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A Demonstration of How Color Grading Affects Films Using the Independent Feature ‘The House On Pine Street’
Kansas City-based post-production company Grade has created a color reel demonstrating the impact that color grading has on film quality using the 2014 psychological horror…
Entrancing Video of a Laser Cleaning the Grime Off of a Large Baking Tray
Irish industrial laser processing company LaserAge has created a somewhat entrancing video of a laser being used to clean the surface of a large baking…
Disney Research Creates a Wheeled Robot That Recreates Tablet Sketches as Giant Beach Drawings
Paul Beardsley of Disney Research Zurich and a team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have teamed up to create a small wheeled robot…
A Remix by Eclectic Method of the Droid Scenes From the Last Six ‘Star Wars’ Films
In anticipation of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens releasing at the end of 2015, Eclectic Method has created a great remix of the…
CollegeHumor Asks People to Stop Saying ‘It Ruined My Childhood’ With a Darkly Comedic Sketch
CollegeHumor asks people to stop saying “It ruined my childhood” with a darkly comedic sketch that contrasts young adults whining about movie franchise reboots with…
Tonino Lamborghini 88 Tauri, A Limited Edition $6,000 Luxury Leather Android Smartphone
The 88 Tauri is a lavish limited Android smartphone created by luxury goods manufacturer Tonino Lamborghini that features leather panels and eight- and 20-megapixel front…
Mophie Releases Three New Juice Pack Battery Cases for the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
California-based smartphone accessory maker Mophie (previously) has extended its line of popular Juice Pack battery cases to include Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6…
Belty, A Smart Belt That Tracks Fitness Data, Waist Size, and Automatically Adjusts Itself for Different Activities
Belty is a smart belt developed by French company Emiota that features built-in user fitness tracking and “autoadaptability,” a series of motors capable of adjusting…
Little Pig Slides Slowly Down an Icy Uphill Sidewalk On a Cold Winter’s Day
Scrambling to get his footing on an icy uphill Pennsylvania sidewalk on a cold winter’s day, an adorable piglet named Phineas (“Phinny”) slides back down…
The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People, An Infographic Showing How Artists Spent Their Day
Podio, a project management software company, has created a really interesting interactive infographic about how famous artists, writers and musicians structured their daily life. Using…