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The Summoning, A New Creepy Cute Cartoon From Frederator Studios and Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation and Frederator Studios has released their first GO! Cartoons short, titled “The Summoning“. The creepy cute short, created by Brisbane, Australia tattoo…
Hometowns, Illustrated Prints Celebrating Different Unique Boroughs in London
Illustrator Jenni Sparks, whose work we have written about in the past, was commissioned by Evermade.com to create a series of 10 Hometowns prints celebrating…
Determined Man Learns to Ride a Downhill Mountain Bike Faster Than Ever Before
Determined Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd of the Learn Quick series challenged himself to shake the dust off of his downhill biking skills by learning to…
Art Expert Removes 200 Years Worth of Yellowing Varnish From a 400 Year Old Painting in Minutes
2/2 ….still a way to go, but what a transformation! pic.twitter.com/nyGx3qdhOZ — Philip Mould (@philipmould) November 6, 2017 Philip Mould, an art dealer and host…
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…