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‘Glove and Boots’ Puppets Explain the Finer Points of Airplane Etiquette
In their latest episode of Glove and Boots, noted Internet puppets Fafa and Mario explain the finer points of airplane etiquette, including how to navigate…
Tsunago, An Ingenious Japanese Pencil Sharpener That Joins Old Pencil Stubs Together to Form a New Pencil
Japanese pencil sharpener brand Nakajima Jukyudo recently released Tsunago, an ingenious pencil sharpener that joins old pencil stubs together to form a new, usable pencil.…
A Hypnotic Time-Lapse Music Video for ‘Only to Silence ft. Metoronori’ by LLLL Featuring a Kaleidoscopic Tokyo
Tokyo is transformed into a hypnotic kaleidoscope in the time-lapse music video for “Only to Silence ft. Metoronori” by LLLL. The video was created by…
Cosmic Mugs, A Series of Pottery Inspired by Images Taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Cosmic Mugs are a series of mugs created by pottery artist Joel Cherrico inspired by images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. In a video,…
Peeple, A Smart Peephole Camera That Works as Caller ID for Doors
Peeple is a smart peephole camera device that connects to a home’s Wi-Fi and acts as a caller ID for doors. After installing the device…
New Dot Matrix Printer Music by Midi Desaster
Back in 2014, we posted about an ingenious dot matrix printer rendition of the classic Survivor song “Eye of the Tiger.” The dot matrix master…
Chef Jamie Oliver Chops Onions With Crystals and a Banana
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver presents several methods of chopping onions in a short video by Yes It’s Funny. The most fanciful way he demonstrates involves…
A Hiker Filming a Scenic Vista in Chile Captures the Moment Chile’s Calbuco Volcano Erupts
On Wednesday, Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in 42 years, an event that was captured by an anonymous hiker in a remarkable…
IRIScan Book Portable Document Scanner
The IRIScan Book is a battery-powered portable document scanner by the Canon-owned company I.R.I.S. that can easily scan documents and send them to a computer,…
An Easy-to-Use HTML5 Drum Machine for Creating and Downloading Sick Beats
HTML5 Drum Machine is an easy-to-use, web-based emulator that allows folks to create and download sick beats. The whole thing is pretty straightforward with a…