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2012 “New U.S.A. Map” by Jeffrey Allen Price is a 1:10,400,000 scale map of the United States made with used sponges. It is part of…

Since 2009, Paul Grundbacher of Switzerland has spent his winter free time building seven amazing marble machines. Crafted almost entirely from wood, each machine moves…

Maker Faire is a weekend-long family-friendly festival presented by Maker Media that showcases “invention, creativity and resourcefulness” in the “areas of science and technology, engineering,…

Jolidrive by Jolicloud is a browser-based platform that aims to collect all of your most-used cloud services in one location. It works in Chrome, Firefox,…

“Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop” is an exhibition that takes a look at manipulated photography from the 1840s until the 1990s, when digital photo…

Comedy site Funny or Die has announced that it will release iSteve, the “FIRST Steve Jobs biopic,” on April 15, 2013. The 60-minute movie was…

Street by James Nares is an hour-long, unscripted video of New Yorkers going about their everyday business in slow motion. Nares’ work is currently part of an exhibition at the…

Reddit debuted its own original web series today based on popular subreddit Explain Like I’m Five, beginning with a video exploring Friederich Nietzsche and the philosophy…

Young penguins Newsom and Jeremy play Game for Cats on an old iPad at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Sure enough when Jeremy and Newsom noticed the…

There’s face-painting and then there’s face-painting by the very talented New Zealand-based makeup artist Christy Lewis of Daizy Design. Christy began painting faces regularly for…