15 Ways to Get Past an Awkward Moment Aug 13, 2012 We’ve all been in awkward situations, our lives are full of them. Nobody’s perfect, but how you handle it can turn an awkward moment into a partial win. Below you will see 15 awkward situations and what these people did to try and turn it around. It might not always work but the best you can do is try, and nobody can take that away from you! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. *Bonus* If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: Primer MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH When you do a stunt, you don’t’ want to say those dreaded words, “Missed it by that much.” You’re not Maxwell Smart. Maybe you’re not even smart… Just sayin’… Welcome to a crazy day in ODD. It’s just what your Doctor ordered, and escape from reality. Sorry, but you’ll eventually have to go back to the real world. The wind is my friend via: wirecutter Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money from them. Mark Twain I Am The Walrus Missed It By That Much In my opinion, we don’t devote nearly enough scientific reasearh to finding a cure for jerks. Calvin – Calvin & Hobbes Tags: bizarre, Curious, FAIL, Fun, gif, humor, idiot, moron, odd, OMG, warped, weird, wtf
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Boxx - The 1 meter Vehicle The Strongest Coffee in the World: Death Wish Coffee - Death Wish Coffee Company MIT Creates Amazing UI From Levitating Orbs Anyone else see The Avengers? Just like in Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark has the coolest interactive 3-D displays. He can pull a digital wire frame out of a set of blueprints or wrap an exoskeleton around his arm. Jinha Lee, from the Tangible Media Group of the MIT Media Lab, in collaboration with Rehmi Post and Hiroshi Ishii, has been playing with the idea of manipulating real floating objects in 3-D space to create a truly tactile user interface. It’s essentially a small field in which gravity doesn’t overcome an object. “There is something fundamental behind motivations to liberate physical matter from gravity and enable control. Interviewing Lee, I realized he’s one-part scientist, one-part philosopher. Whereas we are captivated by this empty pocket of air, Lee has hidden the real magic just above where there’s a 3-D actuator housing an electromagnet. It looks like magic, but it’s largely a mechanical process, powered by a robot in a box holding one of the world’s smartest magnets.