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Walk Off The Earth Covers Their Own Song With a Giant Guitar
Canadian band Walk Off The Earth — known for their previous creative performances of songs like Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” — has created a cover…

Jerzy Gwiazdowski, Punniest of Show at the 2012 O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships
At last year’s O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships (“Jest for a Wordy Cause!”), contestant Jerzy Gwiazdowski performed a two minute monologue so heavily laden with…
Engadget Expand, A Two-Day Consumer Electronics Event in San Francisco
Engadget is hosting their first ever “Expand” event on March 16th and 17th at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The two-day event will…

22 Rules of Storytelling by a Pixar Storyboard Artist
Former Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats shares a number of valuable storytelling rules she learned during her time at the animation studio. 1. You admire…

Monumental Bay Lights Project Goes Live in Grand Lighting Ceremony
History will show that on March 5th, 2013 San Francisco’s reliably temperamental weather patterns greeted the debut of The Bay Lights public art project with…

LevelUp, A Payment App That Saves You Money
LevelUp is an app that lets users pay with their phone. The free app is available for iOS and Android, and requires users to link a…

The Matrix Condensed Into 60 Animated Seconds
The team at 1A4 Studio condensed the 1999 sci-fi action film, The Matrix, into 60 animated seconds. Put machines, dreams, Neo, dystopia, and more machines…

Han Solo in Carbonite Business Card Case
You can now show off your love of Star Wars while also passing out your business information with the spring-loaded Han Solo in Carbonite Business…

Paintbot, A Paintball Gun That Fires When You Tweet #ISLPaint
Created by a team of four at iStrategylabs in less than 12 hours, the Paintbot is an Arduino-powered paintball gun that can be fired by…

House Sculptures Made of Cut & Hollowed Books
For his sculpture series “Built of Books,” Dutch artist Frank Halmans transforms stacks of old books into quaint row houses. To make the sculptures Halmans…
