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Jimmy Fallon, Meghan Trainor, and The Roots Play ‘All About That Bass’ Using Classroom Instruments
Jimmy Fallon, singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor, and The Roots joined together to play the song “All About That Bass” using classroom instruments (see previously)…
Spanish Scientists Demonstrate International Brain-to-Brain Communication
Scientists at Starlab in Barcelona claim to have successfully demonstrated the ability for subjects to communicate brain-to-brain. During the experiment, a subject in Spain was…
‘Wes Anderson // Vehicles’, A Supercut of Beautiful POV Driving Scenes in Movies by Wes Anderson
“Wes Anderson // Vehicles” is a supercut video by Jaume R. Lloret (see previously) of beautiful POV driving scenes in movies by director and screenwriter…
Dyson 360 Eye, A High-End Robotic Vacuum With a 360-Degree Camera for Mapping Cleaning Routes
The 360 Eye is a new, high-end robotic vacuum cleaner by British appliance maker Dyson that features extremely high-powered suction and a 360-degree top-mounted camera…
A Dog Dressed Up as a Giant Mutant Spider Terrifies People, Causing Them To Run for Their Lives
Polish actor and director Sylwester Adam Wardega has created “Chica the DogSpider”, a cute little black dog that he dressed up in a large spider…
‘The Egyptian Sibyl’, A Large Scale Wire Sculpture of a Woman That Is Installed on a Rooftop in Cairo
“The Egyptian Sibyl” by artist Gavin Worth is a 20-foot-wide wire sculpture of a woman that is installed on a rooftop in Cairo. The monumental…
‘The Shape of Ideas’, A Comic by Grant Snider That Illustrates the Nature of Ideas
“The Shape of Ideas” is a recent comic by artist Grant Snider in his Incidental Comics series. The comic illustrates the nature of different kinds of ideas and how a…
Classic 1934 Bourbon Cocktail Recipe Book Curated by the Brown-Forman Distillery Company of Louisville, Kentucky
Since 2007, September has been designated as the National Bourbon Month and in celebration, Kentucky for Kentucky got their hands on a copy of “How…
Memobottle, A Slim Water Bottle With a Rectangular Design Based on Common Paper Sizes
memobottle is as clever reusable water bottle with a slim rectangular design based on the dimensions of common paper sizes. The rectangular form allows the…
‘Cooking on Mars’, A Video by SpaceX Engineer Andrew Rader About Cooking and Eating Bugs
“Cooking on Mars” is a video by SpaceX engineer Andrew Rader where he cooks and eats insects while explaining why it’s likely that astronauts will be doing exactly…