An Exploration of What Makes Star Wars So Special
In anticipation of The Force Awakens hitting theaters last week, filmmakers Oscar Boyson and Nate DeYoung teamed up and created a video for Time Magazine…
Woman Teaches Industrial Robots to See, Follow, Mirror and Avoid Human Partners in a Shared Space
The short film “Madeline the Robot Tamer” documents the wonderful work of researcher Madeline Gannon. During her residency at Autodesk Pier 9, Gannon developed Quipt,…
The New Yorker’s Comma Queen Offers Helpful Tips For Correctly Using an Ellipsis and Split Infinitives
In the latest episodes of her wonderful grammar series, the very amusing Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” of The New Yorker explains the proper…
A Reticent Dog Gleefully Rejoices When He Finally Realizes That He’s Been Adopted
A reticent dog named Bennie gathered up all of the courage he had to leave his room at the high-kill Carson Animal Shelter in Gardena,…
Everybody Wants Some, The Spiritual Sequel to the Richard Linklater Film Dazed and Confused
Paramount Pictures has released the very first trailer for the new Richard Linklater movie, Everybody Wants Some, the long-awaited “spiritual sequel” to his classic film…
Matta Napkin, A Witty Collection of One-Panel Cartoons Drawn on Napkins Every Day for the Past Four Years
Television writer John Matta has been drawing witty one-panel cartoons on napkins every day for the last four years and posting them all onto his…
A NASA Video Looks at the History and Future of Space Suit Design and Technology
A NASA video looks at the history and future of space suit design and technology from the first space suits designed for the Mercury missions,…
Mad Max: Fury Road Featurette Explores the Genius of George Miller and How His Action Film Took Shape
Warner Bros. has released a Mad Max: Fury Road featurette that goes behind-the-scenes and explores the genius of director George Miller and how his beautiful…
China Is Starting to Fight Its Smog Problem With Large and Expensive Mist Cannons
A story by Quartz shows that some areas in China have begun fighting the country’s smog problem using large, expensive mist cannons that pull large particles…
How to Become a Real Life Santa Claus
Comedian Joe Bereta provides a handy guide on what it would take to become a real life Santa Claus during a recent Christmas episode of…