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Time-Lapse Video of Emirates Airlines Overhauling an Airbus A380, The World’s Largest Passenger Plane
Emirates Airlines has posted time-lapse video of a maintenance check on an Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane. The process is the largest maintenance…
A Three-Minute Recap of the First Two ‘Hunger Games’ Films
Vulture has created a three-minute recap of the first two Hunger Games films in anticipation of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, the upcoming…
A Handy Seven-Stage Guide to Pooping at Work
Fast Company has created a handy seven-stage guide to pooping at work. The advice presented includes tips on how to help a person pooping at work…
The Ambulance Drone, An Emergency UAV Concept With a Built-In Defibrillator
The Ambulance Drone is a concept by Dutch industrial design student Alec Momont, developed for a Delft University of Technology thesis project, that aims to…
The Moon, A Topographically Accurate LED Light Based on the Supermoon
The Moon is an LED light by Eisuke Tachikawa, founder of the design firm NOSIGNER, that is a topographically accurate representation of a supermoon occurrence…
VetiGel, A Plant-Based Gel That Can Stop Bleeding in 20 Seconds When Applied to a Wound
VetiGel is a gel created by Brooklyn-based biotech startup Suneris that is made from plant-based polymers that are able to stop bleeding in 20 seconds…
Drone Footage of Suburban Upstate New York Streets During a Massive Snowstorm
Filmmaker James Grimaldi sent a drone out from a garage in West Seneca, New York — a suburb of Buffalo — to capture the quiet…
How ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Should Have Ended
The latest animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (previously) features several alternate endings for Marvel’s superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy. Character art…
Illinois Parent Creates Vivid Drawings on Her Kids’ Lunch Bags Every Day
Illinois artist Christy Kilgore creates vivid colored pencil and marker drawings on her kids’ otherwise bland brown lunch bags each day. Some drawings are of…
A Supercut of Seniors Dancing Set to the DJ Snake and Lil Jon Song ‘Turn Down for What’
Tastefully Offensive has produced a supercut of seniors dancing and set it to the DJ Snake and Lil Jon song “Turn Down for What.” The…