The Simple Design Flaw That Caused the 1981 Hyatt Regency Collapse
Engineer Grady Hillhouse from Practical Engineering fills in for Tom Scott in an episode of Things You Might Not Know to explain the simple design…
Common English Words That Have Been Abbreviated to Convey Larger Phrases
In an interesting episode of their informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain the etymological…
Selina Meyer Faces Life After the Presidency in the Season Six Trailer for HBO’s Veep
Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) faces life after the Presidency in the season six trailer for HBO‘s Veep. The new season premieres on April 16, 2017.…
Beautifully Intricate Cardboard Models of Airships
Dutch artist Jeroen van Kesteren has created Orphanage for Lost Adventures, a wonderful series of beautifully intricate models of airships built out of cardboard. Jeroen’s…
Weyland-Yutani Builds the Synthetic Android Named Walter in a New Trailer for Alien: Covenant
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for Alien: Covenant, the upcoming film directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan. The new…
A Preview of the Artwork Featured in Volume 43 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine
A post shared by OKUDA SAN MIGUEL (@okudart) on Mar 7, 2017 at 3:27am PST Okuda San Miguel Volume 43 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary…
Split Brain Robotics, Interactive Robots Controlled by the Left and Right Brainwaves of Willing Volunteers
“Split Brain Robotics” is a fascinating interactive art project by prolific San Francisco artist Kal Spelletich featuring custom robots who are able to plug into…
Futuracha Pro, A Modern Interactive Font That Readjusts Based on Preceding and Following Letters
holy creative agency transformed their decorative Futuracha font into one that not only can be easily typed and saved, but also adjusts and readjusts based…
A Giant Walking, Talking Tree Walks Surprises a Musician at a Texas Fair
While performing at the Llano Earth Art Festival in Texas, artist and musician Kelbe Schrank encountered a giant walking, talking tree (Ent) who wished them…
Handmade Cookies Decorated in the Perfect Image of the Women of NASA LEGO Set
A post shared by Cookie The News (@cookiethenews) on Mar 8, 2017 at 1:31pm PST In celebration of the wonderful LEGO approval of the Official…