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Plants, An Educational App for Exploring the World’s Biomes
Plants is an educational app by developer Tinybop that allows users to interactively explore the world’s biomes. The initial release of the app includes both…
Big Hero 6, Disney’s First Animated Film Based Off a Marvel Comic About a Team of High-Tech Superheroes
Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a teaser trailer for Big Hero 6, their first animated film based off of a Marvel Comic that is…
A Bad Lip Reading of ‘American Idol’ Season 13
“It’s the cake maaaan… Oh my gosh!” For their ongoing series, Bad Lip Reading is back and they have created a hilarious bad lip reading…
Volet végétal, A Retractable Planter for Hanging Plants out a Window For People With Limited Space
Volet végétal is an ingenious retractable planter that lets people with limited space hang plants out their window. During the day, the planter can be…
Clever Art Series Featuring Miniature Figures Interacting Within Manipulated and Damaged Picture Frames
French artist Steven Guermeur has created a clever series of photographic artworks in which miniature figures interact with the wooden frames in which the art…
A Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign for a Shirt Featuring the Final Statistics of Said Campaign
Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler has started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to produce a shirt with the final statistics of said campaign on it. The campaign…
A ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Autobiography by Actor Neil Patrick Harris
Actor Neil Patrick Harris has written Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, an autobiography in the style of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure…
More Nature Art Made From Cut Maps by Claire Brewster
British artist Claire Brewster (see previous post) makes delicate cut paper nature art out of old maps. Brewster has continued to hone her craft and…
Imaginary Worlds, An Exhibition of Mosaiculture Living Sculptures at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
“Imaginary Worlds,” an outdoor exhibition of mosaiculture, is currently on view at the Atlanta Botanical Garden through October 2014. The exhibition features 28 mosaiculture living…
An Enthralling Story About What It Was Like to Beat the Video Game ‘Dragon’s Lair’ in an Arcade in the 1980s
Technology enthusiast Steven Frank relates what it was like to beat the video game Dragon’s Lair in an arcade back in the 1980s in a…