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A Unique Clock That Uses a Sequence of Colors Rather Than Numerals to Tell the Time
Oxford, England design firm Clark and Steel has created The Color Clock, a novel device that uses specific sequences of color rather than numerals to…
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Animator Shares Her Reference Videos for Several Scenes From the Film
Animator Emma Shih shared the reference video she used while working on the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The video shows Shih imitating the characters…
A Flip Cup Fluid Art Tutorial Using 24 Paints Resulting in a Gorgeous Landscape of Cellular Color
The resident artist of Arts and Crafts Studio demonstrated the fascinating “Flip Cup” fluid art technique using a cup, acrylic paint, floetrol, and silicon oil.…
Deepfake of Bill Hader Morphing Into Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger While Impersonating Them
Slovakian video editor Ctrl Shift Face has quite seamlessly (and somewhat disturbingly) employed deepfake software to morph comedian Bill Hader‘s face into those of Al…
Testing Out a Drone’s Obstacle Avoidance Recognition Using a One Way Game of Dodgeball
Researchers at the University of Zurich Department of Neuroinformatics played a unique one way game of dodgeball with a drone that was mounted with an…
Why Knuckles Make a Popping Sound When Stretched
In a snappy Ted-Ed lesson written by Eleanor Nelsen and animated by Belfer Creative, narrator Addison Anderson explains exactly why knuckles and other joints release…
An Animated History of England
As part of his ongoing series of animated history videos, vlogger James Suibhne of Subhine (previously) has created a detailed animation that captures the history…
Artificial Olfaction Expert Explains Why Dog’s Sense of Smell is Still Superior to Any Amount of Computer Code
In a fragrant video essay for Wired, senior writer Emily Dreyfuss speaks with MIT professor Andreas Mershin. Mershin is the expert authority on artificial olfaction…
A Snoring Cat Hilariously Amplified With a Microphone
A sleeping cat was snoring so loudly that he was distracting his human, so they turned on a microphone to amplify the feline’s funny snores.
How to Ask Another Person for Reassurance Without Appearing to Be Desperate for Their Approval
The School of Life (previously) explains why the very human need for reassurance can also be terrifying and bring about discomfiting abandonment and approval issues…