Brian Heater
MIT Students Build a Wooden Roller Coaster by Hand for Incoming Freshmen
Students at MIT revived an old campus tradition by building a large wooden roller coaster by hand on campus for incoming freshman–who also served as…
‘Latte Motion’, A Stop-Motion Animated Love Story Featuring 1,000 Cups of Coffee
“Latte Motion” is a touching stop-motion animated short created by Japanese company Ajinomoto General Foods using 1,000 cups of coffee to promote its latte drink…
‘The Prospectives’, An Illustrated Story Serialized Daily Through Instagram
The Prospectives is an ongoing story by writer Adam Hurly and artist Sam Kalda that follows the adventures of a Brooklyn-based talent manager through daily…
Turtle Taxi, A Japanese Car Service That Drives Slowly for Safety and Environmental Reasons
Turtle Taxi is a Japanese car service run by the Sanwa Koutsu Group that distinguishes itself from the competition by driving at greatly reduced speeds.…
Eric Idle of Monty Python Performs His Swear-Filled Holiday Song ‘Fuck Christmas’
In a clip posted by Monty Python, troupe member Eric Idle (previously) takes to the stage at The Hammersmith Apollo theater in London to perform…
First-Person GoPro Video of a Speedboat Doing an Accidental Backflip
GoPro has posted some first-person video of an H1 Unlimited Hydroplane speedboat doing an accidental backflip after becoming airborne. The whole thing ends in a…
‘Bingle Jells’, A Capacitive Touch Light-Up Holiday Keyboard Created Using Small JELL-O Molds
In “Bingle Jells,” ad agency redpepper created a capacitive touch keyboard using an Arduino microcontroller and LED lights embedded inside of small JELL-O molds that…
A High-Speed M&M Sorting Machine that Captures the Color of the Falling Candy Using an iPhone
Reviewmylife created a new take on the typical candy-sorting machine with a high-speed version that uses an iPhone to capture the color of the M&Ms…
‘Science Friday’ Explores the Science of Snowflakes With ‘Snowflake Guru’ Kenneth Libbrecht
Weekly public radio call-in show Science Friday celebrated the most wonderful time of the year with a pair of discussions about snowflakes featuring Caltech’s resident…
‘Chasing Steam’, A Documentary About an Annual Christmas Eve Steam Whistle Concert in York, Pennsylvania
Chasing Steam is a cable access documentary by cigar box guitar player Shane Speal that explores the York Steam Whistle Christmas Eve Concert, an annual…