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Adam West and Burt Ward to Reprise Their Roles as Batman and Robin in Upcoming Animated Film
Adam West and Burt Ward, the classic Batman and Robin, recently announced at Mad Monster Party 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina that they will vocally…
Genial Capybara Makes for a Good Jumping Off Point for Three Little Ducklings in the Bath
The incredibly genial JoeJoe the Capybara (previously) generously allows himself to become a jumping off point of sorts for his three little duckling bath mates…
Simon’s Cat Gets Stuck Outside in an April Shower
The ever-irascible Simon’s Cat (previously) cautiously goes outside into the yard during a typical April shower, recoiling from the raindrops and seeking shelter from underneath…
A Time-Lapse Documenting Artist Guillaume Cornet Drawing a Large-Scale Illustration Over 75 Hours
In this fascinating time-lapse, artist Guillaume Cornet painstakingly creates the intricate large-scale drawing Parisian Neighbourhood–a 75-hour process that is compressed to two minutes. Parisian Neighbourhood…
Israeli Engineering Students Create a Rube Goldberg Machine That Tells the Story of Passover
Students at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Mount Carmel near Haifa have created a wonderful Rube Goldberg machine that tells the story of Pesach…
‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 4’, A Bizarre Interactive Lesson From a Self-Involved Computer
“Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared 4” by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling of Blink Industries is a bizarre but humorous short film about an interactive…
NASA Takes an Unprecedented Look at a Week in the Life of Rain and Snow
In a recent video by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the agency takes an unprecedented look at a week in the life of rain and snow.…
Riff, A New Mobile App by Facebook for Creative Collaborative Videos With Friends
Riff is a new mobile app by Facebook Creative Labs for creating collaborative videos with friends. A user can create a short video with a certain…
Clever Skeletal Lamps Created Using Salvaged X-Ray Radiographs
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alex ?? (@kreeturefeature) This clever lamp featuring a skeletal lampshade made of repurposed X-ray radiographs was…
‘Waterballet’, Mesmerizing Otherworldly Videos Created by Dropping Liquids Into a Fishbowl
In his video series Waterballet, Amsterdam-based artist Kamiel Rongen creates striking otherworldly imagery through the simple mechanism of dropping liquids into a fishbowl. He combines…