Keith Xander, who was born without his right hand, who was told that this physical trait would limit his success, has gone on to be an extremely accomplished guitarist with a prosthesis in its place. Xander felt that he had to prove naysayers wrong and did so with a combination of hard work and determination….
Beautiful Patterns Embroidered Into Crevices of Trees
Ukrainian artist Diana Yevtukh uses the natural crevices within trees to incorporate her gorgeous embroidery patterns. One particularly clever, somewhat spooky design portrays an all-knowing eye peeking out of a tree hollow, while another features an embroidered heart to give life back to an ailing tree. Remedying the wounded heart of Nature. via Lustik
Virtual Artificial Intelligent Agents Use Previously Unknown Strategies for Simulated Hide and Seek Game
In their quest to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity”, researchers at OpenAI discovered that their virtual AI agents engaged in a simulated game of “Hide and Seek” had learned six distinct new strategies for playing the game outside of the designed environment. Through training in our new simulated hide-and-seek environment, agents…
A Funky Mashup of Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’, Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ and Herb Alpert’s ‘Rise’
Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has created a really funky mashup of “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath, “Master of Puppets” by Metallica and Herb Alpert‘s iconic instrumental “Rise”. It all sounds really good together, however what stands out, is Abraham Laboriel‘s phenomenal bassline punching through. Music used in this mashup: Black Sabbath – War Pigs…
Fish and Flowers Swim Endlessly in a Mesmerizing Animated Music Video for the Song ‘Tape’ by Canigou
The very talented animator Hideki Inaba, aka kanahebi, has created a truly gorgeous, flowing music video for the song “Tape” by the Swedish band Canigou. The video features animated fish and flowers swimming around endlessly, weaving a mysterious world of mesmerizing quietude. The band was very happy with the video per their Facebook post. Behold…
A Little Penguin Happily Interns at Penguin Books
Over the summer of 2019, the Penguin Books distribution center in Maryland played host to a little African penguin who interned with them for a day. The flightless bird confidently walked into the building, through the lobby and right into the warehouse to do a spot inspection. She then made her way to her office…
Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Mysterious Antarctic Creatures From 11,500 Feet Below the Ice
In 2015, the NZNIWA RV Tangaroa set sail out of Wellington, New Zealand on her way to Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Aboard this ice strengthened, deep water vessel was a team of scientists from both New Zealand and Australia who were studying the resident aquatic life in each section of their journey. The vessel first…
Adorable Coordinating Costumes for Cats and Humans
The folks at Archie McPhee know how much humans love to include their beloved cats in their daily activity whenever they can. With this in mind, they created adorable Kitty Cuddle Costumes that coordinate with one another. The costumes include Chicken and Egg, Squirrel and Acorn, Pumpkin Pals and even an amusing Role Reversal set…