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a daily dose of unique and curious things
TellTails, Large Wearable Animal Tails for People
If a custom made mermaid tail wasn’t your thing, maybe TellTails, large wearable animal tails available at UK company Kigu will be more up your…
Scary Smash, Animated Short Film Written & Told By A 5-Year-Old Kid
In the humorous action packed story Scary Smash written and told by 5-year-old Brett Baligad, actors Dave Foley, Joss Whedon and Kate Micucci take part…
Cube Tube, A Vertical Ice Cube Tray Invented to Avoid Spills
Cube Tube is a vertical tubular ice cube tray designed to make 14 spill-free ice cubes. Team Jenson of crowdsourced invention site Quirky invented the…
Exploding a Watermelon With Rubber Bands in Slow Motion
You might remember that awesome video we recently posted of a watermelon exploding from the force of over 500 rubber bands begin wrapped around it.…
Ca$hcats.biz: How the One Purrrcent Really Live, A Pop-Up Art Exhibit
Ca$hcats.biz: How the One Purrrcent Really Live is a crowdsourced pop-up art show and “partie” themed around cats and money (based on the blog, Ca$hcats.biz)…
The Faraday Porteur Electric Bicycle
The Faraday Porteur is a handsome electric bicycle with artfully concealed batteries and a 250 watt motor that together provide 10 to 15 miles of…
Cloudy, A Joyous Animated Trip Through The Sky By FriendsWithYou
The cute animated short Cloudy, by Los Angeles-based Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of FriendsWithYou, brings you on a peaceful journey through the clouds…
Documentary About Kurt Perschke’s RedBall Project in the UK
This short documentary by Danny Cooke follows Kurt Perschke’s interactive art piece, the RedBall Project, as it toured the UK in June. For more, see…
Stanley the Interactive Player Piano Takes Requests Via Twitter
Stanley is an old fashioned player piano that has been upgraded with electronics and software to play songs that have been requested via Twitter (video).…
The 4th Wall No More, A Review of Sleep No More In New York City
photos by mordicai The fourth wall is a theatrical wall that separates the audience from the stage. In performance, the goal is to dissolve that…