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Interactive, Color-Changing Moto X Ad in the Print Edition of ‘Wired’
Motorola has placed a color-changing interactive ad for the Moto X in the January 2014 print edition of Wired magazine. Readers can browse different color…
Planting Seeds Using a 12 Gauge Shotgun Shell
Flower Shell is a 12 gauge shotgun shell that is loaded with flower seeds instead of shot. When paired with a shotgun, Flower Shell can…
The Festive Funk Machine, A Soundboard for Making Holiday Music
The Festive Funk Machine is an interactive soundboard created by creative printing company MOO that lets users compose their own holiday music from different looping…
Walter White Christmas, An Illustration of Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg as Santa Claus
“We wish you a Meth-y Xmas and a Heisen-New Year” – Matty Todd New York artist John Aslarona has turned the fictional meth-cooking character Heisenberg…
Interactive Map Visualizes Mentions of Place Names by American TV News
The Internet Archive recently released an interactive map that visualizes mentions of place names by American TV news programs over the past four years. The…
Weird Facts About All 50 States
BuzzFeed has created a video showcasing “50 Weird Facts About All 50 States.” For example, South Dakota is home to the mashed potato wrestling contest,…
How ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Should Have Ended
This animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) features an alternate ending for the 2013 Marvel superhero film, Thor: The Dark World. They…
Man Records One Second of Every Day for a Whole Year
Beginning on December 18th, 2012, Matt Skuta recorded one second of his life every day for a whole year. The result is fascinating video diary…
Interactive Chart Shows Which Words Originated in Your Birth Year
The OxfordWords Blog has created an interactive chart that shows which words entered usage in the English language during a given year. You can explore…
Pigs Swimming at ‘Pig Beach’ in the Exumas Banks, Bahamas
Pigs may not fly, but they do swim in the Bahamas, as captured in this delightful video. While it’s not completely clear as to how…