Los Angeles art gallery Corey Helford Gallery, in partnership with Sanrio, will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of the beloved Hello Kitty with a group show that features 100 artists from all around the world. Each artist submitted a piece depicting their own interpretation of the famous feline and her adorable friends. The show begins…
Pulsing Bicycle Lights Synchronize With One Another to Become a Collective Illumination Source on the Street
Researchers at MIT have proposed a novel swarm system for bicycles that would allow those riding together or just passing by to synchronize their lights in order to create a collective source of illumination, much like what occurs in nature. This synchronization not only looks good but imbues the riders with the benefit of a…
Jon Snow Apologizes For ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8
Comedy troupe Eating Things With Famous People took a key scene from the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones and deployed some deepfake vfx software to turn Jon Snow‘s rousing speech to the crowd into a profuse apology to fans of the show. After a couple of weeks of disappointment, Jon Snow –…
Scientists Share Why They Love Cephalopods So Much
In honor of Cephalopod Week, Science Friday asked a number of scientists to share exactly why they love these wonderful invertebrate sea dwellers so much. In response, they focused on the cephalopod’s incredible intelligence, their fascinating anatomy, the chameleon-like features and the distinct personality that many found to be present. They’re the closest thing to…
Clever Mirrored Periscope Glasses That Lets the Wearer See One Foot Taller Than Their Actual Height
Dominic Wilcox, the founder of the wonderful children’s non-profit Little Inventors, has created very clever mirrored periscope glasses that allows people to see one foot taller than their actual height. Wilcox was challenged by Microsoft to think up a creative solution to an everyday problem and he came up with this wonderful invention that takes…
Attempting to Swim in a Pool Filled With Shade Balls
After Derek Muller of Veritasium took a boat tour of Los Angeles resevoir that was filled with 96 million black balls made from HDPE recyclable, food-grade plastic, he decided to buy 10,000 of these very same balls to put into his own backyard pool to see if he could swim through them. As it turns…
Russian Rock Band Performs a Carnivalesque Cover of the Blood Sweat and Tears Song ‘Spinning Wheel’
The talented Russian rock band Leonid and Friends who previously performed an amazingly pitch perfect cover of the classic Earth Wind and Fire song “September”, covered the classic Blood, Sweat and Tears song “Spinning Wheel” with the same finesse and care. Singer Vasily Akimov expertly attacked the vocals in perfect English, while the horn section…
Gorgeous Calligraphy Created With the Tines of a Fork
Turkish artist Yazi Yolcusu creates absolutely gorgeous calligraphic masterpieces using a fork dipped in ink as his pen. Yolcusu skillfully employs all or some of the tines on the fork to achieve various forms of depth and shading to his excellent lettering. He also has a wonderful sense of humor about his quirky choice of…