Laughing Squid Featured in the June 1998 Issue of the Japanese Internet Culture Magazine ‘Konpeito’
Going through our archives recently, I came across the June 1998 issue of the Japanese internet culture magazine Konpeito, that interviewed me almost two decades…
Talented Kinetic Artist Talks About His Love for the Wonderful Lost Art of Zoetropes
Artist and filmmaker Eric Dyer gave a wonderful TED talk about his love of the zoetrope, sharing a number of stories about what inspired him…
Adorable Animated Short About a Spider Named Lucas
Joshua Slice has created an adorable animated shortabout a cute little spider named Lucas. The tiny arachnid announced that he has too many eyeballs to…
A Noise Canceling Noodle Fork That Connects With an App to Drown Out Slurping Sounds With Music
Concerned about the growing problem of “Noodle Harassment“, Nissin, the Japanese company known for their Cup Noodles brand, has created the Otohiko, a noise canceling…
Mythbusters’ Jamie Hyneman is Crowdfunding the 7th Generation of VorTrex Virtual Reality Shoes
Former MythBusters co-host Jamie Hyneman and his team are currently in the process of creating the seventh generation of their Vortrex virtual reality shoes. Hyneman…
Adam Savage Tours NIMBY, An Enormous Industrial Art Space in Oakland, California
While on his Makerspace Tour, a very neighborly Adam Savage of Tested didn’t have to go far past his own backyard to get a comprehensive…
Rescuers Follow a Homeless Cat to Understand Why She Takes Her Food With Her in a Doggie Bag
A very sweet but seemingly picky homeless cat refused to eat the food that shelter volunteers provided in front of them but instead preferred to…
A Wall of Lava Lamps That Generate Enough Randomness to Help Keep the Internet Secure
In a random, non-sponsored episode of Amazing Places, host Tom Scott visited the San Francisco headquarters of Cloudflare, a reverse proxy company that improves website…
A Demanding Little Kitten Won’t Stop Meowing Until Her Human Picks Her Up or Plays With Her
An adorable but demanding little orange kitten named Daisy is very loved by her humans. So much, in fact, the tiny feline refuses to stop…
Moodles, Brilliantly Animated Human Figures Unravel Into Colorful Strands of Emotional Spaghetti
“Moodles” is a brilliant animation by filmmaker Ari Winkel in which animated human figures that are frozen in place, suddently unravel into shapeless strands of…