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Senseless Drawing Bot, A Robot That Tags a Wall With Random Grafitti
Senseless Drawing Bot is an autonomous art robot that spray paints random graffiti-like drawings on a wall (video). The robot is by Japanese artists So…
Mail-Order Mysteries Reveals the Real Products Behind Comic Book Ads
Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads! is the new book from pop-culture historian Kirk Demarais in which he shares his very cool…
Drivelapse USA, Time-Lapse Video of Entire USA Road Trip in 5 Minutes
Brian DeFrees took a 12,225 mile road trip across the United States, filmed the entire adventure and later compressed all the footage into the five-minute…
Tesla Coil Hat
Tyler Christensen created a wearable Tesla Coil Hat (a small DRSSTC on top of a hat) as a Halloween costume. via Adafruit Industries photo via…
Mosaics of Movie Poster Clichés
French film distributor Christophe Courtois has evidently seen thousands of film posters in his life: witness his spot on and often hilarious film posters mosaics,…
Face Bank, A Creepy Anthropomorphic Coin-Eating Bank
The Face Bank is a battery-powered robotic coin-eating bank with a creepy face. It comes in several colors and variations: a “Big Size”, the original…
Vines, A Birthday Surprise In The Form of a Handmade Flip Book
Vines is a sweet video of a handmade flip book streamcipher created to surprise his girlfriend on her birthday. Most of it was just whatever…
L Train Notwork, A Pirate Wi-Fi for New York City Subway Commuters
The L Train Notwork is a pirate wi-fi network that is available on certain New York City Subway L Trains this week, thanks to creative…
Santacon 2011, Santarchy Events Taking Place Around The World
Santacon 2010 in Okinawa, Japan Santacon 2010 in Paris, France It’s time to suit up for Santacon 2011 and fortunately there are plenty of Santarchy…
Bliss Dance, iPhone App Lets Visitors Interact With 40-Foot Sculpture
Bliss Dance, a 7,000 pound sculpture of a dancing woman, was created in 2010 by Marco Cochrane for the Burning Man festival. Visitors can download…