Brian Heater
PYRO, A Wrist Device for Magicians That Shoots Fireballs
The PYRO is a wrist-worn device designed by New Hampshire magician Adam Wilber that shoots out fireballs, making its wearers appear to have shot them…
Carbon Flyer, A Rugged Smartphone-Controlled Drone Built Out of Carbon Fiber
The Carbon Flyer is a rugged consumer UAV created by Trident Design that’s built almost entirely out of carbon fiber, allowing it to slam against…
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Discusses the Early Days of the Company and Building the Apple IIe
Bloomberg interviewed Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak about the company’s early days, including the many late nights he spent hard at work perfecting the IIe,…
CineFix Looks at the History of Movie-Making Technology and Attempts to Predict Its Future
The latest episode of Film School’D by CineFix takes a brief look at the history of the technology used to make films and attempts to…
Rocket Hobbyists Successfully Launch a Portable Toilet Into the Sky
Members of Southwest Michigan’s Michiana Rocketry Club attached rockets to the bottom of a portable toilet at the recent Thrusting the Throne event, launching it…
A Dry Stream Bed Instantly Becomes a Raging River, Overtaking a Bridge in the Process
Eloyet Rico posted a stunning video of the River Cérvol in Vinaròs, Spain transforming from a dry stream bed to a raging river in a…
A ‘Seinfeld’-Themed Aquarium Built in the Body of an Old Tube Television Set
Maker Matt Davidson used a discarded wood tube television frame to create a fish tank inspired by the popular 1990s television show Seinfeld. The interior…
‘StreetPong’, A Two-Person Game of ‘Pong’ Played at an Intersection While Waiting for the Light to Change
StreetPong is an art installation/game installed on traffic lights by Urban Invention in Hildesheim, Germany that’s played by two people on either side of an…
An Experiment Mimicking Perpetual Motion Using an Escalator and a Series of Brightly Colored Balls
En Was Not Here performed a science experiment of sorts by releasing a bag full of colorful plastic balls at the bottom and top of…
Impressive Metal Drum Solos Performed on an iPad Garageband Drum Kit
A YouTube user calling himself Appleman is creating some really impressive drum tracks using a Garageband drum kit on an iPad and some extremely fast…