Joshua Sutton of the comics and game channel Panels to Pixels put together an incredibly interesting and informative video that explains how 15 different Marvel characters got their distinctive visages from very real people. Many comic book artists take inspiration from the world around them and the tradition of “casting”…
Converting a 3D Printer Into a Sandwich Making Robot
Mechanical Engineer Yuto Kuroki and an engineering team from Meiji University in Tokyo have converted a working 3D printer into a nifty sandwich making robot that slides the meat and cheese onto crustless bread and then quite cleverly saws it in half. Regarding the sandwich app, there are many ways…
An Amusing Yet Informative Song About Locating the Squarest Country in the World
Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men performed a rather amusing and quite informative song that helped them answer a viewer’s question about “the squarest country” in the world. The pair took turns singing about the various countries of the world, their unique shapes and what these…
‘What Drives Us’, A Documentary by Dave Grohl About Rock Bands Whose Earliest Tours Were Made by Van
What Drives Us is a feature length documentary about rock bands that started out touring by van, directed by Dave Grohl of The Foo Fighters and distributed by The Coda Collection. The film features interviews with such rock icons as Ringo Starr, The Edge of U2, Annie Clark (St. Vincent),…
Remarkable Timelapse of Mushroom Growth in 30 Days
Photographer Jens of Another Perspective (previously) captured the remarkable process of growing mushrooms from tiny spores into beautiful capped giants over the course of 30 days through timelapse photography. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jens (@anotherperspective_yt) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jens…
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs a Coherent Cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
The very talented musicians of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (previously) performed a coherent cover of the iconic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. The slightly stilted vocal performance was helped with a wonderful bit of theatrics and an ability to enunciate the lyrics. Band member Ben Rouse happily…
How Synchronization Inevitably Arises From Chaos
Derek Muller of Veritasium (previously) consulted with Professor Steven Strogatz to explain the phenomenon of synchronization inevitably arising from chaos. In doing so, the pair talk about the wobbily opening of the Millennium Bridge in London, the history of pendulums, coordinated fireflies, and even a reliably oscillating chemical reaction. The…
Enticing Sensor Wearing Cats to Perform Tricks to Capture the Specific Manner in Which Felines Move
Digic Pictures, an animation studio in Budapest, Hungary, quite bravely put sensors on a variety of different cats and enticed them to perform tricks in order to capture the specific manner in which felines move. While each cat was jumping over hurdles or climbing up a ramp, the sensors were…