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Man Builds a Dangerous Toast Buttering Robot Using a Laser Cutter and a Powerful Jigsaw Motor
Engineer William Osman built a dangerous toast buttering robot using a laser cutter and a powerful jigsaw motor. The build does not exactly go smoothly,…
Classic Comic Book Covers Recreated as Beautiful Mosaics Using Broken Pieces of Tile
Concord, New Hampshire Radiologist and artist Matthew DiMasi of Shattered Comics recreates classic comic book covers as beautiful mosaics using broken pieces of tile. Matthew’s…
Masterpieces Never Sleep, Brilliant Concept Sleep Masks With Eyes From Great Dutch Works of Art
Belarusian graphic artist Lesha Limonov has created the wonderfully whimsical “Masterpieces Never Sleep” line of concept sleep masks decorated with the eyes from characters featured…
Pinterest Introduces Intelligent Visual Discovery With ‘Lens’ an App That Identifies What It Sees
Pinterest has introduced intelligent visual discovery with the new Lens app that identifies what it sees in images and helps users find similar items or…
Guitarist Plays a Short Version of ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’ to the Beat of a Washing Machine
Louisiana musician Aaron James McAvoy, who previously performed “Don’t Stop Believing” to the steady beat of his overloaded “white trash” washing machine, repeated this rhythmic…
Adam Savage Visits the Incredible Props Department of the Syfy TV Series ‘The Expanse’
Adam Savage of Tested visited the incredible props department of Syfy‘s television series The Expanse and went behind the scenes to examine their futuristic props,…
A Playful Dog Gleefully Rolls Around in the Snow During the First East Coast Blizzard of 2017
A video posted by ThomasDeckenbach (@thomasdeckenbach9479) on Feb 9, 2017 at 5:33am PST A very happy dog named Harley gleefully rolled around in the falling…
A LEGO Mindstorms Robot Plays an Impressive Piano Cover of ‘On Longing’ by Holly Throsby
A LEGO Mindstorms robot plays an impressive piano cover of “On Longing” by Holly Throsby in a video by the channel TECHNICally Possible. The robot…
John Oliver and Stephen Colbert Read Oliver’s Home Town of Bedford’s Community Calendar
John Oliver and Late Show host Stephen Colbert read real local events from Oliver’s hometown in the segment “Bedford of Bedfordshire’s Community Calendar.” During the…
A Side-By-Side Comparison of the 1991 and 2017 Beauty and the Beast Films
xBenQCatx has created a side-by-side comparison video that features a lot of the fantastic similarities between Disney’s 1991 and 2017 Beauty and the Beast films.…