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Biochemies, DNA Molecule Plush Dolls That Promote Science Education
PhD candidate Jun Axup has created a series of plush DNA molecule dolls (that magnetically-interact where they naturally hydrogen bond) called Biochemies as a way…
Guinness World Record Attempt for Largest Gathering of Naked Santas
A Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Gathering of Naked Santas will happen on December 10, 2011 at 3 PM in San Francisco during…
NASA Researchers Release Highest Resolution Map Ever of the Moon
Yesterday the Arizona State University-based research team for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter project released the highest resolution topographic map of the moon yet created. The…
The Occupy Protest Movement as a Game of Pong
Design firm MK12 cleverly illustrates the Occupy protest movement with this animated Pong metaphor. The animation opened this month’s Zero Film Festival in New York…
The Analog Animated Gif Player
The Gif Player by Belgian designer Pieterjan Grandry is a device that plays animated gifs that are printed on special rotary discs. It is based…
A Simple & Empowering Solution on How to Get More Women in Tech
Caroline Drucker of SoundCloud offers a simple but empowering solution for getting more women in tech in her Ignite NYC 13 talk, How to Get…
Harvey Pekar Library Statue Project
The Harvey Pekar Library Statue is a proposed memorial to Harvey Pekar, the indie graphic novelist (American Splendor) who died in 2010. Created by sculptor…
Holga iPhone Lens Filter Kit
The Holga iPhone Lens Filter Kit gives your iPhone photos that low-fi retro look that Holga cameras are famous for but without the use of…
Yahoo! Neon Billboard In San Francisco Is Coming Down
The San Francisco Egotist reports that the iconic Yahoo! Neon Billboard in San Francisco is coming down in two weeks. It’s been a San Francisco…
Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers
Leonard Carson and three coworkers banded together to make themselves custom carbon fiber Star Wars stormtrooper uniforms. They built the uniforms in their free time,…