robot Shoots Five Billiard Balls in a Row

Not every masters thesis will earn you street cred in a pool hall, but this one will. Thomas Nierhoff, from the Institute of Automatic Control Engineering at the Technical University of Munchen in Germany, programmed a two armed robot to shoot billiards…and to do it well. The bot, with seven degrees of freedom in each arm, was able to sink easier shots with up to 80% success, which isn’t quite world class level, but definitely beats my skills. Watch Nierhoff’s pool protege sink five balls in a row in the video below. Presented at last month’s ICRA conference in Shanghai, Nierhoff’s work demonstrates how advanced research robots are getting better at performing complex cognitive tasks. More than ever it looks like it’s a question of when, not if, robots will match humans in all kinds of physical feats. The answer: sooner than you think.

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