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The Acton, A Small Bluetooth Speaker That Looks Like a Vintage Marshall Guitar Amplifier
The Acton is the latest in a series of Bluetooth speakers created by amplifier manufacturer Marshall that are designed to look like vintage amps. The…
Fred Armisen Improvises and Explains Different New York City Accents
Fred Armisen (previously), known for his work on Saturday Night Live and Portlandia, took audience suggestions and improvised the accents of different New York City neighborhoods during a…
‘Inside Nature’s Giants: The Giant Squid’, A Film About the Elusive Deep Sea Cephalopod
In an hour-long episode of the documentary series Inside Nature’s Giants, PBS takes a look at the giant squid, a massive deep sea cephalopod believed…
Tested Enlists a Movie Effects Artist to Create a Creepy Real-Life Professor Farnsworth From ‘Futurama’
Tested enlisted movie effects artist Frank Ippolito to create a real-life version of Professor Farnsworth, the 160-year-old owner of Planet Express in the animated series…
Batman Travels to the Death Star to Fight Darth Vader in a Live-Action Episode of ‘Super Power Beat Down’
Batman travels to the Death Star to fight Darth Vader from Star Wars in a new live-action episode of Super Power Beat Down.
A Proposal From the 1930s to Fill in the Hudson River to Help Alleviate New York City’s Population Crisis
A March 1934 issue of the technology magazine Modern Mechanix details the plans by engineering scholar Norman Sper to fill in New York City’s Hudson…
A Short Animated Arcade Game-Style Tribute to the Iconic Sci-Fi Films of the 1980s
European sci-fi cable channel AXN has created a delightful short animated trailer in the style of a side-scrolling video game to promote some of the…
The Aztec Death Whistle, An Ancient Instrument Used for Death Ceremonies and Marching Into Battle
Mileán Ó Raghallaigh uploaded video of a man demonstrating a death whistle, an ancient Aztec instrument used to honor the deceased during Day of the…
The 2014 ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Film Retold as an 8-Bit Animated Video Game
CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema (previously) that retells the 2014 sci-fi action comedy film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as an 8-bit…
Extremely Rare Video of a Live Black Seadevil Anglerfish in Its Natural Deep Water Habitat
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute of Monterey, California has captured some extremely rare footage of a deep water black seadevil anglerfish alive in its…