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A Comic Imagining What Marvel’s Avengers Might Look Like in Real Life
Artist Andy Kluthe of Nerd Rage and Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly have created an amusing comic that imagines what Marvel’s Avengers might look like in…
What If Google Search Were a Real Person, Part 3
CollegeHumor returns for another round of a theoretical world where Google’s search engine is actually a person that everyone consults. In the latest video, Google…
’11 Paper Place’, A Computer-Animated Love Story About Two Anthropomorphic Pieces of Office Paper
“11 Paper Place” is a wordless computer-animated short directed by Vermont-based filmmaker Daniel Houghton about two 8.5″ x 11″ pieces of paper who magically come…
xkcd Figures Out How Many Snowflakes It Would Take to Cover the World in Six Feet of Snow
In the latest edition of “What If” by xkcd, Randall Munroe answers a reader whose seven-year-old son wondered how many snowflakes it would take to…
Paleo Ultra ‘Barefoot’ Running Shoes Made From Stainless Steel Chainmail
Paleo Ultra is a line of shoes by German footwear maker Gost-Barefoots designed to embrace the natural running trend. The shoes are built from a…
The Calories of Common Foods Drawn Using the Corresponding Number of Pixels
(larger image) Severino Ribecca, a graphic designer based in London, has created an interesting way to view such common foods as beer, rice, cheese and…
The 2014 Sci-Fi Action Film ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Re-Enacted by Cute Little Baby Pugs
The Pet Collective has created an adorable version of the 2014 sci-fi action film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes that is re-enacted by…
Waves of Grain, A Stop-Motion Animation Featuring of Layers of Wood Being Stripped Away by a Planer
“Waves of Grain” is an experimental short animation by video designer Keith Skretch featuring a wood planer stripping away layers from a block of wood…
You Are Carrying, A Twitter Bot That Provides a Fictional Adventure Game Inventory
You Are Carrying is a Twitter bot by Andrew Vestal that provides a fictional adventure game inventory. Users need only tweet the bot with “i”…
Arcus Motion Analyzer, A Ring-Sized Activity Tracker That Recognizes Gestures
Arcus Motion Analyzer is a ring-sized activity tracker than also recognizes gestures. This means that the device can give real-time feedback on things like sports…