Vets Replace Tortoise’s Amputated Leg With Wheel
When Gamara, an African spur-thighed tortoise, was brought to Washington State University veterinary teaching hospital with a severely injured front leg, veterinarians were forced to…
110 Stories, iPhone App Adds Twin Towers Into Views of Ground Zero
110 Stories by Brian August is an augmented reality iPhone app, currently under development, that will insert ghostly silhouettes of the World Trade Center towers…
Incredibly Elaborate Fake Apple Stores in China
BirdAbroad, an anonymous expat blogger in China, stumbled across what appeared to be an Apple Store in Kunming. But after she and her husband toured…
Marlowe, Short Film About a Man and the Car He’s Driven For 40 Years
“Marlowe” is a short film about Marlowe Boyd and his pristine Dodge Charger muscle car, which he bought new in 1971. The film was produced…
DEF CON 19 Hacking Conference
The 19th annual DEF CON, one of the largest and oldest continuous hacking conferences, takes place August 4th though 7th at the Rio Hotel in…
Central Park Pop Up Chapel to Host 24 Same-Sex Weddings on July 30
Pop Up Chapel is a temporary wedding chapel that will be set up in New York City’s Central Park as a venue for 24 same-sex…
Map Figure Paintings by Ingrid Dabringer
Artist Ingrid Dabringer uses maps as a canvas for her painted figure drawings. She cleverly uses the roads, colors, and geography of the maps to…
World War I Biplane on a New York City Skyscraper Rooftop
For years, a mysterious World War I biplane has been parked on a rooftop landing strip at 77 Water Street in New York City. The…
One Day On Earth, A Visual Time Capsule
One Day on Earth is a project to create a visual time capsule of October 10, 2010 (10/10/10) as it passed in places worldwide.
Quit Work, Humorous Quitting Fantasy Videos by DeviantART
DeviantART, a social network for artists, has released a series of videos in which suffering office workers transform into robots, pandas, and…