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'Race Yourself' Google Glass App Gamifies Exercise

‘Race Yourself’ Google Glass App Gamifies Exercise

If your 2014 resolution is to get in shape, then “Race Yourself” might just be the app to get the job done.

As its name suggests, the Google Glass app allows users to race against themselves, and beat personal-fitness records by completing virtual games. Users can also race against friends or projections of professional athletes, including Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt.

“Imagine racing…

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This 'Magic Mike' Audition Is Nothing But Creepy

This ‘Magic Mike’ Audition Is Nothing But Creepy

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Actors Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey often play roles that require little-to-no clothing, and moviegoers seem to be pretty ok with that in their latest flick Magic Mike.

But what if a more unconventional sex symbol was stripping on the big screen? The self-proclaimed assistantto Jason…

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Mr. Wizard Kind of a Jerk

Mr. Wizard Kind of a Jerk

Don Herbert shared his love for science with millions of kids in his 40 year stint as the experiment-loving, knowledge-wielding Mister Wizard.

Children of the 1980s and 90s probably remember learning a lesson from Herbert on the popular Nickelodeon show “Mr. Wizard’s World.” Three days a week, Mister Wizard made complex science…

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Pizza Crunches at the Gym (Video) A guy eats pizza while working out at a Planet Fitness gym… Original upload unknown, probably from Instagram.

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Submit your product for Mashable's 'Top Picks of CES 2015'

Submit your product for Mashable’s ‘Top Picks of CES 2015′

You never know what you’re going to see on the showroom floor of CES. Image: Mashable, Nina Frazier Hansen

It may not seem like it, but CES 2015 is just around the corner. Once again, Mashable will publish a guide to the best products making their debut at the world’s biggest technology show, which kicks off officially January 6.

CESis an enormous tech event; it’s the place where major brands…

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Epic 'Indiana Jones' Cover Will Knock Your Fedora Off

Epic ‘Indiana Jones’ Cover Will Knock Your Fedora Off

Grab your bullwhip. YouTube vocalist Nick McKaig is back with an outstanding a capella arrangement of the Indiana Jones theme.

The 62-track recording is silky smooth, and is — as far as we can tell — a note-for-note reproduction of John Williams’ original score. It already has us reaching for our Raiders DVD.

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Some Student Pranksters Made Spencer Matthews Think He Had An STI

Some Student Pranksters Made Spencer Matthews Think He Had An STI

1. Remember that time someone tweeted a picture of Spencer Matthews’ willy? This is even funnier.

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  Posing as a “Dr. Imran calling from the John Hunter Clinic for Sexual Health”, a student from Sussex managed to convince Spenny that he’d contracted “Donovanosis… a disease found in sub-tropical areas.”

2. And poor Spenny…

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LIVE: Chat About the Best Tech for Health and Wellness Technology seems to take us away from "active" activities like sports for recreation instead of video games or just walking around a physical store rather than shopping online.

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5 of the Best Sports Headphones Under $100

5 of the Best Sports Headphones Under $100

On the market for a set of affordable sports headphones that will bring high-fidelity musical motivation to your next workout? Check out this list of the top five rated fitness headphones that won’t break the bank.

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The 15 Most Absurd Ways The Pentagon Is Spending Money

The 15 Most Absurd Ways The Pentagon Is Spending Money

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This post has been corrected to properly quote and attribute phrasing that was copied from a report produced by Sen. Tom Coburn’s office.

BuzzFeed takes its responsibility to readers very seriously, and plagiarism is a major breach of that responsibility. Please read our apology to readers here.

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25 Most Pedestrian Oriented And "Walkable" Cities

25 Most Pedestrian Oriented And “Walkable” Cities

Armed with policies and city designs that encourages citizens to forgo the heavy reliance on the automobile in favor of healthier alternatives such as walking or even biking; ‘walkable’ cities offer their citizens and tourists alike the opportunity to enjoy robust parks, great human scale environments, streetscapes that promote leisurely and enjoyable walks; and facilities that enable many…

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'Obama That I Used to Know' Parodies Gotye With Political Twist

‘Obama That I Used to Know’ Parodies Gotye With Political Twist

It was only a matter of time until someone on the Internet made a parody of Gotye’s mega-hit, “Somebody That I Used to Know,” about U.S. President Barack Obama.

While we all say we’re “so over” the Gotye track, there’s still something irresistible about the song.

In this version, the male lead voices his disappointments with…

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Nyan Cat Makes Fax Machines Cool Again

Nyan Cat Makes Fax Machines Cool Again

Fax machines collecting dust in the gadget graveyard can find new life, thanks to a rainbow kitty with a Pop Tart body. The Nyan Fax delivers thermal paper pages upon thermal paper pages of Nyan Cat awesomeness to your document transmission dinosaur. Of course, you’ll have to remember how to actually send a fax.

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Dancing With Myself: The Vintage '80s Workout Video

Dancing With Myself: The Vintage ’80s Workout Video

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Even in the privacy of my own bedroom, there’s something embarrassing about doing a workout video. I could be on a terrorist hotlist and the room could be bugged, or a distant neighbor with a telescope could, to our mutual chagrin, accidentally catch sight of me feebly trying to Transform My Ass in a Bikini Bootcamp. I guess fitness is just one of those things…

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Baby Daughter and Father Workout (Video) A cute baby girl, Lilly Ann, and her father, Michael Stansbury do a fitness workout together.

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12 Types Of Ghosts Caught On Security Cameras

12 Types Of Ghosts Caught On Security Cameras

1. Haunted Dust That Makes The News Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LE_e0eQAFCs. Via youtube.com

This spooky, motion-sensor-tripping piece of dust in the Lincoln County Courthouse in Wiscasset, Maine, has a face! I personally cannot see it, but I don’t have a magnifying glass on me.

“They used to hang people…

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