3D-Printed Aston Martin

South Korea's toilet museum, Bond's 3D-printed Aston Martin, facial hair fanatics and more in our weekly look at the web

Though the story called for a precious 1960 Aston Martin DB5 to be decimated, producers of “Skyfall,” the latest Bond installment, saved the rare icon by combining 3D printing with creative modeling. Propshop Modelmakers Ltd. employed a Voxeljet VX4000 large-scale printer to produce a series of model DB5s, which were built on a one-third scale out of 18 components.

Guy Fieri Kitty Critique

South Korea's toilet museum, Bond's 3D-printed Aston Martin, facial hair fanatics and more in our weekly look at the web

Early this week New York Times critic Peter Wells published his magnum opus of restaurant reviews with Guy Fieri’s city block-sized Times Square eatery in its crosshairs. To make light of the situation—or possibly make it worse—Eater positioned the harshest quotes from Wells’ writing as cute and cuddly questions from kittens.

National Beard and Moustache Championship

South Korea's toilet museum, Bond's 3D-printed Aston Martin, facial hair fanatics and more in our weekly look at the web

Facial hair fanatics converged on Las Vegas last weekend for the annual National Beard and Moustache Championships. Hundreds of hairy competitors took to the stage for a wide range of categories, including the full beard freestyle and the natural goatee. Some hefty prizes made all the itch worth it for a few lucky winners.