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‘La Detente’, A Computer-Animated Short Film That Juxtaposes Colorful Fantasy With the Horrors of War
“La Detente” is a stunning computer-animated short film created by directing team Pierre + Bertrand that tells the story of a French soldier in World…
An Underwater Shot-for-Shot Remake of Jules’ Epic Bible Verse Scene From ‘Pulp Fiction’
The Fine Brothers and The Kloons teamed up to create an underwater shot-for-shot remake (previously) of Jules Winnfield‘s (Samuel L. Jackson) epic Bible verse scene…
The Skittles Mini-Factory, A Cardboard Machine Capable of Sorting and Bagging Skittles by Color
The Skittles Mini-Factory is a project created by Cornell School of Electrical and Computer Engineering students Alice Kassar, Jesse Checkla, and Mikhail Rudinskiy that is…
‘Boys Latin’, A Trippy Computer-Animated Music Video That Follows a Young Woman’s Hike Across a Tide Pool
“Boys Latin” is a trippy computer-animated music video by founding Animal Collective member Noah “Panda Bear” Lennox and directed Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch. The…
Making a Smartphone Case Using a Deflated Balloon
curtisnstacey shows how to make a smartphone case using a deflated balloon.
An Automated Platform That Can Balance a Rolling Metal Ball Without It Falling Off
The Full Motion Dynamics mechanical engineering team at San Jose State University created an automated platform capable of adjusting to keep a moving ball bearing…
‘Final Cut 2014’, A Supercut Celebrating 330 Films Released in the Past Year
Film site JoBlo Movie is celebrating the cinematic year that was with a supercut of 330 films that were released in 2014, from Boyhood to…
An Elaborate Christmas Light Display Synced to the Music of ‘Star Wars’
A beautifully elaborate Christmas light display built by Tom BetGeorge syncs up roughly 100,000 lights to a collection of music from the Star Wars franchise. Besides…
A Memory Chip Coffee Table With an Illuminated Infinity Screen
reddit user DarrenDK created a wonderfully nerdy coffee table based on a UV erasable EPROM memory chip. In place of the chip’s quartz window, the…
Rescue Worker Hops Quickly Around on Quicksand to Make It Ripple and Bounce
Staff of the Bay Search & Rescue captured fascinating footage in 2009 of the surreal rippling effect of walking on quicksand at Morcambe Bay in…