So you’ve seen the world’s fastest motorcycle, now check out what could quite possibly be the coolest truck ever. The most notable modification is “a Czechoslovakian Motorlet M-701 turbojet [strapped] to the truck bed.” Video after the break.

To install the jet in the truck, Lentz fabricated a sturdy mounting stand, a twenty-gallon kerosene tank, and a control console from aluminum and stainless steel.

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Youtube user “MlCHAELHlCKOX” lets us relive some arcade classics through LEGO. Games include: Frogger, Space Invaders, Pacman, Arkanoid, Tron (Light Cycles), and Asteroids. Video after the break.

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Simply put, the eco-friendly Shit Box “is a lightweight portable cardboard toilet, made specifically for outdoor use.” You won’t have to throw it away after each use, as the box comes with “10 biodegradable poo bags.” Continue reading for one more picture.

This may make its way to the Ripley’s list but when you take a deeper look at it, you see the sense it makes to have one of these in certain times.

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One look at this NES controller tells you that it’s more than just a Nintendo accessory. Aside from the standard button layout, you’ll find an iPhone / iPod Touch connector. Continue reading for one more picture.

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Parkour or freerunning may be nothing new, but this Nike commercial featuring “a computer-animated, hoodie-wearing robot” definitely is. Continue reading to see the computer-animated commercial.

Without the limitations of, you know, human bodies and gravity and all that junk, the already-crazy sport of parkour becomes even more amazing.

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CHINA has delayed a plan requiring that all new computers come with a Chinese-made internet filtering software program.

CISCO Systems is considering offering web-based alternatives to Microsoft’s popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the internet.

RESEARCHERS have welcomed the federal government’s $1.1 billion upgrade of the country’s landmark research infrastructure.

THE Federal Court has allowed 35 franchisees to proceed with a class action suit against the Allphones group.

After some rather impressive RC builds, Firefox 3.5 is all packaged up and ready for public consumption. Mozilla is saying its new browser is more than two times faster than Firefox 3, but what has us more excited is the support for plugin-free “open codec” video and audio playback using Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora– it’s still in its infancy, but the subtle glimpse we’ve seen so far of a world without Flash video reducing our CPU to jelly is rather compelling.

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