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Ghost Robotics’ Compact and Nimble Minitaur Robot Explores the Outdoors
A video by Ghost Robotics captures their compact and nimble Ghost Minitaur robot as it explores the outdoors by climbing, jumping, and flipping over and…
Mr. Trash Wheel, A Googly-Eyed Solar Powered Wheel That Filters Out Debris From Baltimore Harbor
At the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, a googly-eyed wheel nicknamed Mr. Trash Wheel sits upon the water using its current to filter out debris…
Robert De Niro Reads Mean Tweets About Himself
Jimmy Kimmel aired a funny edition of Mean Tweets during the Oscars that featured Robert De Niro reading a series of mean tweets about himself…
An Honest Ad That Reveals the True Lengths Cereal Companies Use to Market to Children
Cracked spokesman Roger Horton stars in an Honest Ad that reveals the true lengths cereal companies use to market to children and the strange origins…
Model Ashley Brown Answers 73 Random Questions While Getting Ready for New York Fashion Week
Model, designer and body activist Ashley Graham wittily answered 73 random questions by Joe Sabia for Vogue. Some of the questions Sabia asked were about…
Famous Paintings and Pop Culture Characters Recreated on Oreo Cookies
A post shared by tisha cherry ???????????? (@tishacherry) on Dec 3, 2016 at 1:42pm PST Food artist Tisha Cherry has recreated a delicious looking series…
An Inventive Jacket That Converts Into a Tent to Provide Temporary Shelter for Refugees in Crisis
Designer Angela Luna created the “Tent Jacket” as a response to the refugee crisis. As the name suggests, the inventive jacket can be easily converted…
Chef Gordon Ramsay Takes to Twitter to Answer a Variety of Helpful and Silly Culinary Questions
The wonderfully irascible Gordon Ramsay opened himself up to Twitter for Wired in order answer cooking questions that could be described in 140 characters or…
Leather Boba Fett Themed Bowler Hat
The talented folks at The Blonde Swan hat boutique in Fremont, Ohio have created an out of this world Boba Fett themed bowler hat that…
A Kauri Cries, The Aukland Philharmonia Musically Interprets the Gummy Tears of a Dying Tree
“A Kauri Cries” is truly a noble project that are working to save the New Zealand native kauri tree from a deadly plant pathogen known…