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Distinct Sounds of the City Replicated on Electric Guitar
Musician Davidlap, who makes very creative use of his amazing string skills, recreated a number of city sounds with his electric guitar. These sounds include…
What a Plate of Cooked Spaghetti Looks Like When Exposed to a Frigid -12° Fahrenheit Minnesota Winter
As part of his ongoing Minnesota Cold series, native son Nathan Ziegler shows exactly what happens to a plate of prepared spaghetti when it’s subjected…
Fascinating Timelapses of Decomposing Food
Stock footage company Temponaut Time-Lapse has created a fascinating, but somewhat stomach-churning series of compressed films that show various fruits, vegetables and random items of…
A Heavy Metal Remix of ‘I Ran (So Far Away)’ by A Flock of Seagulls
Andy Rehfeldt created a seamless remix of the A Flock of Seagulls 1982 song "I Ran (So Far Away)" with a heavy metal guitar riff.
A Handy Pull-String Fire Starter That Doesn’t Need Matches, Tinder or Kindling to Get a Fire Started
Pull Start Fire is a wonderfully appropriate name for a product that declares exactly what it is, a handy fire starter that is ignited with…
A Brooklyn Warehouse That Rents Out Unique Recycled Vintage Electronics As Film and TV Props
The LES Ecology Center in New York City has always been a leader in urban sustainability but in opening their E-Waste Warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn,…
An In-Depth Analysis of Every Marvel Film Movie Poster
James Verdesoto of Indika Entertainment Advertising who very insightfully explained how movie posters communicate through its color schemes to Vanity Fair, offered the same treatment…
Raw Fish Turned Into Stunning Sashimi Art
While teaching his son the basics of sushi preparation, Japanese culinary artist mikyoui00 discovered that he had a talent for creating images out of the…
How the Predictable Precision of Small Flexible Devices Helps to Ensure the Safety of Products of Any Size
Derek Muller of Veritasium (previously) visited with Professor Larry Howell of the Compliant Mechanism Research group at Brigham Young University to learn more about kinematic…
Baby’s Very First Word Is ‘Google’
Welps, my baby’s first word is Google. @google @nest pic.twitter.com/3YpPSkgWLl — Clio Chiang ?? (@cliobablio) March 13, 2019 Story artist and illustrator Clio Chiang got…