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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…
Cardist Zach Mueller Performs a Series of Masterful Tricks With a Deck of Cards
Cardist Zach Mueller, founder of Fontaine Cards, masterfully flicks and spins a deck of cards in “Black Belt,” a video featuring a series of impressive…
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead, A Documentary About the History of Humor Magazine ‘National Lampoon’
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a new documentary by Douglas Tirola about the history of the humor magazine National Lampoon. The magazine was founded in 1970…
Realistic Mechanized Sculptures of Characters From the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ at Monsterpalooza
Norman Chan of Tested ventured to yet another impressive display at the Monsterpalooza convention (previously) in Burbank, California, where he scoped out an impressive collection…
BusyBody, A Spinning Zoetrope-Style Animation Toy Featuring Posable Figures
BusyBody by Eye Think Inc is animation toy that features ten posable figures mounted to a rotating base (in the manner of a zoetrope, or…