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One Viewer Mapped His Heart Rate During the Climax of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season Three
Using an Arduino and PulseSensor, Marko Plahuta of Virostatiq recorded his heart rate during “The Rains of Castamere,” the ninth episode of season three of…
Typographic Celebrity Portraits Made From Their Famous Lines & Lyrics
Designer Sean Williams creates typographic celebrity portraits out of the famous lyrics and lines from his pop star and actor subjects. via BuzzFeed
Pop Desk, An Accessory That Turns Any Smartphone Into a Desk Phone
Pop Desk is an accessory designed by Native Union that can turn any smartphone into a desk phone. The Pop Phone retro handset plugs into…
An Animated Map of Europe, 1000 AD to the Present
An animated map showing the ever-changing borders of European nations from 1000 AD to the present. The animation is based on Centennia Historical Atlas, an…
Futuristic Geometric Popsicles From Germany
KYL21 is a line of futuristic geometric popsicles by food scientist David Marx of The Science Kitchen, a food lab in Berlin. These molecular designed…
Les Misérables Performed With an Epic ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber Battle
Chance McClain has recreated the intense showdown between Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in Les Misérables as an epic Star Wars battle with lightsabers and…
The Film Alphabets, An iOS App That Quizzes Your Movie Knowledge
The Film Alphabets is an iOS app by designer Stephen Wildish of Wildish&co and Synth Media that “quizzes your movie knowledge from A to Z.”…
Kittens Playing Jenga
A group of kittens learns how to play Jenga sans thumbs in this adorable video by The Pet Collective. via Tastefully Offensive
Spinlister, A Service For Borrowing and Renting Out Bicycles
Spinlister is a service that allows people to rent bicycles from other users or list their own bikes for others to borrow. The service, which…
Carn, A Dark Animation About a Boy Who Makes a Deal With a Wolf to Survive the Cold
A young boy stranded in the snow strikes a deal with a dying black wolf in Carn, a dark animation created by French animator Jeff…