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SmartBird, A Robot That Mimics the Flight of Birds to Stay Aloft
SmartBird, a 2011 project from Festo’s Bionic Learning Network, is a robot that mimics the flight of birds to stay aloft. This is accomplished thanks…
Spock Riding a Majestic Unicorn Over a Rainbow
Artist Tim O’Brien created a wonderful illustration of Spock riding a majestic unicorn over a rainbow for an issue Men’s Health Magazine. image via Tor.com…
Artist Creates Creepy Typeface With Human Skin, Hair, and Eyes
R Creative director JC Debroize of graphic design studio Kerozen crafted this startling typeface to appear like human flesh and features. Speaking with Co.Design, Debroize…
The Bottle Boys Perform a Mashup of Hip-Hop Songs With Empty Bottles
The 5 talented members of The Bottle Boys performed a fantastic mashup of well-known hip-hop songs with empty bottles. You can view the full list…
Nick Offerman Sings “Pu**y & Weed,” Shares Five Rules for Being a Man, and Is Compared to Cats on ‘Conan’
On a recent episode of Conan, special guest Nick Offerman sang the song “Pu**y & Weed,” shared five important rules for being a man, and…
Magician Confuses Drive-Thru Employees by Playing a Recording of Their Name and Then Denying He Heard It
“Is he trying to make me go crazier than I already am!?” In his latest prank, magician Rahat Hussein confuses random drive-thru employees by playing…
Misheard Song Lyrics: Round 4 by Pleated-Jeans
“I don’t think you’re ready for fish jelly.” Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans has released a fourth round of his Misheard Song Lyrics series. This time,…
Trove, A News App Featuring Curated Streams From Experts and Enthusiasts
Trove is a news app that features “thousands of news sources” users can then customize to follow only the topics that interest them. This customized…
SF Fauxtest 2014, 2nd Annual Fake Protest in San Francisco
“Embrace hypocrisy and irony, Air petty annoyances and gripes, Facts, truth and nontroversy.” On Friday, February 7th, the second annual SF Fauxtest, a fake protest…
Logan’s Run, A Street Game in San Francisco Based on the Cult Classic 1976 Sci-Fi Film ‘Logan’s Run’
Game designers Gabe Smedresman and Catherine Herdlick of The Multiverse Council will be hosting “Logan’s Run,” a street game in San Francisco based on the…