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Incredible ROV Footage of Translucent Shape Shifting Deepstaria Jelly With an Unexpected Isopod Onboard
While exploring the deep waters of the South Pacific during the Baker and Howland Islands and Johnston Atoll mission, the ROV Hercules captured remarkable footage…
Gorgeous Twisted Art Museum Bridge That Connects Two Sides of a Sculpture Park Over a River in Norway
Danish architecture firm BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) designed “The Twist”, a gorgeous, inhabitable bridge that connects two sides of Randselva river and houses the Kistefos…
3D Printed Jewelry Made From Personal GPS Traces
Design technologist Rachel Binx (previously) has launched GPX Jewelry, a clever line of personalized pendants that are custom 3D printed from the customer’s GPS Trace.…
Amazing Cakes That Look Just Like Everyday Objects
Cake artist Luke Vincentini of Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey creates highly realistic baked creations that are made to look like ordinary items. Vincentini’s work includes…
Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Has Officially Launched
Since 2015, we’ve been periodically writing about Spot, a nimble four-legged robot by Boston Dynamics (previously) that can accomplish an amazing variety of tasks, including…
Judas Priest Lead Vocalist Rob Halford Performs With Black Sabbath During the Live At Ozzfest Tour in 2004
In 2004, Rob Halford, the legendary lead vocalist of Judas Priest, temporarily took the place of Ozzy Osbourne as the vocalist for Black Sabbath during…
OK Go Spell Their Names in American Sign Language
As part of the OK Go Sandbox collaboration with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of Saint Thomas, the colorfully clad members of the…
A Feature Length Documentary on New Jersey’s Action Park, ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park’
screenshot via Class Action Park In 2013, we wrote about Seth Porges‘ (previously) excellent series for Mashable about the now defunct yet infamous and often…
Why Time Seems to Go by Faster as You Get Older
Neuroscientist David Eagleman offers a brilliant but slightly head scratching explanation for why time seems to go by much faster as you get older. It…
Four-Legged Robot With Actuated Wheels to Navigate Challenging Terrain With Hybrid Locomotion Abilities
An international team of researchers with Cerberus, which includes ETH Zurich, The Autonomous Robots Lab, The Sierra Nevada Corporation, The HiPer Lab at UC Berkeley…