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Seven Seconds of Summer, Dreamy Slow Motion Aerial Footage Captured with a Phantom Drone
Nate Bolt used a DJI Phantom Drone and a GoPro camera to capture dreamy slow motion aerial footage of the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs…
Congress, An App For Staying Informed About the Legislature
Congress is an app for iOS and Android created by the Sunlight Foundation that keeps users up-to-date with current legislation and provides contact information, recent…
Cute Animals Giving Each Other All Kinds Of Hugs by Attaboy
Richmond, California-based artist and toy designer Attaboy has created a wonderful series of illustrations of cute animals giving each other various types of friendly hugs.…
How to Make Wolverine’s Adamantium Claws
In an episode of Man at Arms by Break Media, master blacksmith and prop maker Tony Swatton recreates Wolverine’s adamantium claws using tempered steel, and…
How to Drink Coffee in Space Using a Zero Gravity Coffee Cup
NASA physicists have invented a special Zero Gravity Coffee Cup for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. With a normal cup, astronauts would have to…
Man Carried Like a Baby Around Manhattan Strapped To a Bigger Man
Comedian Mark Malkoff got 7-foot-tall actor Grizz Chapman (30 Rock) to carry him like a baby in a make-shift Baby Bjorn-like holder around New York…
Nirvana Playing Live at a Closed Radio Shack (1988)
On January 24, 1988 Nirvana did a live performance inside Radio Shack in Aberdeen, Washington (Kurt Cobain’s hometown) after the store was closed for the…
Everything Wrong With ‘Men In Black 3’ In 6 Minutes Or Less
For their ongoing series, CinemaSins has released a new video that reveals “Everything Wrong With Men In Black 3 In 6 Minutes Or Less.” Since…
WaterColorBot, A Robot That Makes Physical Watercolor Paintings From Digital Artwork
The WaterColorBot is a robot created by 12-year-old Sylvia Todd and Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories that creates physical watercolor paintings using digital vector artwork. The…
How ‘Man Of Steel’ Should Have Ended
“It’s a traaap!” – Admiral Ackbar In this animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (HISHE), an alternate ending is provided for the 2013…