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Breaking News, A News App Featuring Proximity Alerts for When a Story Breaks Near You
Breaking News is an app designed to alert users when stories important to them break featuring proximity alerts that filter the news alerts more specifically…
Bird Song Hero, An Interactive Game That Teaches Users How to Recognize Bird Songs
Bird Song Hero is an interactive online game, developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, that teaches users how to identify the songs of different…
Digital Video and Imaging Expert Tim Jenison Hypothesizes Vermeer Used an Optical Machine to Create His Paintings
The Music Lesson by Johannes Vermeer In this fascinating Boing Boing post, digital video and imaging expert Tim Jenison presents his intriguing hypothesis for how…
Vessyl, A Smart Beverage Container That Recognizes and Tracks Everything You Drink
Vessyl is a beverage container by Mark One that recognizes and tracks everything you drink so as to better understand things like calorie and sugar…
Life with a Toddler, A Comic About the Beautiful Chaos of Having an 18-Month-Old by Incidental Comics
Grant Snider of Incidental Comics has created “Life with a Toddler“, a comic for Father’s Day about the “beautiful chaos of having an 18-month-old.” Posters…
Live Bitcoin Auction Taking Place Across From NYSE
Earlier today I came across a live Bitcoin auction taking place across from the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street. Promotional stunt was being…
Starbucks Announces the Beginning of National Rollout of Duracell Powermat Wireless Charging in Stores
Coffee retailer Starbucks has announced the beginning of a national rollout of Duracell Powermat wireless charging in stores beginning with those in the San Francisco…
BatDad Returns for Father’s Day With His Eighth Compilation of Funny Vine Videos
The BatDad (Blake Wilson) has returned for Father’s Day with an eighth compilation of funny Vine videos that he created with help from his wife…
Disturbing Illustration of a Deranged Man Dressed Up in a Pluto the Pup Disney Costume by Dan LuVisi
(larger) For his ongoing Popped Culture series, Los Angeles-based artist and writer Dan LuVisi has created a very disturbing illustration of deranged man dressed up…
A Storefront Gold-Dispensing Machine in Manhattan
Nick Carr of Scouting New York recently stumbled upon a gold-dispensing machine in front of Stack’s Rare Coins in Manhattan. The machine dispenses gold bars…