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Say It With Bacon, Oscar Mayer Selling Bacon Gift Sets For ‘When Words Aren’t Enough’
For their Say It With Bacon campaign, Oscar Mayer is selling bacon gift sets for “when words aren’t enough.” There are three different sets in…
Sonic Water, Installation That Visualizes Sound with Water
“Sonic Water” is an interactive installation that visualizes sound with water. The installation works by playing sound through a speaker on which a small vessel…
Whistle, An On-Collar Activity Tracking Device For Dogs
Whistle is an on-collar Fitbit-like device to track your dog’s activity. It collects data from your dog about its day-to-day activity, like the amount it…
Millennials in the Workplace: A Helpful Guide
“Millennials in the Workplace: A Helpful Guide” is a hilarious mock educational video that explains how to deal with a new kind of worker: the…
C. G. P. Grey on the Many Curiosities of the U.S.–Canada Border
In part 2 of his series on bizarre borders, C. G. P. Grey looks at the many curiosities of the United States–Canada border. Among the…
Animation of Camera Morphing Into 4 Different Types
A camera morphs into four different types in this slick animated loop by motion designer Eddie Song.
Anthropologie Girls, Models From the Anthropologie Catalog Share A Lot of Secrets
“Girl!” In an episode of Meghan O’Neill’s “Pictures: The Webseries” titled “Anthropologie Girls,” models from the Anthropologie catalog share secrets, “a lot of secrets.”
Buzz Aldrin and Thomas Dolby Perform ‘She Blinded Me With Science’
At the Smithsonian, The Future is Here conference in 2013, former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and musician Thomas Dolby performed “She Blinded Me With…
Ace Discovery, A New Cartoon About a Has-Been Space Adventurer & His Man-Child Cabin Boy
Tom Gran and Martin Woolley of Spin Kick Bros. have created Ace Discovery, a new cartoon about a has-been space adventurer named Ace and his…
Ravioli Pizza
J. Kenji López-Alt of Serious Eats Slice recently visited Huntington (Long Island), New York’s Rosa’s Pizza and tried their Ravioli Pizza (aka the “awesomest thing…