Tag: first

September 28, 2016 at 11:19 am

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

“The reason I am personally accruing assets is to fund this. I really have no other purpose than to make life interplanetary” – Elon Musk

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August 4, 2016 at 7:15 pm

The Cheapest Michelin-Starred Meal in the World Only Costs $1.50 US

The Cheapest Michelin-Starred Meal in the World Only Costs $1.50 US

‘HK Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle’ is the world’s first food stall to ever receive a Michelin star

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August 1, 2016 at 1:36 pm

Skydiver Jumps Out of Plane With No Parachute and Lands Into Giant Net

Skydiver Jumps Out of Plane With No Parachute and Lands Into Giant Net

Luke Aikins is the first person to ever jump from a plane and land on Earth without a parachute

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July 28, 2016 at 6:01 pm

This Plane Just Circumnavigated the Globe Without a Single Drop of Fuel

This Plane Just Circumnavigated the Globe Without a Single Drop of Fuel

500+ hours of flight, 43,041 km travelled and 19 world records; the Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) has completed a historic mission

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June 28, 2016 at 9:25 am

48-Year-Old Tony Hawk Lands 900, 17 Years (to the day) After Making the First Ever

48-Year-Old Tony Hawk Lands 900, 17 Years (to the day) After Making the First Ever

17 years to the day after landing the world’s first 900, Tony Hawk pushes himself to the breaking point and battles through this personal goal. Tony says this might be his last 900 ever

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June 24, 2016 at 4:52 pm

Boston Dynamics Just Made Their Newest Robot Wipe Out on a Banana Peel

Boston Dynamics Just Made Their Newest Robot Wipe Out on a Banana Peel

Savage

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June 15, 2016 at 12:46 pm

Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

The biological form of a mechanical gear was observed in juvenile planthoppers, a common insect found in gardens across Europe

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May 30, 2016 at 1:39 pm

Woman Who Saved 30,000 Children Honored with Inaugural $1M Aurora Prize

Woman Who Saved 30,000 Children Honored with Inaugural $1M Aurora Prize

Marguerite Barankitse saved 30,000 children during the Burundian Civil War and opened a hospital that has treated over 80,00 patients

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April 28, 2016 at 8:06 am

Picture of the Day: The Original Selfie Stick, 1934

Picture of the Day: The Original Selfie Stick, 1934

Back in the day— when sticks were actual sticks

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April 13, 2016 at 12:50 pm

Holy Crap Someone Actually Built Green Goblin’s Hoverboard

Holy Crap Someone Actually Built Green Goblin's Hoverboard

“Where we’re going we don’t need roads”

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