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What the Fluff? 2011, A Street Festival Celebrating Marshmallow Fluff
Celebrating the wonderful diversity of American regional foods is a passion of mine and, because I grew up in Massachusetts, Durkee-Mower’s product, Marshmallow Fluff, is…
Tacit, A Glove That Lets Blind People Navigate Using Sonar
Tacit is a sonar-enabled glove that signals the proximity of nearby objects to the wearer using touch feedback. The glove allows visually impaired people to…
Compressed, Mesmerizing Videos of Manipulated Magnetic Materials
In designer Kim Pimmel’s “Compressed” time-lapse video series, magnetic particles and ferrofluids exhibit bizarre and beautiful behavior as they are manipulated by magnets. via MAKE…
Interview With Typewriter Sculptor Jeremy Mayer
Jeremy Mayer, an Oakland artist who makes gorgeous sculptures out of typewriter parts, explains his process in this interview at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.…
Lightsaber Battle NYC 2011
Lori Kufner and Kevin Bracken, co-founders of urban art events collective, Newmindspace, are once again hosting the nerd-rific event, Lightsaber Battle NYC, on September 24,…
Fallout Themed Monopoly Game
Elisabeth Redel created a wonderful Monopoly Board and Game Pieces based on the video game series Fallout. via Geeks are Sexy, Kotaku & Neatorama
Reese’s Dog
“Reese’s Dog” by Jed Heuer via Colossal
Raising Unicorns, A Quirky Book That Explores Unicornomics
Exploring Unicornomics has never been easier thanks to Jessica S. Marquis’ quirky new book, Raising Unicorns: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful…
World Trade Center Twin Tower Cameos In Movies (1969-2001)
Dan Meth created a really great compilation highlighting appearances the World Trade Center Twin Towers in films, starting in 1969 when they were under construction…
Peanuts Inspired Norah Jones Poster by Matt Leunig
Last year San Francisco illustrator Matt Leunig created a wonderful Peanuts inspired poster for Norah Jones and Corinne Bailey Rae at the Greek Theater in…