When Mark Pelzner inherited three typewriters from Marvyn, his late father, he commissioned artist Jeremy Mayer to turn the machines into a memorial bust: “Portrait…

Emil Johansson of the Lord of the Rings Project has created Gandalf Problem Solving, a humorous flowchart showing various options that Gandalf the wizard had…

Xiao Liwu (“Little Gift”), a panda cub at the San Diego Zoo, recently made his public debut and delighted visitors by nibbling treats and cuddling…

The Real World: Whiterun, a new Nerdist Channel parody series by producer Bryan Basham (creator of COPS: Skyrim and The Death and Return of Superman),…

Improv Everywhere has posted photos and video of yesterday’s 12th annual No Pants Subway Ride in New York City. This year, global No Pants Subway…

“The Human Sushi” is a series of videos by Godfisk (a site backed by the Norwegian Seafood Council) that features a spandexed dance troupe that…

The InterLock is a cable lock for bikes that hides away inside the seat post of the bicycle when not in use. The lock’s designer,…

The robotic spider dress is a futuristic collaboration between designer Anouk Wipprecht and engineer Daniel Schatzmayr. A prototype of a mechanic dress equipped with sensors…

Nerdcore hip hop artist MC Frontalot teamed up with web application management provider New Relic on the song titled “Nerd Life.” The song’s music video…

Branch, the online discussion service that encourages focused conversation among friends, has completed its closed beta and is now open to the public. Branch users…