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‘Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game’, A Board Game Based on Hit Video Game Franchise ‘Portal’
Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game is an upcoming board game from Cryptozoic Entertainment based on the critically acclaimed video game franchise Portal from developer Valve…
The IBM Watson Food Truck Serves Dishes Designed by a Supercomputer
The IBM Watson supercomputer, famous for its Jeopardy! game show appearances, is now appearing in the form of the IBM Watson Food Truck, which has…
‘Don’t Squeeze the Last Gas Out of Britain’, An Anti-Fracking Film Featuring a Series of Farting Gas Towers
British pro-renewable energy company Ecotricity has released a new anti-fracking film “Don’t squeeze the last gas” featuring a number of farting gas towers. This is…
Giant Cursor, A Web Project Featuring a Cursor Too Comically Large to Click a Button
Giant Cursor is a web project created by Phil Jones and Charlie Hield that is quite literally a giant cursor so big that it can’t…
‘The Simpsons’ Couch Gag Created by Writer and Animator Sylvain Chomet
A recent couch gag for The Simpsons was created by famous writer and animator Sylvain Chomet. Chomet is perhaps most notable for writing and directing…
Tickle, An App to Help Rescue People From Awkward Social Situations by Generating Fake Phone Calls
Tickle, from co-founders Alex Cornell and Phil Mills, is an app that generates a fake phone call on request with the stated purpose of getting…
An Alarm App & Smartphone Attachment by Oscar Mayer That Simulates the Sound & Smell of Bacon Cooking
Wake Up & Smell the Bacon is an app from meat company Oscar Mayer that provides the sizzling sound of cooking bacon as an alarm.
Findery, An App for Leaving and Finding Location-Based Notes
Findery, previously known as Pinwheel from Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, is an app that allows users to leave location-based notes for others to then find…
‘Live From Space’, A National Geographic Television Event Broadcast Live From the International Space Station
Live From Space, hosted by television’s National Geographic Channel, is a special two-hour event that will be broadcasting live from both the International Space Station…
Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity? by PBS Idea Channel
Host Mike Rugnetta discusses whether Twitch Plays Pokemon, a stream of what was previously the video game Pokémon Red and is now Pokémon Crystal that…