Brian Heater
An Animated GIF of the New York City Subway Map That Charts the Order in Which the Lines Were Constructed
Appealing Industries, a self-proclaimed 150-year-old site, has created an “Animated History Of The NYC Subway,” a fascinating animated GIF that charts the history of New…
Harrison Ford to Return for a ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Based on a Story by Ridley Scott
Harrison Ford is scheduled to reprise his iconic role as police officer Rick Deckard in a long-awaited sequel to the 1982 dystopian sci-fi classic, Blade…
How to Create a Homemade Gatling Gun From PVC Piping That Fires Meatballs in Rapid Succession
The Science Channel show What Could Possibly Go Wrong takes on the unique task of creating a gatling gun from PVC piping designed to fire…
Stunning First-Person Video of a Wingsuit Pilot’s Flight From the Top of Mount Kilimanjaro
Russian daredevil Valery Rozov became the first person ever to take a wingsuit flight off of Mount Kilimanjaro, capturing his stunning flight from Africa’s highest…
Adam Savage Builds a Huge Scale Model of the Hedge Maze From Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’
Adam Savage‘s latest build project for Tested is an accurate scale model replica of the Overlook Hotel hedge maze from the classic Stanley Kubrick horror…
Gimball, A Drone With a Rotating Protective Cage Designed to Help Locate People After a Disaster
Gimball is a drone designed by Swiss robotics startup Flyability that is built with a rotating collision-tolerant cage to help protect its inner workings in…
‘Kaboom’, A Documentary Short About a Married Couple Who Create Pyrotechnic Displays for Airshows
“Kaboom” is a documentary short by The New York Times that explores the lives of Rich and Dee Gibson, the couple behind Rich’s Incredible Pyro,…
An Animated Short Narrated by Bill Gates About the Possibility of Eradicating Many Infectious Diseases by 2030
After discussing the future role of genetically modified organisms in the global economy, tech mogul turned philanthropist Bill Gates has returned to The Verge for…
‘Shrinkage’, A Comic Book About Aliens Who Invade the Brain of the President of the United States
Shrinkage is a forthcoming comic book by Conan and Daily Show writer Rob Kutner and X-Men illustrator John Lucas that follows nanoscale alien invaders as…
Filmmakers Destroy Drones in Service of Capturing Unseen Angles From the Inside of an Active Volcano
San Francisco-based tech employee turned adventurer/filmmaker Sam Cossman told National Geographic how his team lost multiple DJI drones as it worked to capture footage from…