Fake Banksy Art Booth in New York City Sells Out in Under an Hour
Earlier in October, street artist Banksy set up an anonymous art booth in New York City’s Central Park and sold original works for $60. Only…
Model Enthusiast Makes His Own Functioning 1/4 Scale V8 Engine with Electronic Fuel Injection
UK model engine enthusiast Keith5700 designed and built the functional 1/4 scale V8 engine. The 45cc engine model includes technologically advanced features like electronic fuel…
Snapdragon Booth, A 540-Degree Photo Rig Made of 130 Smartphones
To promote their Snapdragon mobile processor, Qualcomm created Snapdragon Booth, a “bullet time”-style 540-degree photo rig made out of 130 HTC One smartphones. The Snapdragon…
Car Drives Through Anamorphic Illusions in Clever Honda Ad
A car drives past (and sometimes through) a series of clever anamorphic illusions in this commercial for Honda. The commercial was created by UK ad…
8,336,615 (New York), Short Film About the Paradox of Loneliness in New York City
8,336,615 (New York) is a short film about the loneliness of New Yorkers who, paradoxically, live amongst more than 8 million of their fellows. The…
Vines Completely Engulf Abandoned Car in China
In the small Chinese town of Huayang, a car languishing in a parking lot since 2012 became so overgrown with vines that it was almost…
Temporary Zones, An Animated Ode to New York City Construction Scaffolding
“Temporary Zones” is a short animation about the role construction scaffolding plays in the ever-changing landscape of New York City. The animation is the third…
Animated GIFs of 19th Century Phenakistoscope Animations
These curious radial animations are from discs used in the phenakistoscope, a 19th century animation toy invented by Joseph Plateau. The animated GIFs seen here…
Suicide Machines, Kinetic Sculptures That Slowly Destroy Themselves
Artist Thijs Rijkers has created a pair of “suicide machines,” kinetic sculptures whose sole function is to slowly destroy themselves. “Suicide Machine Saw” uses an…
Elon Musk Buys James Bond’s Submarine Car, Plans to Make It Actually Work
At an auction in September, entrepreneur Elon Musk paid $920,167 for a Lotus Esprit submarine prop car from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy…