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A Series of Visualizations Comparing the Relative Orientations of Urban Road Networks
On and Off the Street Grid: Relative Distributions of Road Orientations Portland, Oregon-based scientist Seth Kadish created a series of graphics comparing the relative directions…
Dragdis, A Web App That Helps Simplify Bookmarks Through Dragging and Dropping
Dragdis is a bookmarking web app that allows users to drag and drop anything from links and videos to images and bits of text into…
Fascinating Facts About the United States Presidents
Host John Green offers a fact for each United States presidency in “44 Facts About the U.S. Presidents” on Mental Floss. This means Grover Cleveland,…
Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble ACJW Plays a Mashup of 43 Animated Television Show Theme Songs
Ensemble ACJW, a collective of musicians in a two-year program created by Carnegie Hall in collaboration with The Juilliard School, plays a mashup of 43…
Construction Worker Miraculously Rescued From Apartment Complex Fire in Houston, Texas
A roaring five-alarm fire in Houston, Texas trapped a construction worker on a ledge on the top floor of an under-construction luxury apartment complex on…
One Human Heartbeat, A Project That Visualizes a Single Person’s Heartbeat Every Single Moment of the Day
Brooklyn-based data scientist Jen Lowe has created One Human Heartbeat, a project that uses heart-rate data gathered by her Basis health tracker to visualize her…
Entrancing Music Video for ‘Dreamin” by Pillar Point Featuring a Dancer Wandering the Streets of New York City
The official music video for “Dreamin’” by Pillar Point features dancer Daisuke Omiya wandering the cold streets of New York City while performing hypnotic maneuvers…
Facebook Is Paying $2 Billion To Acquire Oculus VR, The Creators of the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset
Facebook has announced plans to acquire Oculus VR, the company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, for $2 billion. Oculus VR will continue to…
FireChat, An iOS App That Allows Users to Chat With Those Around Them Without Internet Access or Mobile Coverage
FireChat is an iOS chat app by developer Open Garden that uses the Multipeer Connectivity Framework built into Apple’s iOS 7 software to circumvent the…
The Glaucus, An Open-Source Quadrupedal Soft Robot With No Hard Mechanical Parts
The Glaucus is an open-source quadrupedal soft robot from Super-Releaser Robotics that includes no hard mechanical parts with a seamless rubber skin. The soft robot,…