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Bear Sculpture Made Using 20,000 Zip Ties
“Zip Tie Massimal” is a full-scale bear sculpture made of 20,000 plastic zip ties. Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin created the sculpture for the 2011 Beaux…
Blob Jumping Guinness World Record Set In Switzerland
A new Guinness World Record has been set in Cham, Switzerland by the folks at Paintballfarm. On June 24, 2011 this Swiss group accomplished a…
Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA Featuring C-3PO & R2-D2
C-3PO and R2-D2 warn kids about the dangers of smoking in this early 1980s PSA. The PSA was created by the US Department of Health…
Star Wars Themed Xbox 360 Kinect
During a panel at Comic-Con this week Microsoft unveiled a limited edition Star Wars themed Xbox 360 Kinect bundle. The hardware includes a custom R2-D2-themed…
Making Art By Adding Glow Sticks To A Blender
In the beginning of “MUNDO NEÓN,” artists are shown placing glow sticks into blenders. What follows is a riot of neon liquid being pumped through…
Reinvent the Toilet, A Call for Smarter Sanitation in the Developing World
“Reinvent the Toilet” by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is, as the video frankly puts it, all about poop. More specifically: the sanitation crisis…
Gorilla Takes Close Up Video of Himself With Camera Hidden In Toy
A silverback gorilla at the Durrell Wildlife Park captured some delightfully humorous close up video of himself after animal keeper Jon Stark hid a GoPro…
Impressionist Jim Meskimen Performs Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices
Impressionist Jim Meskimen performs Clarence’s speech from William Shakespeare’s Richard III in a bevy of celebrity voices from Harvey Keitel to Woody Allen to…
Cirque du Soleil Zarkana by Ron English, Travis Louie & Tara McPherson
The Cirque du Soleil art project SAFEWALLS is currently featuring limited edition of wonderful “Zarkana” prints by artists Ron English, Travis Louie and Tara McPherson…
Is America Ready For Its First Gay Atheist Female Robot President?
Is America Ready For Its First Gay Atheist Female Robot President? According to The New New York Times, it might just happen in 2567. original…