Brian Heater
NASA Uses Ice-Penetrating Radar to Create 3D Maps of Thousands of Years of Ice in Greenland
Using decades worth of data collection from ice-penetrating radar and airborne campaigns, NASA has created comprehensive 3D maps detailing thousands of years of ice build…
‘Will It Blend?’ Puts Characters From ‘Minecraft’ and ‘Frozen’ in High-Powered Blenders
Will It Blend? host Tom Dickson gave the customary Blendtec treatment to figures of Steve from the wildly popular video game Minecraft and Elsa from…
Musician Rob Scallon Plays a Nine-String Guitar Like a Slap Bass
After cutting all but one string for “00000,” Chicago-based musician Rob Scallon (previously) is getting the most out of his Schecter Hellraiser C-9 on “Royale,”…
Amber, An Open-Source Tool for Website Owners Designed to Help Address Dead Links
Amber is a new open-source tool created by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University that is designed to help address the…
Hobbyists Use First-Person Video Headsets to Race Drones on a Snowy Day in New York City
Motherboard traveled to the Bronx to spend a cold February day with the New York City Drone User Group, who race UAVs with the aid…
How a Magnet Can Break an Old Computer Monitor
SciShow (previously) host Michael Aranda explains how simply sticking a magnet on an old computer monitor can cause it to break due to the monitor’s…
‘Handcrafted’, A Documentary Short About Israeli Master Guitar Maker Eitan Bartal
“Handcrafted” is a documentary short by Tel Aviv-based filmmaker Roy Alter that explores the work of Eitan Bartal, a master luthier who crafts Flamenco-style guitars…
Drone Interceptor MP200, A Defensive Drone Carrying a Net Designed to Intercept and Capture Malicious Drones
The Drone Interceptor MP200 is a drone designed by French hardware startup Malou Tech and telecom company Groupe Assmann that carries a net for the…
Carpenters Show Off an Extremely Cool Knack for Flipping a Hammer Into a Belt Holster
Birmingham, UK-based carpenters Jimmy Brennan Masterflex and Pedro Masterflex have perfected the art of flipping a hammer into a belt holster, demonstrating the skill both…
A Supercut of Every Time the Name ‘Kane’ Is Mentioned in ‘Citizen Kane’
San Francisco-based animator Duncan Robson (previously) edited a supercut of every mention of the name “Kane” in the 1941 Orson Welles cinematic masterpiece, Citizen Kane,…