How to Make the Impossible Nail Through Wood Trick
Steve Ramsey of Woodworking for Mere Mortals shows the ingenious secret to making a “Tooth and Nail” puzzle, in which a nail appears trapped in…
Throwable Ball Camera Captures Spherical Panoramas
The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera photographs a full spherical panorama when it is thrown in the air (see a demo video). The ball’s 36 cell…
Digital Analogue, A Stop-Motion and Musical Tribute to Analog Cameras
Tegels, A Brilliant Animation of Street Tiles
“Tegels” is an astonishingly clever animation of photos of street tiles by Dutch artist Johan Rijpma. We previously wrote about his delightful adhesive tape time-lapse…
Wonderfully Deformed Tricycle and Desk Sculptures by Sergio Garcia
Artist Sergio Garcia creates delightfully deformed sculptures of children’s tricycles and school desks. We previously wrote about his looped tricycle sculpture: “Its Not Always Easy…
Physics for Dogs, A Crash Course in Catching Cats, Frisbees, and Cars
Physics for Dogs is a handy textbook that teaches dogs the fundamentals of physics, using examples dogs can understand: chasing the mailman, pooping, and playing…
Floating Orchestra, An iPhone-Controlled Ball Levitating Musical Instrument
“Floating Orchestra” by UK-based Poietic Studio is a musical instrument that levitates 19 balls on jets of air–each ball represents an instrument, with instrument volume…
Insects Filmed in Extreme Close Up with Macro Lens
“STOP STAMPING ON US!” by Stuart Sinclair is a short video of insects shot in extreme close up using a macro lens. Sinclair captured the…
Horn Bike, An Unpowered Amplifier and Bike Mount for iPhone
Horn Bike is a simple unpowered audio amplifying horn attachment and bike mount for iPhone that increases the phone’s speaker volume by 13 dB (see…
CCTV/Creative Control, A Giant Eye Projected Over Brooklyn
“CCTV/Creative Control” by Marcos Zotes is a video projection of a giant eye projected on the underside of a 10 story high water tower in…