Brian Heater
‘I Can Help the Next In Line’, A Vintage Infomercial-Style They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song Music Video
For week nine of their year-long Dial-A-Song project (previously), They Might Be Giants present “I Can Help the Next in Line”–a delightful music video directed…
How to Create an Extremely Simple Electric Train Using Copper Wire, Magnets, and a Battery
YouTube channel AmazingScience has modified its extremely simple electric train to include a portion in which the tiny locomotive runs outside of the coiled wire…
Augmented Reality Sandbox, A Map That Uses a Microsoft Kinect to Let Users Shape Its Topography
Christoper Young captured some video of the Augmented Reality Sandbox, a project created by the UC Davis Department of Geology that utilizes a Microsoft Kinect…
A Look Inside of Project Loon, Google’s Attempt to Deliver High-Speed Internet Access Through Giant Balloons
The Verge was given behind-the-scenes access to Project Loon (previously), Google’s extremely ambitious moonshot attempt to bring high-speed Internet access to underserved regions using high-altitude…
Art in Island, An Interactive Art Museum in the Philippines That Invites Attendees to Take Photos With 3D Paintings
Art in Island is an art museum located in a former Manila bus station that features a slew of paintings, many of which are in…
A Quintet of Paper Origami Cranes Perform a Choreographed Dance Routine Using Electromagnets
Japanese hardware hacker Ugoita T. created a whimsical display of five origami cranes busting a move with choreography provided by electromagnets, which were used to…
Super Slow-Motion Video of Archer Byron Ferguson Hitting a Tiny Moving Aspirin Tablet With an Arrow
Smarter Every Day (previously) captures some super slow-motion video of incredible archer Byron Ferguson as he performs a series of trick shots, hitting increasingly smaller…
A Biodegradable Coffee Cup With Embedded Seeds That Grow Into a Tree When Planted
San Luis Obispo, California sustainability company Reduce. Reuse. Grow. has developed a biodegradable coffee cup that features embedded seeds designed to grow into a tree…
First-Person Video of a BASE Jumper Leaping Off a Cliff Into a Mysterious Foggy Void
Utah daredevil Marshall Miller (previously) captured first-person video with a GoPro HERO+3 as he BASE jumped into a dense, foggy void off the side of…
The Roc Carrier Plane for Paul Allen’s Space Venture Stratolaunch Systems Is Set to Become the Largest Aircraft Ever
Stratolaunch Systems, the space transport company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has debuted the Roc, a giant carrier plane currently being built in Mojave,…