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Lantern, A Portable Device for Connecting to the Free Anonymous Outernet
Lantern is a portable device for connecting to the Outernet, a service that freely broadcasts information via radio signal from space. Outernet is raising funds for…
Impossible, An Electric Bike that Can Be Collapsed Down to the Size of a Backpack
Impossible is a collapsible electric bike that folds down to such a small size that it can be carried around in a backpack.
A Surreal Digital Experience That Allows Users to Speak With a Simulated Version of Themselves 20 Years in the Future
European telecommunications company Orange partnered with Paris-based advertising agency Publicis Conseil and Toronto-based digital design agency Jam3 to create a surreal digital experience that allows…
An Accident Sets Off a Entire Fireworks Show All at Once
YouTube user hhhjjjjffff has posted video of an accident causing an entire Italian fireworks show to ignite at once. The result is unsurprisingly pretty spectacular,…
A Pair of White and Fuzzy ‘Star Wars’ Slippers With a Little Wampa Head on Top of Each
ThinkGeek has released an officially licensed pair of white and fuzzy Star Wars slippers that have a little Wampa head on top of each. The…
New York Sandwich Shop Proprietor Creates the ‘Donnoli’, a Doughnut and Cannoli Hybrid
Walter Momente, the owner and proprietor of Alidoro, an incredibly popular sandwich shop in New York City, has created the “Donnoli,” a hybrid pastry (like…
‘Shanks FX’ Uses In-Camera Elements to Recreate the CGI Black Hole From Christopher Nolan’s Film ‘Interstellar’
Shanks FX (previously), a web series by Joey Shanks and produced by PBS Digital Studios, recently used “in-camera” elements to recreate the impressive CGI black…
Two Alphabet Posters Crawling With Iconic Mythological and Legendary Creatures From A to Z
Burlington, Vermont cartoonist and writer Mark Gonyea has created “The Mythical Alphabet and Cryptozoology Icon Posters,” a set of two fantastic icon alphabet posters that…
A TED-Ed Animation Asks Whether Comets Could Have Been the Source of Life on Earth
A recent TED-Ed lesson by Justin Dowd explains what comets are, and asks whether they could be the source of life on Earth. Dowd also…
Critical Hit Dreidel, A Four-Sided Spinning Top by ThinkGeek That Functions as a d4 Die
The Critical Hit Dreidel is a four-sided spinning top by ThinkGeek that functions as a d4 die. Traditionally associated with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah,…