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The Music Festival Experience
The Music Festival Experience by Pleated-Jeans
Trike Drifting, Rigged Tricycle Riders Take to the Streets of New Zealand
In Trike Drifting, Devin Graham (aka Devin Super Tramp) and his friends have taken low-riding trikes for a wild ride on the streets of New…
Mustached Mr. Gurefuru ChuChu Device Churns Out Fresh Fruit Juice
Gurefuru Chuchu by Takara Tomy is a fun anthropomorphic juicing device for citrus fruits. It takes about a minute to twist and turn the juice…
Beaker Magazine, A Business and Culture Magazine by Amrit Richmond
Amrit Richmond, founder of New York City-based R&D lab and innovation consultancy Magenta Labs, just launched Beaker magazine, an online business and culture magazine aimed…
Explore, A Discovery Engine for Meaningful Knowledge by Maria Popova
Explore is a “discovery engine for meaningful knowledge, fueled by cross-disciplinary curiosity” edited and curated by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings as a project for…
Beautiful Spinning Video Captured by Camera Mounted to Power Drill
“Seeing in circles” is a short video of beautifully abstract spinning images that was created by mounting a camera to a power drill and rotating…
Omniscient Siri, a Siri-Inspired iPhone Case
Omniscient Siri by SaGa Design is an iPhone case inspired by Apple’s Siri digital assistant. The case won the 3D design category in a competition…
Ralph Wiggum Comics
Bongo Comics has just released Ralph Wiggum Comics #1, a comic book that features The Simpsons nose-picking character Ralph Wiggums. It is part of Simpsons…
Global Rainbow, High Power Laser Projection of a Giant Rainbow Beam
“Global Rainbow” by Yvette Mattern is a massive scale outdoor light projection in which seven high power lasers project a rainbow light beam for up…
Frankenweenie, Tim Burton Remakes 1984 Short to Feature Length Film
Frankenweenie is a feature-length animated film collaborative effort by Tim Burton and Disney based on Burton’s 1984 classic black-and-white short of the same name…