8 Absurd Tech Knockoffs 1. PlayStation Vita Chinese Ripoff Sony’s PlayStation Vita was released this past February, but a ripoff PS Vita has already been spotted in Taiwan. At $55, this “PSP MP5” costs a fraction of the PS Vita yet manages to offer some impressive features including 3,000 games, a browser, music and video…
BASE jumper extraordinaire Jeb Corliss recently shared raw footage from his wrist-cam filmed during the Flying Dagger stunt in China. It shows how close he came to the cliff wall: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve5Kuwp43Do?rel=0&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&w=600&h=360] via Jeb Corliss Read more: http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/01/05/jeb-corliss-flies-through-a-narrow-gap-in-chinese-mountain-video/
Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong was a trailblazer despite the openly racist industry in which she worked. Remembering her story and contemplating how much things have changed. View this image › Justine Zwiebel / Hulton Archive / Getty Images The following is a bonus chapter from Anne Helen Petersen’s Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance,…
Most primates, and many other animals for that matter, normally give birth at night in order to avoid predators, as well as to give the new mother time to recover and start nursing her infant. This means that observations of wild primates giving birth are few and far between. And yet, after five years of…
A big chunk of snow fell off a building hitting an SUV on a street in Harbin, China. No one was injured, but the car was seriously damaged. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE26MKrTAUo?rel=0&start=4&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&w=600&h=480] Video via Youtube. H/T: Telegraph Read more: http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2013/11/27/huge-chunk-of-snow-falls-on-moving-car-in-china-video/
A panda cub grabs and holds onto a keeper’s leg as he tries to close the gate at an enclosure in China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWNfMSU1tow?rel=0&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&w=600&h=360] Video via Youtube search. Spotted here. Read more: http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/09/12/panda-cub-clings-to-keepers-leg-video/
When is the last time you did planks at the gym? How long did you hold it for? For those not familiar, planks are an exercise in working your core muscles. You start in the push-up position on your arms and hold it for 30 seconds to a minute. Well, I guarantee you that Mao…
The Kingdom of the Little People or Dwarf Empire is an amusement park in Kunming, China that features performances by actors and dancers who are living with dwarfism, a medical condition that causes those whom it affects to be abnormally short in stature. To become a performer at The Kingdom of the Little People, you…
On December 15, China’s Yutu rover landed on the lunar surface to begin a three-month-long mission. Unfortunately, a mechanical problem might have cut the mission short. Yutu (which translates to Jade Rabbit) was preparing to hibernate for the lunar night, which lasts about 14 Earth days. During this time the rover would not have any…
Levels of air pollution in parts of northeasternChina have hit dangerously high levels, with the concentration of airborne hazardous particles reaching 50 times the recommended safety limit in some places. The worst affected location appears to be Shenyang, capital city of Liaoning Province, which has become engulfed in a cloud of smog, thought to be…
The air quality in Beijing, China is notoriously bad, but it was unspeakably terrible over the weekend. How bad was the pollution? On a scale of 0-500 (500 being the worst), Beijing hit 755 on Saturday evening. That’s not a typo — Beijing’s air was so bad that it shattered the existing scale. That’s according…