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Cakey, An App That Helps Parents Find and Manage Age-Appropriate YouTube Videos for Their Children
Cakey is an app that helps parents find and manage age-appropriate YouTube videos for their children. The app works by allowing parents to create a…
‘Every Breath You Take’ by The Police Reimagined as a Creepy Minor Key Ballad
YouTube musician Chase Holfelder performs a unique take on the 1983 Police hit “Every Breath You Take,” adding an extra level of creepiness to the…
A Candle Based on Gestapo Agent Toht’s Gory Face-Melting Scene From Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Firebox has released a fantastic candle based on Gestapo agent Arnold Ernst Toht‘s gory face-melting scene from the classic 1981 adventure film Indiana Jones and…
A Semi-Truck With Attached Trailer Jumps Over a Speeding Formula 1 Race Car
EMC joined forces with the Lotus F1 racing team, jumping a full-size semi-truck over a speeding Formula 1 car
‘Star Wars’ Film Series Reexamined Through the Lens of Complex Ring Composition Storytelling
The site Star Wars Ring Theory takes a fascinating and intensely detailed new look at the two Star Wars trilogies as seen through the lens…
‘Black Friday’, A Horror Movie Trailer Parody About Black Friday Shoppers Turning to Violence to Get the Best Deals
“Black Friday” by Nacho Punch is a parody of horror movie trailers about Black Friday shoppers turning to extreme violence to get the best deals.…
Daughter Gets Even With Hypocrite Father by Shaming Him for Not Changing the Empty Toilet Paper Roll in His Bathroom
Will Reid, a frustrated father who creates instructional videos to teach his children how to do simple tasks around the house, recently got a taste…
Tricked-Out Backhoe Sets a World Record by Hitting 70 Miles Per Hour on a Racetrack
A 1,300 horsepower backhoe tricked out by heavy machinery manufacturer JCB captured the Guinness World Record for fastest backhoe loader by hitting speeds of 70…
A Hauntingly Beautiful Cover of ‘Across the Universe’ by The Beatles Using Audio From Comet 67P
Andrew Huang used audio from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko to create a beautiful cover of The Beatles' "Across the Universe".
A Pair of Human Wall Climbing Pads Inspired by the Adhesive Quality of Gecko Fingers
A Stanford University engineering team including PhD candidate Elliot Hawkes has created a pair of pads inspired by the adhesive properties of gecko fingers that…