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A Day at the Offices of Poopy Cat, A Company That Makes Biodegradable Litter Boxes
The employees at Poopy Cat, the biodegradable litter box service about which we previously wrote, are so dedicated to the feline users of their product…
Blub Uno, A Clock That Displays Time With a Single Nixie Tube
Blub Uno is a clock that displays time with a single Nixie tube–a cold cathode ray tube that was used to displays numbers and symbols…
Lou Reed Opens Up About His Music, His Lyrics, and Not Liking The Beatles in a Rare 1987 Interview Animated for PBS
In the most recent episode of the PBS animated series “Blank on Blank,” the iconic Lou Reed opens up about his music, the lyrics he…
A Charged Explanation of Plasma, The Fourth and Most Common State of Matter
Host Michael Aranda gives a charged explanation of plasma, the fourth and most common state of matter, in an episode of SciShow. Though common in the…
CoeLux, An Artificial LED Skylight That Uses Nanotechnology to Convincingly Emulate Natural Sunlight
CoeLux is a lighting system that uses nanotechnology to emulate natural sunlight with astonishing realism. In essence, the system uses nanoparticles to play the role…
An Ancient Roman Articulated Doll Found in the Sarcophagus of a Mummy of an Eight-Year-Old Girl
photo by Mark Cartwright While digging at a construction site in the Grottarossa district of Rome in 1964, workers found a sarcophagus with artifacts and…
Nicolas Fong’s Mesmerizing Animations Filled With Psychedelic Imagery
Belgium-based animator Nicolas Fong creates mesmerizing animations featuring mandala-like designs, melting faces, and other psychedelic imagery. Lately he has been posting animated GIFs on his…
The Cool Baby, A Beverage Holder That Looks Like an Adorable Baby for Surreptitious Public Drinking
The Cool Baby is a beverage holder and insulator designed to look like an adorable baby that allows the wearer to surreptitiously drink in public.…
The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel, A Book That Takes an In-Depth Look at the Making of the Film
ABRAMS Books has just published The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel, a new book by award-winning critic Matt Zoller Seitz, who also wrote…
The Classic Film ‘Scarface’ Retold as an 8-Bit Animated Video Game
CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema (previously) that retells the classic 1983 crime film Scarface as an 8-bit animated video game. It…