Brian Heater
257 Gadgets from the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Condensed Into a Quick, Three-Minute Video
The Verge took shots of 257 gadgets shown off at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and condensed them into a quick 180-second…
‘Scroll Slow, Have Fun’, Scanimation-Style Optical Illusions That Are Animated by Moving a Browser Scrollbar
“Scroll Slow, Have Fun” is a single-page site featuring a series of Scanimation-style optical illusions of figures like rotating skulls and Pac-Man that are animated…
‘Strangers’, A Short Psychological Thriller About a Man Confronted by Creepy People in Masks After a Bad Date
“Strangers” is a short psychological thriller directed by Berlin-based filmmaker Erik Lehmann about a man confronted by a number of masked strangers in his apartment…
Design Concept for a Slim and Simple Media Player That Streams Music From Services Like Spotify
Kizuku Kitada of Spect Design has created a cool concept for an oblong streaming music player that is almost all screen. The simply named Mobile…
‘The Art of Ninja’, Contact Jugglers Clad in Ninja Costumes Demonstrate a Wide Range of Techniques
“The Art of Ninja” is a short by Kuma Films (previously) that features contact jugglers showcasing a wide range of object manipulation while dressed in…
Small Robots Pass a Ball Around in Hopes of Qualifying for the RoboCup Robotic Soccer Championships
The Tigers Mannheim team of small soccer-playing robots from Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Mannheim, Germany showed off their passing skills at the Techfest conference…
The Self-Lacing Nike MAG Sneakers From ‘Back to the Future Part II’ Might Be Released in 2015
In 2014, Nike filed a patent on the self-lacing technology featured in the Air MAG sneakers–created by designer Tinker Hatfield–from the 1989 sci-fi comedy sequel…
Unreleased Footage From the Aaron Swartz Documentary ‘Internet’s Own Boy’
Production house Luminant Media is marking the second anniversary of the death of hactivist and entrepreneur Aaron Swartz with the release of additional footage from…
New Zealand Man Casually Drinks a Beer While Roasting Marshmallows Over an Active Volcano
Simon Turner of Christchurch, New Zealand casually sips a beer while roasting marshmallows attached to the end of a tent peg during a trip to…
Six Extremely Similar Contemporary Pop-Country Songs Mashed Up Into One Track
YouTube song mixer Gregory “Sir Mashalot” Todd took six extremely stylistically similar pop-country songs and mashed them up into one surprisingly cohesive super song. The…