Tom Scott Discusses Ships, Magnetism, and Magnetic Naval Mines
In the latest episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott discusses the new Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender, magnetism, and the menace…
Technology Company Plans to Combat Deforestation by Planting Trees With Aerial Drones
In an effort to combat deforestation, technology company BioCarbon Engineering is developing an automated system for rapidly planting trees with aerial drones. The system has…
Artist Converts a Typewriter Into an ASCII Art Photo Booth
i/o is an ASCII art photo booth consisting of a modified typewriter, a camera, and an Arduino controller. The interactive installation creates “instant” portraits–in actuality…
‘Fishing Day’, An Artist Imagines a Realistic Holographic Aquarium
Artist Memukhin Oleg imagines playing with a holographic aquarium in the short video “Fishing Day.” The latter half of the video shows how Oleg used…
A Slow-Motion Video of a Pyrotechnic Seat Belt Pretensioner Activating at 28,000 Frames Per Second
In the latest video by The Slow Mo Guys, hosts Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy record a pyrotechnic seat belt pretensioner explosively activating in slow-motion…
‘Glove and Boots’ Puppets Explain the Finer Points of Airplane Etiquette
In their latest episode of Glove and Boots, noted Internet puppets Fafa and Mario explain the finer points of airplane etiquette, including how to navigate…
Tsunago, An Ingenious Japanese Pencil Sharpener That Joins Old Pencil Stubs Together to Form a New Pencil
Japanese pencil sharpener brand Nakajima Jukyudo recently released Tsunago, an ingenious pencil sharpener that joins old pencil stubs together to form a new, usable pencil.…
A Hypnotic Time-Lapse Music Video for ‘Only to Silence ft. Metoronori’ by LLLL Featuring a Kaleidoscopic Tokyo
Tokyo is transformed into a hypnotic kaleidoscope in the time-lapse music video for “Only to Silence ft. Metoronori” by LLLL. The video was created by…
New Dot Matrix Printer Music by Midi Desaster
Back in 2014, we posted about an ingenious dot matrix printer rendition of the classic Survivor song “Eye of the Tiger.” The dot matrix master…
A Hiker Filming a Scenic Vista in Chile Captures the Moment Chile’s Calbuco Volcano Erupts
On Wednesday, Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in 42 years, an event that was captured by an anonymous hiker in a remarkable…