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The Super Burrito, A Giant, Plush Burrito Body Pillow Stuffed With Fluffy Salsa and Beans
photo by Nicole Grant via Lauren Venell San Francisco-based artist and designer Lauren Venell created the Super Burrito body pillow, a giant, plush, huggable burrito…
‘The Settlers of Brooklyn’, A Parody of the Board Game ‘Catan’ Where Players Attempt to Win the Longest Brunch
“The Settlers of Brooklyn” is an amusing parody video by Above Average that imagines a unique version of the board game Catan (most commonly known…
A Promotional Video for NASA’s TESS Mission Explains How the Spacecraft Will Search for New Worlds
A promotional video for NASA‘s upcoming TESS mission explains how the spacecraft will search for new worlds. TESS is the successor to the current Kepler…
A Surreal and Sarcastic Short Animated History of Skateboarding
Brazilian artist Antonio Vicentini has created a surreal and fairly sarcastic animated short that traces the history of skateboarding from its inception in 1960s California…
Birdly, A Full-Body Simulator That Uses the Oculus Rift to Recreate the Flight of a Large Bird
Birdly is a full-body simulator developed by the Institute for Design Research at the Zürich University of the Arts that attempts to recreate the flight…
Fascinating Video of Droplets Dancing and Behaving in Peculiar Ways Because of Small ‘Internal Tornadoes’
A recent episode of the New York Times series ScienceTake features fascinating video of colored droplets dancing and behaving in other peculiar ways because of…
2015 London Super Comic Convention Cosplay Music Video by Sneaky Zebra
Sneaky Zebra has created a new music video (previously) that features a number of the creative cosplays at the 2015 London Super Comic Convention. They…
‘The Brother Mike Tapes: 1985’, An Animated Recreation of a Young Man’s Arguments With His Parents
“The Brother Mike Tapes: 1985” is a short animated recreation by artist Rod Perry of New York City music industry employee Mike Cohen’s secretly recorded…
An Explanation of the Number of Visible and Invisible Stars in the Sky
In a recent episode of the PBS Digital Studios series It’s Okay To Be Smart, host Joe Hanson provides an explanation of the number of visible…
‘MinutePhysics’ Describes a Common Problem With Computer Display Colors and How It Can Be Fixed
MinutePhysics (previously) explains an extremely common problem among computers when it comes to displaying and blending different colors and offers up a solution for how…