Bad Apple, An Impossible to Perform MIDI Song with 4.6 Million Notes
MIDI master TheSuperMarioBros2 composed this utterly manic rendition of “Bad Apple” in MIDI with a mind-boggling 4.6 million notes. The song is an example of…
Artist Makes Pixelated Photos by Sewing Embroidered ‘Pixels’ on Them
Artist Diane Meyer adds pixelated sections to her photographs by embroidering pixel-like squares directly on to the photos with a needle and thread. The embroidered…
Hovenring, A Flying Saucer Bicycle Bridge in the Netherlands
The Hovenring is a circular cable-stayed bicycle bridge that appears to hover, spaceship-like, above an intersection in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The bridge is supported primarily…
Incredibly Lifelike Octopus Sculpture Made of Painted Resin
This remarkably lifelike octopus sculpture was created by Singapore-based artist Keng Lye. Lye made the sculpture from countless layers of resin, adding acrylic paint to…
Puddles Pity Party and Postmodern Jukebox Perform a 1970s Piano Ballad Cover of ‘Royals’ by Lorde
Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox enlisted Puddles Pity Party, a seven-foot-tall sad clown with a sonorous singing voice, for their fantastic 1970s piano ballad…
Formula One Race Car Does Donuts on Helipad Atop the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai
To celebrate recent Formula One victories, Infiniti Red Bull Racing brought one of their race cars to the helipad on the Burj Al Arab luxury…
pixelstick, An LED Wand That Adds Complex Images to Light Painting Photography
pixelstick is an LED wand that lets photographers add abstract designs, colorful images, and even animation to light painting photography.
Humorously Cynical Illustrations on Modern Life by Eduardo Salles
On the website El EspÃritu de los CÃnicos (The Spirit of the Cynics), designer Eduardo Salles makes cynical yet humorous commentaries on pop culture and…
Marking the Distance, An Animated True Story About Living With Short-Term Memory Loss
Gweneviere Mann, who lost her short-term memory while undergoing brain surgery in 2008, talks about living with her unusual condition in “Marking the Distance,” an…
An Economist’s Proposal for Abolishing Daylight Saving Time and Reducing the Number of U.S. Time Zones
In this intriguing Quartz article, economist Allison Schrager argues that—for reasons including health, efficiency, and simplicity—the U.S. should abolish daylight saving time and reduce the…