Bonus Bananas August 8, 2014

1) Man Hilariously Buys All The Pies in a BK to Spite a Child (Gawker)
"She starts running towards me but can't get to me because of other lineups in the food court. I turn and slowly walk away."

2) Self-Assembling Robots Will Inhabit Your Nightmares (

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One of the researchers stated, "When these devices lift up from the ground into the third dimension, they do it in a thoughtful way." And that, folks, is presumably the quote that will be reprinted in history books sometime in the near future when we look back at the moment robots decided they didn't need us anymore.

3) Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company (Motherboard)
“There may be a 'tipping point' that causes customers to seek an off-grid approach," the report argued. "The more customers move to solar, the [more the] remaining utility customers' bills will rise, creating even further 'headroom' for Tesla’s off-grid approach.”

4) Army 3D-Printed Food Will Give Soldiers Personalized Meals (Motherboard)
Three-dimensional printing is changing the way the Army treats injuries and builds bombs, and now the technology is poised to revolutionize how soldiers are fed. 3D printing will allow the Army to print food on demand, from pasta to pizza, and tailor its nutritional content to an individual soldier’s needs.

5) Watch a Transparent Mantis Eat a Fly (Sploid)'
Watch this video of a young glass mantis eating a blue bottle fly. Why? Because it's both disgusting and entrancing, you won't be able to look away as the food travels all through his body.

6) Cocoa Farmers Trying Chocolate for the First Time (Sploid)
The farmers harvest cocoa beans for a few cents per day in the Ivory Coast yet truly have no idea what in the world people use the beans for. Watch their faces light up when they eat it for the first time.

7) All You Need to Know about Gaza in One Animated Map (Gawker)

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