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‘Flask and The Press’, Shanghai Sandwich Shop With a Speakeasy Entrance Hidden Inside a Vintage Coca-Cola Machine
Designer Alberto Caiola has created “Flask and The Press,” a wonderfully modern combination of a cheery and colorful diner in Shanghai, China with a speakeasy…
Artist Benjamin Bennett Films Himself Sitting and Smiling for Hours at a Time in His Series ‘Sitting and Smiling’
Artist Benjamin Bennett uses YouTube and Google Hangouts on Air to livestream himself sitting and smiling at the camera in his bizarre series Sitting and Smiling.…
Apollo 1201 Project, A Mission to Eliminate Digital Rights Management Within a Decade
The Apollo 1201 Project is a mission–spearheaded by author and Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow–to eliminate digital rights management (DRM) within a decade. The name…
Confused Golden Retriever Tries to Reach Through Computer to Play With Another Confused Retriever
An adorably confused golden retriever named Josie tries to help out another confused golden retriever named Walter, despite the fact that Walter is in a…
Kalt Sensor, A Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer for Smartphones and Tablets
The Kalt Sensor is an infrared thermometer developed by Ohio-based engineering team Robogaia Industries that will bring non-contact temperature sensing to iOS and Android smartphones…
‘Data’s Lil’ Girl’, An Illustration of a Mustached 5 1/4-Inch Floppy Disk Father & His 3 1/2-Inch Diskette Daughter
Data’s Lil’ Girl is a cute illustration by Dallas-based artist David Soames (previously) of a mustached 5 1/4-inch floppy disk father hugging his little 3…
A TED-Ed Animation Explaining How All Sorts of Different Chemical Reactions are Triggered
In the latest animation from TED-Ed, educator Kareem Jarrah and Cincinnati production house Flaming Medusa Studios explain the role that the concepts of enthalpy and…
Discerning Rat Repeatedly Refuses and Politely Returns Each Piece of Broccoli Offered to Him
Dexter, a very polite rat with a discerning palate, repeatedly returns to his human Jayne Stansfield each of the broccoli florets that she continually offers…
A Series of Fascinating Stories Behind the Origins of State Names in the United States
General Knowledge provides a series of fascinating stories behind the origins of state names in the United States.
Kids React to the Classic Teddy Ruxpin Animatronic Toy Bear From the 1980s
“It’s just like an old man’s name… Ruxpin.” In the latest episode of Kids React, Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers show a…