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Pictogram Movie Posters That Depict Famous Films in Just Two Frames
Designer Viktor Hertz (previously) has created a series of movie posters that depict famous films in two simplified pictogram-style frames. Hertz intends to sell prints…
‘All the Lazy Boyfriends’, A New They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song Track Pondering the Habits of Men
For the 16th week of their year-long Dial-A-Song project (previously), the band They Might Be Giants present “All the Lazy Boyfriends,” an amusing song that…
Stranger Buys Rose Vendor’s Entire Stock on the Subway With a Request That She Give Them All Away
In June 2013, a rose vendor riding the 6 train in New York City got an incredible surprise when a complete stranger approached her to…
‘Live at Guitar Center’, Experimental Musician Records an Album of Instruments Being Tested Out at Music Store
Experimental musician Noah Wall has recorded “Live at Guitar Center,” an album in which the sounds of various instruments as they were being tried on…
A Series of Playful ‘Pokémon’-Inspired Mugs for Coffee and Tea
Koffing Toxikon has a series of playful Pokémon-inspired mugs available at Society6. The mugs–which come in 11- or 15-ounce varieties–are perfect for coffee or tea,…
The Emoji Translation Project, An Emoji Translation Engine and Phrasebook
The Emoji Translation Project is a proposed emoji translation engine and phrasebook that would translate common English phrases into universally understood emoji strings that is…
A Series of Fun Surface Tension Experiments Using Water and Household Items
Dianna Cowern‘s latest episode of Physics Girl features seven fun experiments with surface tension. Most of the experiments show things that can be done to…
Comfortably Numb, A Trio of Rice University Freshman Engineers Develop a System to Make Injections Less Painful
A trio of freshman engineers at Rice University who call themselves team Comfortably Numb have been tasked with the challenge of making the process of…
Robots Are Coming for Britt Robertson and George Clooney in the Latest Trailer for Disney’s ‘Tomorrowland’
Robots are coming for Britt Robertson and George Clooney in the latest trailer for Disney‘s Tomorrowland (previously). Robertson plays Casey, a scientifically curious young woman who…
‘R2-ME2’, A Sideshow Collectibles Art Show Where Artists Reimagine the Classic ‘Star Wars’ Droid R2-D2
by Michael Woodring R2-ME2 is a Sideshow Collectibles art show where a large group of talented artists reimagine the classic Star Wars astromech droid R2-D2.…