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Crying In Public, A Cathartic Map for Sharing Stories of the Best Places to Let It All Out in New York City
For Valentine’s Day, coder Katy Ray has created “Crying In Public”, a really helpful and cathartic interactive map that lets people share their personal stories…
How to Turn a Giant Air Compressor Into a Fully Automatic Tennis Ball Gun
Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of the Beyond the Press channel showed how they turned a giant air compressor into a fully automatic…
How to Make a Rubik’s Cube Out of Cardboard
SKM created a mind boggling tutorial video where they show how to make a Rubik’s Cube out of cardboard. The template for their build is…
Giant Mechs Take on Giant Monsters in the New Trailer for ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’
AMC Theatres released a new IMAX trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising, the upcoming sci-fi monster film directed by Steven S. DeKnight and a sequel to…
The Axiom Chronicles, A Thrilling Sci-Fi Western Animated Series Featuring Outlaws and Robots
The talented group of folks at Edison Creative released an amazing 4-minute teaser trailer for The Axiom Chronicles, a new sci-fi western animated series about…
New ‘Ready Player One’ Trailer Goes to a Virtual World of Pure Action and Imagination
Warner Bros. released a new trailer for Ready Player One, the upcoming sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Ernest Cline‘s 2011…
Drone Racer Expertly Pilots His Quadcopter Around the City and Closely Rides the Side of a Building
Drone racer Johnny Schaer (a.k.a. “Johnny FPV“) shows off his amazing piloting skills in a mind blowing video where he maneuvers his decked out quadcopter…
A Haunting Animation About a Boy Named Kaspar Who Sees Daylight After Years Spent in a Cave
Canadian filmmaker Diane Obomsawin has created “Kaspar“, a haunting animation based upon the stated life of Kaspar Hauser, a German man who claimed as a…
A Fascinating Look Into the World Championships of the Tabletop Curling Game Crokinole
Crokinole is a board game that requires each player to slide disc game pieces across a circular board with the goal of knocking out the…
The Deliberately Ambiguous Time Traveling Love Story Told in the Bob Dylan Song ‘Tangled Up in Blue’
YouTuber Polyphonic, who does incredibly informative video essays about music, took a long deep look at the iconic Bob Dylan song “Tangled Up in Blue”…