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Weapon of Mass Instruction, A Mobile Library in the Form of a Tank That Distributes Books Around Argentina
Buenos Aires artist Raul Lemesoff built the Arma de Instruccion Masiva (Weapon of Mass Instruction), a tank-library hybrid mobile sculpture that is used to distribute…
RaspBMO, A Handheld Raspberry Pi Video Game Emulator Shaped Like BMO From ‘Adventure Time’
Thingiverse user 3Derp has created RaspBMO, a handheld Raspberry Pi video game emulator shaped like BMO from the popular animated television series Adventure Time. The…
15-Year-Old Guitar Virtuoso Perfectly Shreds the Famously Difficult Song ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ by DragonForce
15-year-old guitar virtuoso Tina S. (previously) perfectly shreds through the famously difficult DragonForce song “Through the Fire and Flames” in a recent video posted to her YouTube channel.…
‘Me & You’, A Short Film That Tells a Love Story Through a Single Location and Camera Angle
In the short film “Me & You,” the stages of a love story between a man and a woman are depicted through a single location…
A Brief History of Robots and Their Place in Human Society
Hank Green gives a brief history of robots and their place in human society in an episode of SciShow. Green talks about the first commercial…
An Honest Trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ That Points Out Some of the Movie’s Flaws
“Prepare for a slow build up to a climax that won’t come until you pay for the next one. Kind of like the last one.”…
‘Einstein’s Telescope’, A Brief Explanation of Gravitational Lensing as Theorized by Albert Einstein
“Einstein’s Telescope” is the latest episode of the New York Times astronomy series Out There. The episode provides a brief explanation of gravitational lensing, which was first…
Art Prints Featuring the Unique Grill Designs of Major Automobile Manufacturers’ Iconic Vehicles Throughout History
Chicago-based architect and designer Jerome Daksiewicz of NOMO Design has created a collection of serigraph art prints featuring the unique grill designs of major automobile…
An Experiment Demonstrating What Happens When a Roll of Toilet Paper Is Rolled Out on an Airplane and Then Flushed
Mark Malkoff performs an experiment to see what happens when a roll of toilet paper is rolled down the aisle of an airplane and then flushed.
First-Person Video of a BMX Cyclist Riding Down Several Escalators in a Race Inside of a Packed Shopping Mall
In a video posted in 2013, Austrian BMX cyclist Slavik Hannes takes on a series of escalators as he races through the Arkady Downmall event…