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The CyPhy LVL 1 Drone, An Easy-to-Fly Camera Drone for Pilots of Any Skill Level
The CyPhy LVL 1 Drone is an easy-to-fly high-definition camera drone by CyPhy that can be controlled with a smartphone by a pilot of any skill…
Action Movie Kid Force Pushes a Stormtrooper, Plays Holochess, & Shoots Han Solo’s Gun at Star Wars Celebration Event
Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series. In the new video, his…
‘Glean’, A They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song Instrumental Track Featuring a Brown Chihuahua and His Biscuits
For the 18th week of their year-long Dial-A-Song project (previously), the band They Might Be Giants present “Glean”, an instrumental song that features a little…
Comic Book Deadpool Battles ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Deadpool in the New Live-Action Web Series ‘Minute Match-Ups’
“Chimi… f*cking… changaaas!” – Deadpool Minute Match-Ups is a new live-action web series by Las Vegas-based filmmakers Jeremy Le and Danny Shep where two superheroes…
‘The Hedgehog’, A Surprisingly Dark Short Film Featuring a Kid in a Sonic the Hedgehog Outfit
“The Hedgehog” is a short film written and directed by Chris Lee and Paul Storrie that features a young boy in what is clearly a…
Chinese Artist Uses 50,000 Coins to Build Model of the City of Chongqing
Chinese artist He Peixi created a model of his hometown of Chongqing out of 50,000 coins. Peixi used 10 different kinds of coins to replicate…
A Remarkable Castanet Performance by Mexican Castanetist Lucero Tena
Lucero Tena masterfully plays the castanets along with Voces para la Paz in a 2007 performance of La boda de Luis Alonso in Madrid. Tena…
Empathy Cards, A Wonderful Line of Plain-Spoken Notes That Help to Connect With Someone Who Is Ill
Artist and cancer survivor Emily McDowell has created a wonderful line of plain-spoken Empathy Cards, honest notes that can help people really connect with a…
New Art Books of Simon Stålenhag’s Fantastic Retrofuturistic Paintings
Back in 2013, we first posted about the fantastic retrofuturistic paintings of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. Stålenhag’s paintings combine nostalgic imagery from the artist’s childhood…
Dancers Move in Graceful Unison in New Chemical Brothers Music Video ‘Go’ Directed by Michel Gondry
In the wonderful new video for the Chemical Brothers song “Go” directed by the acclaimed Michel Gondry and featuring Q-Tip The Abstract, dancers clad in…