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How the Shazam App Recognizes Songs So Quickly
Brian McManus of Real Engineering takes a look at the technology behind song recognition app Shazam and how it reveals matching song information so quickly and easily, even in noisy environments. McManus explains how the programming works using hash functions via primary and secondary hash tables for rapid data lookup and seemingly instant results. First…
A Remarkable Woman Who Offers the Free Use of Off-Road Wheelchairs for Everyone to Explore the Outdoors
A short documentary by TJ Cooney focuses on AARP Purpose Prize winner Monica Kamal Spaeni, a remarkable woman who lost the use of her legs due to a spinal injury. Eleven years after her injury, a friend opened up a brand new world up to her when he introduced her to an off-road wheelchair, which…
A Giant Maine Coon Cat With Big Beautiful Fuzzy Paws
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lotus (@lotus_the_mainecoon) on Sep 2, 2018 at 11:33am PDT An absolutely gorgeous Maine coon cat named Lotus, who lives in Sweden with beloved humans and feline siblings, is quite a handful, quite literally. This very long, very furry cat takes up a lot of space, particularly…
A 1957 Film About How The Illuminating Company Made Living in Cleveland Better Than Anywhere Else
In 1957, the Cleveland Illuminating Company created a short film entitled “Power To Serve” in order to explain to the community how the electricity they provide makes living in Northeast Ohio better than anywhere else. The film also features different company employees at every level, who work to make life better and more convenient for…
Adorable 3D Sidewalk Chalk Characters That Cleverly Incorporate Surface Cracks, Flaws and Interruptions
View this post on Instagram No haircut, no problems. #streetart #sidewalkchalk #environmentalart #anamorphosis #teen #puffyvest #weedhead A post shared by David Zinn (@davidzinn) on Oct 31, 2018 at 7:04pm PDT In 2014, we wrote about artist David Zinn and his wonderful menagerie of characters he draws on the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan with chalk,…
A Man Questions His Purpose as an Artist Almost Three Years After Preparing Two Slices of Life Changing Toast
The 2016 pseudo documentary “The Maker”, a short film by by Patrick Kehoe and Andy Corbett featured a man who was deeply passionate making toast. In the 2018 follow up to that film by Matt Sklar, the same man (Andy Corbett) expresses his amazement with the sudden popularity of toast and his role in being…
A Stunning Timelapse Capturing the Exact Moment When Soap Bubbles Begin to Completely Freeze Over
In March 2013 and in January 2018, we wrote about Canadian photographer Don Komarechka and his incredible work capturing stunning macro photographs of individual snowflakes and of the patterns that form inside. Komarechka, who is the author of the book Sky Crystals: Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes, also created in early 2018, “Winter’s Magic”, a…