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Hell is Other People, A Service For Avoiding Your Foursquare Friends
Hell is Other People is a service created by Scott Garner as an experiment in “anti-social media” that allows users to track and avoid their…
The Giant-Size Omnibus of Superpowers
Pop Chart Lab has released a new print, “The Giant-Size Omnibus of Superpowers.” The latest six-foot print, which charts over 200 superpowers of 600 superheros…
Cheetah-Cub Robot, A Small Quadruped Robot Designed After the Legs of a Cat
Swiss scientists at EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory have created the Cheetah-Cub Robot, a small quadruped robot designed after the feline anatomy. Each leg has three segments…
Frozen, An New Animated Feature Film by Disney Set in a Winter Wonderland
Disney has released a teaser trailer for its latest animated film, Frozen. The silly trailer follows a standoff between Olaf the snowman and Sven the…
Hairy Stockings For Young Chinese Girls To Fend Off Perverts
ChinaSMACK is reporting that a user on China’s microblogging site Sina Weibo has invented “hairy stockings” as a way for young girls to fend off…
LSD ABC, An Unusual Animated Alphabet
Laura Sicouri and Kadavre Exquis spent a year working on “LSD ABC,” a short animated film of an unusual alphabet where they explore “different worlds…
3D Printed Bow Tie Never Needs to be Tied
For anyone who has ever tried and failed to tie their own bow tie, Japanese studio MONOCIRCUS offers this plastic 3D printed bow tie that…
Tour of Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, California (1962)
Sci Fi Bob Ekman has posted this great circa 1962 footage of Children’s Fairyland (U.S.A.) in Oakland, California. Located near the city’s Lake Merritt, this…
Unlocking The Truth, A Heavy Metal Band Made Up of Three Sixth Grade Boys From Brooklyn
Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins and Alec Atkins are three sixth graders from Brooklyn that make up the heavy metal band, Unlocking The Truth. Kevin Shea…
Museum, A Tiny Museum of Oddities Tucked in a Manhattan Alley
photo by Naho Kubota Museum is a tiny museum of oddities that is tucked in the side of a building in a Manhattan alleyway. The…