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‘Bingle Jells’, A Capacitive Touch Light-Up Holiday Keyboard Created Using Small JELL-O Molds
In “Bingle Jells,” ad agency redpepper created a capacitive touch keyboard using an Arduino microcontroller and LED lights embedded inside of small JELL-O molds that…
A High-Speed M&M Sorting Machine that Captures the Color of the Falling Candy Using an iPhone
Reviewmylife created a new take on the typical candy-sorting machine with a high-speed version that uses an iPhone to capture the color of the M&Ms…
Updog, A Revolutionary Communications Platform for the Connected and Powerful
Updog is a new project by the Self Agency that they call a revolutionary communications platform for the connected and powerful. More information about Updog…
‘Science Friday’ Explores the Science of Snowflakes With ‘Snowflake Guru’ Kenneth Libbrecht
Weekly public radio call-in show Science Friday celebrated the most wonderful time of the year with a pair of discussions about snowflakes featuring Caltech’s resident…
‘Chasing Steam’, A Documentary About an Annual Christmas Eve Steam Whistle Concert in York, Pennsylvania
Chasing Steam is a cable access documentary by cigar box guitar player Shane Speal that explores the York Steam Whistle Christmas Eve Concert, an annual…
The Most Popular Decade-Specific Words in Billboard Song Titles From the 1890s to 2010s
Data visualization site Proofreader mined a list of Billboard-topping song titles gathered by Bullfrogs Pond to determine the most popular decade-specific words, beginning with the…
A Creative Low-Budget Sweded Remake of the ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’ Teaser Trailer
Dumb Drum (previously) has made a creative low-budget “Sweded” version of the teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. They also released a…
Daredevil Floats 8,000 Feet Into the Air With 90 Balloons Tied to a Lawn Chair Before Shooting Himself Down
In a “Lifted” video by Rockstar Energy Drink, a crew fills up 90 balloons with 50 helium tanks and ties them to a lawn chair,…
NASA Tests Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Grippers in a Microgravity Test Flight
To try to solve the problem of errant space debris in orbit, NASA recently tested adhesive grippers inspired by the feet of geckos in a…
The First Official Teaser Trailer for the Film ‘Entourage’ Based on the Long-Running HBO Television Series
Warner Brothers has released the first official teaser trailer for Entourage, the upcoming film that picks up with the same characters of the long-running HBO…