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Cufftore is a system of interchangeable magnetic suit buttons that offer people a new accessory option when wearing a suit. Once magnetic studs replace the existing cuff buttons, the magnetic buttons can be quickly swapped out for a fresh look. The team that developed Cufftore is raising money on Kickstarter to bring the new accessory to […]

Media Bird, the storytelling production house has put together a fascinating profile of Ross Garfield, aka The Drum Doctor. Over the many years since he gave up the idea of being a drummer and turned his love of percussion into a lifelong profession as a master drum craftsman, Garfield has influenced the sound of many […]

Videographer Taylor Fairbank has created “Bonjour Paris“, a gorgeously filmed, dizzying two minute hyperlapse video that encompasses many of the iconic sights of La Ville-Lumière. Fairbank had never been to Paris before, but luckily, he had an expert tour guide to take him around. I spent two weeks in Paris this summer exploring the city […]

The incredibly talented Purin the Super Beagle has gone on to set a second Guinness World Record for being the fastest dog to travel 10 meters on top of a yoga ball, making this a very happy Puppy Day for Purin. The little dog had previously set a record in 2015 for her incredible goalkeeping […]

Mini Materials is a line of miniature construction materials made from real wood, cement, and mix. The line includes miniature wood two by fours, concrete cinder blocks in 1:12 and 1:6 scale sizes, wood pallets, and even mortar mix that can all be used to create realistic miniature construction projects. photos via Mini Materials via […]

Hydraulic Press Channel looks at what happens when a hydraulic press is used to crush a hockey puck.

The Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) telescope has completed the ATLASGAL survey of the Milky Way resulting in a stunning and detailed image of the galaxy. The image covers an area 140 degrees long and three degrees wide, covering the full area of the galactic plane visible from Earth’s southern hemisphere. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has […]

An interactive 360º tour of Q‘s workshop from the James Bond film SPECTRE was been released as a video. The immersive tour allows you to slowly walk through the workshop and click on any of Bond’s iconic vehicles for more information about them.

Jenn Fujikawa of justJENN recipes has shared a detailed set of instructions on how to create Jabba the Hutt marshmallow treats. These bouncy treats are made of a sweet homemade marshmallow, covered in a sugary dust — a color specific to his high exaltedness, the great Jabba the Hutt. This holiday, you’re sure to want […]

I think you should call people what they want to be called Mary Norris, known as the “Comma Queen” at the New Yorker, addressed the recent and wonderful American Dialect Society announcement that the singular “they” was their Word of the Year and talked about how to use the word as a singular noun. A […]

A photo posted by Yuri Krasnoshek Logo Designer (@blagopoluchny) on Feb 29, 2016 at 7:34am PST Odessa, Ukraine graphic designer. Yuri Krasnoshchok has created a wonderful series of minimalist illustrations (set one and two) that portray the masks of popular comic book superheroes. The entire collection of masks are available to view on Behance. images […]

Paul Reubens played a balloon as a musical instrument during an appearance on The Tonight Show. He even had host Jimmy Fallon guess what song he was playing. Reubens performs a similar balloon act in his new movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, available on Netflix now.

In 2014, climate scientist Bill Putnam who works in the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, presented an incredibly startling supercomputer model that visualized the increasing carbon dioxide levels present in the Earth’s atmosphere over the course of a year. He explained how the photosynthesis of trees and other plant […]

Wired asked the cast of Silicon Valley to guess what real startups do based solely on their names. Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, T.J. Miller, Zach Woods, and Martin Starr all take turns guessing what companies like Nutanix, Anaplan, Automattic, and Kabbage actually do. The actors even took shots at summarizing what Wired does with Woods […]

Posted by Jason Headley on Sunday, January 10, 2016 Writer and director Jason Headley, who made the hilarious video “F*ck That: An Honest Meditation“, has created an accompanying app that allows peace seekers to access their daily dose of profanity-laced meditation in a variety of lengths, up to 15 minutes. Mindfulness for the rest of us. […]

Comedian Joe Pera talks the audience to sleep in his new Adult Swim video, “Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep.” The video features animated versions of Pera and a dog named Gus combined with soothing images of barns, pretzels, and fireworks.

HBO has shared an inside look at the creative process that prosthetic designer Barrie Gower and his team at BGFX went through to make everything from “decapitations to White Walkers” in the upcoming sixth season of Game of Thrones. Season six is currently set to premiere on April 24th, 2016.

In October 2015, an eleven year old girl from India named Shristi Sharma reclaimed the title of “Lowest limbo skating over 25 meters” by rolling under a course of 25 6.69 inch limbo bars. The event was sponsored by Lokmat Media Pvt Ltd took place at the Centre Point School in Nagpur, India and raised […]

Chris Pratt recently teamed up with Omaze to offer fans the chance to grab lunch with him and get a behind-the-scenes tour of the set of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The charity auction will help the Lake Stevens Boys and Girls Club “build a welcoming space where teens can come to hang out, […]

Easter Beer Hunt!Posted by John Halcyon Styn on Monday, March 14, 2016 John Halcyon Styn, the founder of Hug Nation, has a really creative mom who knows how to keep her children engaged in the family’s annual Easter Egg hunt. Over the years she changed it up a bit but after the hard-boiled eggs, candy […]

On his blog Nomageddon, Matthew Cetta shared a recipe for homemade marshmallow treats in the shape of the poop emoji that he calls Poop Peeps. The recipe includes step-by-step instructions for making marshmallow, forming the poop shapes, and coloring them brown. The name comes from the popular bunny and chick shaped marshmallow Peeps. photos via […]

Asha “The Iron Queen” Rani, who currently holds seven Guinness World Records, has recently broke her own record on episode ten of Guinness World Records Italian Show for the heaviest vehicle pulled by hair (female). She showed off her incredible strength by pulling a 26,931-pound double-decker bus.

Programmer and artist Brent Watanabe recently launched a live video stream on Twitch that follows a wandering deer around San Andreas as it gets into random mischief in a modified version of Grand Theft Auto V. The mod creates a deer and follows it as it wanders throughout the 100 square miles of San Andreas, […]

Travis Greenwood has teamed up with Las Vegas video editor Robert Jones to create “Leisure On The Lens,” a supercut tribute to the best tracksuits worn in movies. From the humble to the flashy, film’s most iconic tracksuits take centerstage in this new video that cuts across genres and decades, fabrics and fads. Stitched together […]

A photo posted by EdgaR_ArtiS (@edgar_artis) on Jan 22, 2016 at 3:45am PST Armenian illustrator Edgar Artis has a wonderfully unique eye for fashion, cleverly creating unique dress designs from such yummy treats as chocolate, french fries, whipped cream, Swiss cheese and even some fruits including lemon and kiwi. Artis is also fond of other […]

By way of a listener’s question, KQED News sought out the locally infamous dancer who performs with a big red heart on the 18th Street pedestrian overpass over Highway 101 in San Francisco where commuters are always stuck in traffic during rush hour. The dancer, whose name is JaVonne Hatfield, just really enjoys dancing and […]

Spanish filmmaker Jorge Luengo Ruiz, whose work we’ve previously posted, has created a massively, multi-frame supercut tribute to the “Kubrick Gaze“, a distinctive closeup technique employed by the director in which the character deliberately stared directly into the camera with intention, subtly pulling the audience in without completely breaking the fourth wall. Here's my NEW […]

In the first episode of the Munchies series “The Pizza Show“, host Frank Pinello stuck close to home to sample the yummy fare and to speak with the proprietors of three notable pizzerias in three different neighborhoods – Bushwick, Carroll Gardens and Midwood. We start at Roberta’s in Bushwick, a pizzeria that has truly changed […]

Filmmaker and photographer Adam Nawrot of Protoscience Media Lab recently shared his collection of photos that give us a glimpse at an old NYPD surveillance van that he put some elbow grease into and turned into a cozy little mobile home. The van allows Adam to travel all over and enjoy his “passion for exploration […]

A hyper little kitten became incredibly infatuated with her tiny little reflection, passing back and forth in front of the mirror, trying to figure out who the other cat was and why she was there.

Personal Ink (P.Ink) is a wonderful and incredibly necessary service that connects mastectomy patients with qualified tattoo artists who know how to work with the scars of surgery. P.Ink was established in 2013 by design executive and entrepreneur Noel Franus when he learned that his sister-in-law Molly Ortwein was looking for a creative way to […]

London cinematographer Ollie Paxton has created a side by side look at the numerous movie references and tributes found in Quentin Tarantino‘s western mystery film The Hateful Eight. Ollie features films like Stagecoach, The Magnificent Seven, The Thing, and more. music by Roy Orbison – “There Won’t Be Many Coming Home” via /Film

Musician and comedian Reggie Watts, who is the house band leader for The Late Late Show with James Corden, performed some unique stand-up comedy and impromptu music during an appearance on Conan.

Prepare for Impact is a simulator game to help passengers get ready for possible aircraft emergencies including water landings, cabin depressurization, and fires. The creators of the game point out that flying is safe and aircraft accidents are unlikely events, but it’s always good to be prepared for an emergency. The game is available now […]

In 2013, Designer David Schwen put a very stylish spin on classic food pairings and cleverly presented them as Pantone color swatches. Inspired by Schwen’s work, Italian designers Georgia Calderone and Alessio Varvarà have recreated the theme with “Sicilian food as Pantone”, a beautiful showcase of common Sicilian pairings. images via Georgia Calderone, Alessio Varvarà […]

United States Olympic ping pong players Ariel Hsing and Michael Landers performed the ping pong concerto “Ricochet” by composer by Andy Akiho with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, which was commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival and the MISA Festival and premiered on July 18, 2015. via Livedoor, RocketNews24

Some people put berries in their pancakes, I prefer mine in champagne ???? Blackberry Thyme Cocktail 3/4 oz blackberry syrup Top with champagne Garnish with sprig of thyme (I omitted for the pic since the #pugtender finds it irresistible) Recipe from @stylemepretty A photo posted by Rocco the Pug & Weldon (@roccothepug) on Mar 20, […]

This post was sponsored by Ministry of Supply’s Aviator 2 via Syndicate Ads. Ministry of Supply co-founder Gihan Amarasiriwardena is a highly accomplished runner and inventor. In the midst of developing forward-thinking apparel, he has kept up with racing, recently setting a personal record for half marathon. The twist? He also broke the Guinness World […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” recently demonstrated how to reseal any plastic bag using two plastic rulers and a lighter. Kulakov held the bag together by placing a ruler on each side of the opening and then sealed them together by melting the ends with a lighter.

Skilled drummer Aric Improta of the band Night Verses recently captured footage of himself doing an incredible backflip from one drum sets to another mid solo. With a GoPro camera strapped to his chest, Aric manages to give us a close look at how he gracefully pulled off the stunt. via Digg

The BBQ Toolbox by SUCK UK is a portable barbecue that looks like a classic metal toolbox. It is currently available to purchase from SUCK UK and The Fowndry. A BBQ that looks like a classic metal toolbox. Folds up with a convenient carrying handle for easy transportation to the park or beach. Unfolds to […]

Tom Scott answer the question, “Will YouTube ever run out of video IDs?” The video looks at the 11-character ID unique to every video on YouTube and exactly how many possibilities there are before they run out. Scott begins the video by explaining different counting system. YouTube uses a Base 64 system where each character can have 64 possible […]

Pee-wee Herman meets Joe Manganiello over milkshakes in a clip from his new Netflix original movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday. In the film, the meeting sets Pee-wee on his path to adventure as he tries to get to New York City to rejoin his new friend. The film debuted March 18, 2016 on Netflix.

Filmmaker Jonny Holloway has created a modern trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix using both the music and style of J.J. Abrams‘ trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. via BuzzFeed

The innovative group of Dayton, Ohio creatives at Real Art have designed War of Currents, a shocking custom-built arcade game where inventors Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison face off in a Street Fighter style battle. One of the many things that make their electrifying arcade game unique is that, once you charge up your super […]

During their March 2016 live event, Apple showed off their iPhone disassembling robot Liam in a video about their recycling efforts. The robot deftly pulls apart an iPhone and sorts its individual pieces to be reused or recycled. True innovation means considering what happens to a product at every stage of its life cycle. Liam […]

Introducing the iPhone SE, the most powerful 4-inch phone ever–even though 4-inch phones haven’t been a thing since like 2012. An iPhone SE parody commercial by Jack Douglass points out some of the small phone’s less impressive features. The iPhone SE was announced at an Apple event on May 21, 2016 along with a smaller version […]

HTD arranged 6,000 matches into a large block and lit one corner to set off a fiery chain reaction. The video runs a full 14 minutes as the fire spreads across the matches and the matches eventually burn themselves out. The channel has posted other videos with matches arranged in interesting patterns, but this is […]

ThinkGeek is offering an awesome Retro Gaming Shower Curtain that resembles an old school NES video game cartridge. The shower curtain comes with a see-thru window that “lets you be the star of Super Shower Time, instead of one of those pesky plumbers.” To some, the bathroom is a room for taking care of business; […]

Thrasher Magazine recently released “Death Skateboard,” a short video of New Zealand professional skateboarder Richie Jackson performing innovative tricks using roof turbine vents, boulders, street signs, electric gates, and more. Thrasher Magazine also conducted an interesting follow-up interview with Richie. Richie reminds us that there are no rules in skateboarding. Choose your own adventure. A […]