Laughing Squid
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TED-Ed: How Folding Paper Can Get You to the Moon
In this animated explanation of exponential growth from TED-Ed, educator Adrian Paenza show us how we can reach the moon by folding a piece of…
Man Can Whistle & Harmonize Two Notes at Once
In this video from 2011, Boston-based piano technology instructor Jack Stebbins shows how he can whistle and harmonize two notes at once. He demonstrates this…
Display of 100,000 Floating LED Lights on a River in Tokyo
video by stevenagata photo via Tokyo Hotaru Festival photo by Mai Suzuki photo via Tokyo Hotaru Festival On the evening of May 6, 100,000 LED…
American Coalition for Labor Reparations Helps Mothers Get Compensated For Giving Birth
American Coalition for Labor Reparations is a public initiative headed by Mother New York where folks can repay their mothers expenses incurred as a fetus.…
Where Will I Go When I’m Dead And Gone? Teaching Kids About Death
California-based educational psychologist and songwriter Peter Alsop helps children understand what happens when people die in the humorous song and video, Where Will I Go…
The Hipster Hunt, A French Woman Discovering What Hipster Means
Journalist Lorena Galliot moved to New York from France and wanted to learn what about hipsters. The Hipster Hunt is a short video that shows…
Hardware Innovation Workshop Presented by MAKE
The Hardware Innovation Workshop, a conference on business and the maker movement, takes place May 15 and 16 at PARC in Palo Alto (video). The…
Star Wars Stamps
Dutch artist Stefan Van Zoggel created this clever series of Star Wars-themed postage stamps. via Wired
SHIRI, A Japanese Butt Robot That Responds to Touch
Information Systems graduate student Nobuhiro Takahashi at Tokyo’s University of Electro-Communications has been working on SHIRI, a “humanoid buttocks robot” that is primed to express…
Saipancakes, Dad Creates Amazing Pancake Sculptures For His Kids
Former math teacher turned stay-at-home dad Nathan Shields moved to Saipan with his family recently and started making creatively sculpted pancakes. He calls them Saipancakes…