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A Circular Wave Tank Generating Water Spouts and Other Impressive Aquatic Phenomena
FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility demonstrates the wide variety of waves it can generate. The water spouts are particularly impressive. Located at the University of…
A Historical Compilation Documenting Queen Elizabeth’s Definitive Taste for Unusual Hats
Newsreel archive British Pathé has posted a wonderful historic compilation that documents Queen Elizabeth II‘s very definitive taste for the fabulously unusual hats that she’s…
Japanese Father Who Created a Remarkable Seven-Year Hand-Drawn Maze Creates New Maze for His Daughter
Back in 2013 we posted about an extraordinarily detailed hand-drawn maze that Japanese father Kazuo Nomura completed for his daughter in 1983 (after seven years…
A Portable Pizza Oven Cleverly Designed to Look Like a Pizza Delivery Box
The Pizza Box Oven by CuiZen is a cleverly designed portable two-sided oven that looks like a pizza delivery box and can cook a 12-inch…
‘Reflections from Uyuni’, A Breathtaking Time-Lapse of a Mirror-Like Lake on Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni Salt Flat
Enrique Pacheco‘s short time-lapse film “Reflections from Uyuni” records the breathtaking beauty of Salar de Uyuni, a Bolivian salt flat that, at 4,000 square miles,…
Canadian Dog Rescue Agency Offers Dog Delivery by Drones to Raise Awareness for National Adopt a Shelter Dog Day
Make the World a Better Place for Dogs The Toronto-based animal rescue agency 3MillionDogs has created the wonderfully sensational video “Introducing Dog Delivery By Drone”…
A Beautiful Two-Minute Video Compilation Commemorating the Films of Spike Jonze
Film editor Miguel Branco (previously) has created an affectionate tribute to director Spike Jonze with a seamless two-minute compilation commemorating each of his four intensely…
Iron Cat, A Feline Finds a Way to Fly After Being Pestered by Birds
Los Angeles-based filmmaker Aaron Benitez (a.k.a. “VFX Bro“) has created “Iron Cat,” a special effects-filled video about a cat named Prince Michael who gets fed…
Japanese Company Creates a Frozen Squid Ink Pizza That Can Be Prepared in a Toaster Oven
Ishigama Kobo, a division of Japanese food giant Nipponham has created a frozen pizza that uses squid ink in place of tomato sauce and can…
‘Assembled!’, A Pop Chart Lab Art Print Mapping Which Avengers Appear in Individual Issues of the Comics
Pop Chart Lab has created “Assembled!”, an art print mapping which members of the Avengers superhero team appear in individual issues of Marvel‘s mighty comic…