The Pencilina, A Unique 3rd Bridge Electric Stringed Instrument That’s Played With Sticks and Bows
The Pencilina is a unique 3rd bridge electric stringed instrument that was conceived and built by multi-instrumentalist and luthier Bradford Reed in 1985. The instrument…
How the Twitter Account @unchartedatlas Generates Detailed Fantasy Maps
Programmer Martin O’Leary laid out his method for creating the random fantasy map generator used by his Twitter bot @unchartedatlas. The program tries to design…
Musical Garbage Trucks Inspire the Residents of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan to Carefully Sort Their Trash
The residents of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan have taken the laborious task of trash disposal and turned it into a wonderful community event. The cameras of…
A Man Recounts the Tragic Story of His Roomba Running Over Dog Poop in the Middle of the Night
Jesse Newton turned to Facebook to share the tragic story of when his Roomba ran over a pile of dog poop while making its rounds…
Fun Facts About the Capybara, the World’s Largest Rodent and Newest Star of Olympic Golf
The Cincinnati Zoo has put together an adorable video that shares fun facts about the capybara, the world’s largest rodent who hails from South America,…
Hollywood Stars Take a Bus Ride Together That Doesn’t End Well in a Mashup of Movies
London filmmaker Steve Ramsden has created “Hollywood or Bus!,” a fantastic mashup of movies that follow a group of Hollywood stars who all take a…
Why It’s Not a Good Idea to Spend One’s Life in Bed
Life Noggin narrator Pat Graziosi describes all the terrible things that could happen to a person’s body should that person never want to leave their…
A Powerful Jedi and a Magical Wizard Battle Each Other With a Lightsaber and Roman Candles
The Madcap Brothers used dangerous Roman candle fireworks and a lightsaber to act out what would happen when a powerful Jedi and a magical wizard…
A Mesmerizing Film That Shows Insects Crawling in Real Time Across Flowers Blooming in Timelapse
Japanese video designer Yoshiyuki Katayama has created the gorgeously mesmerizing film “Umwelt“, which features timelapses of different flowers in bloom while insects appear to land,…
Amy Adams Tries Communicating With Aliens to Save Earth in Upcoming Sci-Fi Drama ‘Arrival’
Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Arrival, an upcoming sci-fi drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on the short story “Story…