Brian Heater
French Juggler Creates Impressive Optical Illusions With Four Rings While Blindfolded
In this video shot at Le Parc de Balzac in Angers, France, French juggler Lindzee Poi once again performs some impressive optical tricks with four…
SoundWorks Collection Interviews the Sound Team Behind the Dreamworks Animated Film ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
SoundWorks Collection talks to Randy Thom and Dean DeBlois, the sound designer and director behind the recent Dreamworks animated film How to Train Your Dragon…
A Chef Demonstrates the Many Different Ways to Slice a Cucumber
Chef Sato Harujin, a chef demonstrates a number of unique methods for cutting a cucumber. The end result is a bowl full of very distinct…
GoPro Video of a Backyard Golf Trick Shot Onto a Hot Dog-Dispensing Rube Goldberg-Style Machine
David Kalb picked up a golf club and hit the ball onto a Rube Goldberg-style machine ending in a hollowed out watermelon that dispenses a…
’11 Paper Place’, A Computer-Animated Love Story About Two Anthropomorphic Pieces of Office Paper
“11 Paper Place” is a wordless computer-animated short directed by Vermont-based filmmaker Daniel Houghton about two 8.5″ x 11″ pieces of paper who magically come…
xkcd Figures Out How Many Snowflakes It Would Take to Cover the World in Six Feet of Snow
In the latest edition of “What If” by xkcd, Randall Munroe answers a reader whose seven-year-old son wondered how many snowflakes it would take to…
Paleo Ultra ‘Barefoot’ Running Shoes Made From Stainless Steel Chainmail
Paleo Ultra is a line of shoes by German footwear maker Gost-Barefoots designed to embrace the natural running trend. The shoes are built from a…
Cumulus Parasol, A Cloud-Shaped Umbrella That Inflates Itself in the Sun
The Cumulus Parasol is a solar-powered umbrella by Netherlands-based design studio Toer that inflates itself into the shape of a cloud when it’s in the…
How to Turn Old Plastic Bottles Into String
YouTube DIY instructor Maxim Egorov has a series of videos demonstrating how to create cutting devices that can turn old used plastic bottles into a…
‘Affinage’, A Short Documentary About the Process of Aging a Fine Piece of Cheese
“Affiange” is a short documentary segment by FoodieTV and The Perennial Plate that travels to British cheesemongers Neal’s Yard Dairy to explore the process of…