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The Technology Behind How SnapChat Filters Recognize and Manipulate Faces
Vox video contributor Joss Fong explains how the technology behind SnapChat filters is able to recognize and manipulate faces. If you’ve been seeing selfies enhanced…
A Powerful Video Montage of Epic Game of Thrones Scenes Set to Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’
KevEdits created a powerful video with epic scenes from seasons 1-6 of Game of Thrones and set to the heavy metal song "War Pigs"
A Lively Black Dog Bounces Her Way Through a Tall Green Field in the English Countryside
A lively little black dog named Rosie bounced her little heart out amongst the tall green crops of a beautiful field in the east English…
George R.R. Martin Interviews Stephen King and Is Amazed at How Fast King Writes
A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin interviewed Stephen King for his End of Watch book tour at the Kiva Auditorium in…
Rap Beats Dropped Behind Fast-Talking Auctioneers
Auctioneer Beats drops rap beats behind videos of fast-talking auctioneers. Bringing the heat to the auction.
A Playful Llama Gleefully Seeks Out the Warm Breeze of a Leaf Blower on a Daily Basis
Every morning at the Houston Zoo, a very playful llama named Fiesta seeks out the accommodating human with the leaf blower, rolls over and gleefully…
Marvel Fan Builds Flamethrower Welding Helmet Modeled After Cyclops’ Visored Mask
Los Angeles YouTuber and Marvel fan Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced recently built a functioning flamethrower welding helmet that allows him to shoot real flames…
Tony Hawk Lands a 900-Degree Aerial Spin at Age 48 Proving That He Still Has It
Pro skater Tony Hawk pulled off his first amazing 900-degree aerial spin 17 years ago at the 1999 X Games. To prove that he still…
A Tenacious FBI Agent Searches for FSociety in Mr. Robot Season_2.0 Official Trailer
FSociety stews in the aftermath of the financial takedown featured in Season One with a tenacious FBI agent on their heels.
An Amazing Walking Bike That Employs the Same Principles as Theo Jansen’s Glorious Strandbeest
Inspired by Theo Jansen’s remarkable Strandbeest, artists at the industrial design collective CARV have created a Strandbeest Walking Bike, which employs the same glorious principles…