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“Tales From The Smith Comic Book Series” is a new set of conceptual designs by Brazilian artist Butcher Billy that imagines Robert Smith of The Cure as a variety of monsters featured on the covers of classic horror comics, using Smith’s lyrics as the titles and the text. Kisses and scares. Hearts and skulls. Giggles […]

Science Friday takes a fascinating look at a large collection of medical and scientific devices of the past curated by Steve Erenberg. The collection includes early and bizarre devices that have fallen out of use over the years. In the video, Erenberg discusses what makes the objects in his collection beautiful. For more than 30 years, […]

Tameru Zegeye, an Ethiopian circus performer who lives in Germany, set a Guinness World Record when he covered 100 meters in 57 seconds in a handstand position on forearm crutches. Zegeye was born with deformed feet and unable to use his legs, but has made an art out of using his crutches. Needless to say, […]

Malaysian artist Jaemy Choong, co-founder of Kickatomic Creatives, has amusing photos of postcard-sized movie posters superimposed over real dogs. The canines end up looking like they are part of the characters in his miniature posters. More photos from Jaemy‘s series can be viewed on his Instagram. images via Jaemy Choong via Bored Panda

Chip Fingers are a new line of handy guards for keeping fingers clean while eating messy snacks. The silicone guards slip over the user’s fingers to keep dust and crumbs from skinning to the skin. photos via Chip Fingers via Incredible Things

Stelios Mousarris, a Cypriot-based furniture designer, has crafted “Wave City” a stunning coffee table that was heavily inspired by the 2010 science fiction thriller Inception and features a beautifully detailed city skyline that appears to be forever folding in on itself. The table is available for purchase via special order. Inspired by a film this […]

In an effort to acclimate visitors to the local culture upon entering the United Kingdom, Heathrow Airport employed the magnificently dry wit of comedian Stephen Fry to offer a short tutorial on the specific particulars of British etiquette, particularly when standing in a line. Oh, we Brits do love a queue. It’s reassuring for us […]

Two young men combine seven large roman candles to create a fireworks minigun that fires 1001 shots in about 45 seconds. 7 “Cyber Cannon” fireworks strapped to a 3″ PVC tube with handles that fires 1001 shots in about 45 seconds. Filmed in South Milwaukee, WI on 1/3/16. via reddit

A gorgeous gray cat had his morning calm interrupted when the toaster beside him suddenly erupted. The unexpected noise sent the little feline vertically in the air, nearly hitting the ceiling before landing on the tiled floor below.

There is a Change.org petition to have one of the four new heavy metal elements added to the periodic table named after the late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister (who recently passed away). The petition was started by John Wright who is asking The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry to officially name one of the new […]

Filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created a supercut video for Digg of film directors making cameos in their own movies. He features director Stanley Kubrick and his appearance in Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Peter Jackson in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), and more. Sometimes even the best directors can’t […]

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober uses the scientific method to determine the best climate settings to defog a car windshield the fastest. Rober created consistent conditions inside his car for ten consecutive mornings to compare the impact of the different settings, and claims his results can defog a car in half the time.

On the day that The Force Awakens premiered in theaters on December 18th, Portuguese DJ and musician Luis Clara Gomes (a.k.a. “Moullinex“) joined forces with a band of skilled Stormtroopers to play a funky Star Wars disco concert at the Lux Frágil nightclub in Lisbon, Portugal. They used the classic 1977 Star Wars and Other […]

Linzey Rae, lead singer of the Denver, Colorado-based metalcore band The Anchor, recently sang an awesome heavy metal tutorial on how to make a shepherd’s pie. Her band’s clever parody cover of the original song “The Great Unknown” by The Ghost Inside is available to purchase on Bandcamp. via Nerdcore

Illustrator and animator Shmorky created “This is Fine,” one of ten amusing animated commercial bumpers made for Adult Swim that are based on Gunshow webcomics originally written and drawn by artist KC Green. The first animated bumper features a dog named Question Hound, voiced by Dana Snyder (Master Shake), who is totally okay with drinking […]

Animator Elliot Lim has created a wonderful animated tribute to The Wire one of the greatest television shows ever aired. Using the soundtrack from the first season of the series, The Blind Boys of Alabama‘s version of the Tom Waits song “Down in the Hole“, Lim’s animation captures the grittiness and heart of the fictional […]

The Whill is a modern, customizable wheelchair that’s beautifully designed and able to handle a number of different terrains with a set of fully omni-directional wheels and 4-wheel drive torque, variable speeds and an ability to set pace or urgently stop on a dime with the accompanying smartphone app. Information regarding where to purchase Whill […]

Test footage shared by animatronics artist Matt Denton shows Greg Townley, the animatronic head used in Edgar Wright‘s 2103 film The World’s End. The head features realistic eye and jaw movement with detailed skin for a convincing final product. This is test footage and images of the animatronic head built for Edgar Wrights “The World’s End”. […]

Comedian Paul Taylor, a British man living in Paris, loudly shares his frustration with not completely understanding “La Bise” – the distinctly French tradition of kissing another person’s cheeks as a way of greeting, farewell or thanking. I live in France and one of the things that annoys me the most about living here is […]

The Backyard Scientist demonstrates how to easily build a DIY hoverboard powered by dry ice. As the ice sublimates, it creates a thin cushion of air that allows the board to slide across a smooth surface.

The Teslasuit is a full body haptic feedback suit designed to enhance a virtual reality experience. The suit uses neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to provide feedback related to what the user is doing in the virtual world. The exact feedback the suit provides can be programmed with proprietary Haptic Editor software. The suit comes in two […]

(larger) Smooth Warrior is an awesome new painting, created by Los Angeles-based artist Brandon Bird, that portrays musician Kenny G as The Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road. Kenny G is shown riding through the wasteland with Immortan Joe‘s gang of War Boys while playing his fierce flame-throwing saxophone. Prints of Bird‘s painting are […]

The Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco will be hosting the Internet Cat Video Festival, a three day film festival dedicated to the adorable online antics of silly felines. Curated by Will Braden, lowly human to the highly refined Henri, Le Chat Noir, the festival will encompass videos, documentaries and short films during January 21, […]

In a recent episode of the Mental Floss series “Big Questions“, host Craig Benzine aka Wheezy Waiter addresses the photic sneeze reflex and the varying theories seek to explain why some people sneeze when they first encounter sunlight. According to various studies between 10 and 35 percent of people have the photic sneeze reflex and […]

In the latest episode of the Atlantic‘s video series “If Our Bodies Could Talk“, host James Hamblin visited a MNDFL, a unique drop-in meditation studio in New York City that focuses on mindfulness, mantra and intention, to see what all the fuss was about. As he found out, the staff at MNDFL practice what they […]

Movi by Livestream is an easy to use, compact 4K video camera designed to bring high production value to live events with a single camera. The Movi pairs with an app that lets users crop, zoom, and pan within the camera’s view while broadcasting through Livestream. The Movi will ship in April 2016, and is […]

Funny Or Die created a parody video that goes behind enemy lines to reveal secret agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Jason Bourne‘s (Matt Damon) top-secret attraction to one another. The two go undercover as they share their bulging muscles, dreamy eyes, and classified (inappropriate) text messages.

The Hypnos Hoodie is an innovative zippered sweatshirt whose hood houses a convenient ergonomic air pillow that can be easily accessed and used anywhere on short notice. The design is simple and comes in several different colors – speckled gray, charcoal grey and black. The Hypnos Hoodie is a beautiful, comfortable and practical hoodie designed […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” creates a DIY sparkler from steel wool. Kulakov swings the sparkler overhead as sparks and flame go swirling around him. In the video, Kulakov repeatedly tells the viewer not to try this at home before showing them in detail how to try this at home.

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian.

Tsutchi~i captured absolutely adorable footage of a confused little raccoon frantically searching for a piece of cotton candy that disappeared right before his eyes when he tried to wash it. Unfortunately, the sugary sweet left no trace of behind. via RocketNews24

The Parrot DISCO is a new ready-to-fly fixed wing drone that can fly independently with its autopilot software, travel along a preprogrammed flight plan, or operate under manual control. The drone has a built-in 1080p nose camera than can send a live video feed to first person view goggles. The DISCO can fly for up […]

Comedy Central UK has created a wonderful video and blog post that points out the numerous, striking similarities between the Bryan Cranston characters Hal Wilkerson from Malcolm in the Middle and Walter White from AMC‘s Breaking Bad. Halsenberg. They’re the same. THE SAME. images via Comedy Central UK

Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, and Danny Boyle join other directors to participate in the Hollywood Reporter’s Director Oscar Roundtable. Over the course of an hour, the group discusses the state of modern cinema, its challenges, and the future of the art form. The video is part of the Hollywood Reporter Roundtable series, which also includes discussions […]

Love is a new Netflix original romantic comedy series created by Judd Apatow and starring Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust. Netflix has released the first teaser for Love, and Entertainment Weekly has shared two images from the series which will premiere on February 19, 2016. photos via Entertainment Weekly

On the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop on Break’s AWE me channel, host Vinny Logozio demonstrates how to make a low-budget version of a weighted companion cube from the Portal video game series.

Taras Kulakov (a.k.a. “Crazy Russian Hacker“) and the YouTube channel, Zombie Go Boom, recently teamed up to capture slow motion footage of a katana slicing through plastic water bottles and soda cans.

The Brazilian mattress company Colchão Inteligente Postural that specializes magnetic and vibration therapy, has created a wonderful pet bed that’s built right into the boxspring of their human-sized mattress set. With this cleverly designed set, both animals and humans can have a really comfy night’s sleep in one place. The bed made its debut on […]

Jalopnik has created a new animated video, featuring amazing illustrations by Toronto-based artist Scott Park, that highlights 50 of the most famous television show and movie cars from the last 50 years. We’ve previously written about Scott and his impressive artwork. music by Cookin’ On 3 Burners – “Cars” image via Jalopnik

Las Vegas-based video editor Robert Jones has created a musical supercut tribute to romance in movies featuring the song “Perfect” by The Singularity. Robert features love-filled films like Pretty Woman, The Notebook, Dirty Dancing, and more. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

“Of Oz the Wizard” by filmmaker and directory of photography Matt Bucy is a brilliant re-edit of The Wizard of Oz where clips are presented in alphabetical order of the words spoken in the film. via Metafilter, Neatorama

Fog Cannon is a home security company that offers devices that quickly fill a room with fog to reduce visibility when a burglar breaks in. The Fog Cannon Protect Qumulus can fill a 400 cubic meter room with thick fog in 60 seconds, as demonstrated in a product video. via Contemporist, Neatorama

In 1974, the great Carol Burnett kept her cool as a stage-shaking earthquake hit while she was filming a classroom sketch with guests The Jackson 5 on her her eponymous show. While the sudden shaking could have completely ruined the skit, the ever-professional Ms. Burnett seamlessly incorporated it into the act and kept going. In […]

The Dewulf GKIIISE is a massive harvesting machine designed to quickly pull carrots out of the ground. A product video by Dewulf shows the GKIIISE 3-row harvester in action as it gathers carrots from the field. via Sploid

HowBB8Works.com is a website created by two Star Wars fans from Spain, product designer Carlos Sánchez and CG artist Emilio “EGPJET3D” Gelardo, who have collected facts, made educated guesses, and created handy visuals to explain how the awesome BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens works. Inspired by the Droid Mechanics Lee Towersey and […]

Former frontman for the Dead Kennedys and San Francisco fixture Jello Biafra has posted his official acting reel which shows the various roles he’s played over the years, including a guest spot in a Portlandia episode, a shot-caller in the Hunger Games parody “The Hipster Games“, a cheesy agent named Sid and an FBI agent […]

As part of their historical video series, the film production company Yestervid has compiled some of the oldest known footage of Chicago. The footage dates back to 1896-1935 and goes neighborhood by neighborhood with helpful maps to show the exact location of each clip. The film features places such as the stockyards and Michigan Avenue […]

Renowned performance artist Laurie Anderson, in partnership with Times Square Arts, is putting on a low-decibel concert that only dogs can hear. Humans will have headphones to help them hear what’s going on. The concert is a partner piece to her new film, Heart of a Dog, which benefits 9/11 rescue dogs. The event starts […]

Astonishing Studios has created a coin-operated machine that dispenses a bowlful of Cheerios with milk using a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 31313 kit. The video shows the machine in action, but also breaks the mechanism down to demonstrate how its individual components work. We wrote about a similar project by Astonishing Studios that dispensed McDonald’s chicken nuggets.

A creative group of children recently attended winter camp at the Parts and Crafts resource center in Somerville, Massachusetts and learned how to remove the original paint from Bratz dolls, repaint them, and build costumes to turn the models into Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. More photos are available to view on the […]