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The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Return For New Adventures in Adam Koford’s New Book ‘One More For the Road’
The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats in One More for the Road is the fourth book of the series by cartoonist Adam Koford. Like his other books, this…
CIMON the 3D Printed Voice Activated Assistant Aboard the ISS Plays Kraftwerk for Astronaut Alexander Gerst
While demonstrating the formidable capabilities of the Crew Interactive Mobile CompanioN (aka CIMON) aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the wonderfully prolific and communicative ESA astronaut…
Tiny Owl Rides a Segway Across a Moscow City Plaza
Holiday shoppers in Moscow were taken by surprise at the sight of a diminutive owl who skillfully balanced and operated a Segway MiniPRO. The little…
Six-String Soldiers of the US Army Field Band Play a Beautiful Cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’
The Six-String Soldiers of the US Army Field Band performed an acoustic guitar and banjo cover of the Pink Floyd song "Wish You Were Here".
A Montage of Computer Graphics Interacting With the Real World With Wonderfully Absurd Results
Russian filmmaker and graphic artist Vladimir Tomin has created “Sketches”, a montage of different very entertaining video clips that show the real world interacting with…
An Automated Voice Controlled Office Assistant That Turns On Lights, Tosses Beers and Opens Doors
David Neevel who has built some incredibly efficient, if not weirdly ingenious machines to assist him at work, has brilliantly combined voice control technology with…
Mini Porcelain Dinner Plate Christmas Ornaments With Traditional Designs Enhanced With Random Calamities
In 2014, we wrote about artist Don Moyer and his Calamityware, a creative line of porcelain dinner plates with traditional blue-on-white designs that are augmented…
A Fascinating Tabulation of the Lack of Smartphone Usage Depicted in the Highest Grossing Movies of 2018
In a technological episode of The Nerdwriter, video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak posits a valid question – “Why Are There So Few Smartphones…
200 People Recreate ‘Shrek’ Scene-by-Scene
3GI, the hosts of the annual “Shrekfest”, asked their attendees to recreate scenes from Shrek in their own unique way. They received clips from over…
A Beautiful Film About a Solitary Watchmaker Who Finds Order in a Chaotic World by Repairing Timepieces
“The Watchmaker” is a beautiful, award-winning short documentary by filmmaker Marie-Cécile Embleton about a solitary Iranian-British man named Faramarz, who finds personal peace in the…