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The highly-rated Onkyo SKS-HT540 7.1 Home Theater Speaker System “features 2-way bass reflex front, center and surround speakers that provide an excellent soundstage with 130 watts of output each, plus an earth-shaking 230W powered subwoofer for rumbling impact.” It’s currently being liquidated for just $179.95 shipped (normally $349). Product page . Continue reading for a video preview. Each of the front and center speakers feature dual 5-inch woofers with the original OMF (Onkyo Micro Fiber) diaphragm technology, plus they use pure cotton cones for an extremely fast and accurate response. The powered subwoofer offers an earth-shaking 10-inch cone. Each of the eight speakers has a two wires that connect to the receiver at one end and the speaker at the other. [via Amazon ]

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Onkyo SKS-HT540 7.1 Channel Home Theater Speaker System Gets Liquidated

Despite all the technology they have aboard the USS Enterprise, everyone enjoys a nice cup of joe, and this coffee table is what the crew gathers around, or so we’d like to think. Click here to see more of today’s most popular images, courtesy of Imgur .com. Continue reading to see why Shaun White is the best snowboarder yet.

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What Star Trek’s USS Enterprise Crew Uses During Coffee Breaks

Yes, Sandia researchers have created “a dart-like, self-guided bullet for small-caliber, smooth-bore firearms that could hit laser-designated targets at distances of more than a mile (about 2,000 meters).” Continue reading for a video demonstration — “The first bit of footage shows the plastic sabots, which protect the delicate steering fins, drop off after the bullet emerges from the firearm’s barrel. The second portion of the footage shows the bullet curving slightly into its designated target.” Their bullet works much like a precision guided aerial bomb might function. An optical sensor in the nose of the bullet detects a laser beam painted on a target and sends that information to a guidance and control system also packed on board. An eight-bit CPU commands electromagnetic actuators to adjust tiny fins that deploy from the round immediately after it exits the muzzle. From there, the on-board electronics aerodynamically guide the bullet home to its target, allowing the shooter to adjust a round’s trajectory in flight to correct on a long shot or to stay with a moving target. [via PopSci ]

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Researchers Create Smart Bullet That Can Alter Its Own Trajectory Mid-Flight

Have you always wanted to become a StarCraft master, but have never quite understood how some of the professionals from Korea got so good? Well, this demotivational poster says it all. Click here to see more, courtesy of VeryDemotivational .com. In related news, continue reading to see the 8-bit version of StarCraft released in 1984.

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How to Become a StarCraft Master

Located in Singapore, the mind-blowing Fish House by Guz Architects “was built with a basement level media room equipped with u-shaped acrylic windows allowing guests a stunning view of the pool, and helping further than connection with nature.” Click here to see more. In related news, continue reading to experience the all-new Transformers ride at Universal Studios Singapore. Other notable mentions include curved roofs which symbolize the sea waves, once again helping to make that relationship with nature through tie to the nearby ocean that can be viewed from several points throughout the household. [via Inthralld ]

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Mind-Blowing Fish House in Singapore Has a Rooftop Garden

If Star Wars existed in feudal Japan, this is what some of the characters might have looked like. These designed, by artist Clinton Felker, draws “heavily on Samurai culture to craft the Jedi and Sith.” Continue reading to see more. [Sources 1 | 2 ]

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If Star Wars Existed in Feudal Japan

Thanks to the advancement of USB drive technology, it’s now easier than ever to create your own homemade versions, like this wooden masterpiece, inspired by designs from the Victorian-era. Click here for more pictures. Continue reading to see how Kingston makes USB drives. [Sources 1 | 2 ]

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Incredible Homemade Wooden USB Drive

In this just-released Super Bowl commercial, “Jerry Seinfeld is so excited about the new Acura NSX that he will stop at nothing to acquire the very first one.” Continue reading to see what he goes through in order to get the very first vehicle off the production line. Though we wouldn’t think the creator and namesake of the hit TV show Seinfeld would need any more money (syndication ftw!), here he is shilling for Acura, obsessed with being first in line for a product that the Japanese automaker isn’t expected to begin selling until 2015. [via Autoblog ]

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New Acura NSX Featured in Super Bowl Commercial

For those who don’t already know, Waluigi is basically “accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main Mario series, oftentimes for the sake of causing mischief; he was created by Camelot employee Fumihide Aoki and is voiced by Charles Martinet, who describes Waluigi as being someone who has a lot of self-pity and would ‘cheat to win.’” Continue reading to see what happens when Wuluigi meets Luigi for the first time.

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What Happens When Luigi Meets Waluigi for the First Time

Here’s something you don’t see everyday: an unreleased port of Resident Evil for the Game Boy Color. Due to quality control issues, Capcom decided to forgo the public release of this game. Fortunately, “an Assembler forum member named kiff claimed to be in contact with someone who has two cartridges containing unfinished builds of the canned game.” Continue reading for a video preview. That someone will be kind enough to upload the contents of said carts online for public consumption, but not kind enough to do it for free. The person is asking for $2,000 (USD), hence the fundraiser. [via Technabob ]

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Rare Look at an Unreleased Resident Evil Game for the Game Boy Color