Daft Punk won’t be walking home with an Oscar this Sunday, but Tom and Guy do have an equally impressive claim to fame: they’ll soon be able open their fridge and pull out a bottle of Daft Coke. That’s because the iconic French duo have just partnered with Coca-Cola for a specially branded version of the soda. According to Hypebeast, Daft Coke will be available starting in March, and will be produced in two distinctive colorways (silver and gold), which were inspired by the helmets worn by Daft Punk.

This marks the second time Coke has paired up with a dance-inducing outfit. In 2009, Justice got their own Coke bottle, but I guess that went the way of their new music.

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Radiation from a mobile phone call can make brain regions near the device burn more energy, according to a new study.

Cellphones emit ultra-high-frequency radio waves during calls and data transfers, and some researchers have suspected this radiation — albeit inconclusively — of being linked to long-term health risks like brain cancer. The new brain-scan-based work, to be published Feb. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows radiation emitted from a cellphone’s antenna during a call makes nearby brain tissue use 7 percent more energy.

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Gambling just to win silver coins can get boring. Instead, play for a perfectly crafted cocktail. The BarBot was built by a team from the hacker collective NYC Resistor as part of a hacking competition co-sponsored by the videocontent company VIMBY and the carmaker Scion.

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Segways are nerdy and awkward, there’s no way around it. This solowheel, a “self balancing electric unicycle” is just as nerdy as a Segway but slightly less awkward. The Solowheel only weighs 20 pounds and comes in a relatively small package and is definitely no where near as unwieldy as a Segway. Plus, it doesn’t come with the reputation of mall cops and weirdos. It’s supposed to come out in March for $1,500.

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A collaborative collection of sites from google street view showcasing street art all over the globe

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Surgeons in southern China successfully removed a rusty, 4-inch (10-centimeter) knife from the skull of a man who said it had been stuck in there for four years, the hospital said Friday.

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