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YouTube Hosting Their First-Ever Music Awards in New York City
YouTube will be hosting their first-ever YouTube Music Awards on Sunday, November 3, 2013 in New York City. The live-stream event will “honor artists and…
Nibble, A Cake Pan Designed So You Can Taste It Without Breaking It
Industrial designer Talia Wiener is the inventor of Nibble, a really cool cake pan that makes a small muffin-sized cake on the side of the…
Collection of Jim Henson Puppets and Props Donated to Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Elmo and Fozzie Bear The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. recently received over 20 Henson puppets and props on the anniversary…
Face Blends of ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Actors and Their Film Reboot Counterparts
William Shatner and Chris Pine as Captain Kirk Redditor ThatNordicGuy has created face blends of characters from Star Trek: The Original Series and their counterparts…
Design is One, Documentary About Designers Lella & Massimo Vignelli
Design is One is a documentary about Lella and Massimo Vignelli, the prolific husband and wife design duo whose company, Vignelli Associates, has done wide-ranging…
F.A.A. Panel Rules Passengers Should Be Allowed to Use Personal Electronic Devices on Planes
A Federal Aviation Administration advisory panel has ruled that airline passengers should be allowed to use personal electronic devices for reading, playing games, listening to…
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club, A Giant Shuffleboard Nightclub Now Being Built in Brooklyn
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club is an upcoming shuffleboard nightclub now under construction in a 17,000-square-foot Brooklyn warehouse. The club will feature ten regulation shuffleboard…
Bill Nye Dances Like a Robot to Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ in His Final ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Performance
Bill Nye who tore 80% of his quadricep, danced like a robot with his partner Tyne Stecklein to Daft Punk's "Get Lucky."
The Open Hand Project, Creating an Affordable, Open-Source, & 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hand
The Open Hand Project founded by Bristol roboticist Joel Gibbard is working to create the Dextrus hand, an open-source, 3D-printed prosthetic hand. The project, which…
Bud Light Ranch, A Parody Commercial For Beer-Flavored Ranch Salad Dressing
“It doesn’t come in lite.” The UCB Comedy “Muddleberry” beta team has created “Bud Light Ranch,” a parody commercial for ranch salad dressing that is…