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Ultrasound Surgery, Healing Without Cuts
In this fascinating TEDMED talk “Ultrasound surgery — healing without cuts,” surgeon Yoav Medan discusses the use of focused ultrasound and MRI to perform surgery…
Why Some People Think The End Of The World Will Come In 2012
C.G.P. Grey takes a look at why some people think the end of the world will come in 2012. If you don’t want to watch…
The Peculiar Star-Nosed Mole Has Tentacles on Its Face
It won’t surprise you that we at Laughing Squid like animals with tentacles. Usually that means cephalopods, of course. But the peculiar case of the…
Matt Stutzman, The Armless Archer
Matt Stutzman was born without arms, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a competitive archer (video via BP Team USA). Stutzman holds the record…
Tiny and Gigantic People, Surreal Scenes by Jean-Francois Fourtou
Artist Jean-Francois Fourtou creates wonderfully surreal scenes in which people appear either gigantic or tiny, thanks to the artist’s clever manipulation of the scale of…
Pixelated Fireplace
Fireplace by Ted Martens is an interactive pixelated fireplace for Mac or PC. Commands like “marshmallow” and “hotdog” enhance the interactive fireplace experience. The digital…
Haiku Review, Business Reviews in 17 Syllables
Haiku Review is a user-generated business review app along the lines of Yelp, but with a twist—all reviews must take the form of a haiku…
Unroll.Me, New Service That Simplifies Canceling Emails Subscriptions
Unroll.Me is a new service that simplifies the process of unsubscribing from email subscriptions (video). The service searches the user’s inbox and generates a…
The Hobbit Production Video Diaries, On Location With Peter Jackson
Director Peter Jackson has been video blogging (part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) the production of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,…
1980’s Film Alphabet, Poster That Quizzes Your 1980s Movie Knowledge
Freelance designer Stephen Wildish spends the end of some weeks working on his Friday Project, a “project to create something witty or pretty for a…