MIT Researchers Discuss Their Miniature Self-Folding Origami Robot
The team of researchers at MIT who developed the miniature self-folding robot we wrote about recently discuss their creation in an article for MIT News. The robot…
‘Zootopia’, A Disney Animated Film About a Con Artist Fox and a Rookie Rabbit Cop Who Team Up to Solve a Mystery
Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the first trailer for Zootopia, an upcoming animated action-comedy film directed by Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) and Rich Moore…
Beautiful Photos of Various Items Neatly Arranged in a Pleasingly Decided Order
Photographer Emily Blincoe, who previously arranged candy and other edible and natural objects by color, has continued her Arrangements series with new photos of various…
‘Mass’, Impromptu Site-Specific Installations That Use Color-Coordinating Items Found Inside Big Box Stores
“Mass” by Michigan artist Carson David Brown is an ongoing series of impromptu color-coordinating temporary installations crafted inside “big box” stores in a commentary against…
How to Make a Simple Barometer Out of Household Items to Make Basic Weather Predictions
A recent episode of the At-Bristol Science Center series Do Try This at Home demonstrates how to make a simple barometer out of household items to make…
A Baseball Fan Makes an Incredible One-Handed Catch After a Bat Goes Flying Into the Stands Without Dropping His Beer
A baseball fan at a recent St. Paul Saints game made an incredible one-handed catch when a bat went flying into the stands, all without…
The Moving Story of a Visit to Salvation Mountain, An Enormous Art Installation in the California Desert
A new episode of This Happened Here by Seeker Stories tells the tale of a trip Minneapolis-based photographer Joe Bielawa took in 2009 to Salvation…
An Interactive Visualization of Over 100,000 Nearby Stars
100,000 Stars is a 2012 Chrome Experiment that’s an interactive visualization of 119,617 nearby stars in relation to the Sun. Users can zoom in and…
Beautiful Blue Ringneck Parrot Flies Onto His Human’s Shoulder Whenever His Name is Called
Marnie, a beautiful blue Indian ringneck parrot, flies onto his human’s shoulder when his name is called and proceeds to conduct an adorable conversation that…
Gorgeously Designed 3D-Printed Luxury Faucets
DXV by kitchen and bath fixture company American Standard is releasing a series of three gorgeously designed faucets produced using selective laser sintering—a type of…