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Augmented reality technology changes the world of a near future Brooklyn in the Amazon Studios film Creative Control. The movie stars Benjamin Dickinson and Reggie Watts, and it was directed by Dickinson. Production of the film was funded through a Kickstarter campaign. The film will be released in theaters on March 11, 2016.

The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida partnered up with Disney in the new exhibition “Disney & Dalí: Architects of the Imagination“. Featured within the exhibition is “Dreams of Dali“, which offers a completely immersive virtual reality tour inside of the artist’s classic piece Archeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus. Go inside and beyond Dalí’s painting […]

After Maine state trooper Douglas Cropper pulled over a driver over for speeding, he ended up saving his life from a heroin overdose, with assistance from Leon Chick, an emergency room nurse who stopped by to help out. via reddit

Two friends named Nick and Daniel filmed a lightning strike in Sydney, Australia’s Oyster Bay as it hit the boat shed they were standing in to shelter from the storm. After the incident, the young men appeared on the Australian morning show Sunrise to discuss their near miss. via Yahoo News, Neatorama

In 2014, Marine biologist and Ph.D. Candidate Juan C. Levesque posted a comprehensive article in the Florida Sportsman about the fascinating lifecycle of the broadbill swordfish. Included with the article was an absolutely amazing closeup photo of a baby swordfish just a few millimeters long. Born with a short snout and prickly scales, swordfish develop […]

The Great Big Story network explores the life of Ashima Shiraishi, a 14-year-old girl from Queens, New York who is one of the best female rock climbers in the world. Ashima Shiraishi can scale boulders and rock faces that most people twice her age simply can’t. The 14-year-old New York native started climbing boulders in […]

Russian craftsman Andrei of MTM Wood who makes beautiful end grain wood cutting boards, has generously provided instructions for creating what he calls “3D end grain cutting board #1” one of many highly creative optical illusion boards. Sometimes I make 3D end grain cutting boards. I want to show you how to make simple and […]

Every year, Intuit purchases a 30-second Super Bowl ad slot and runs a “Small Business Big Game” contest where they give the spot away to a deserving small business. Round Lake, New York-based Death Wish Coffee managed to take the prize this year with their commercial, “Storm’s a-Brewin’” featuring a ship filled to the brim […]

AVbyte has created a short musical about the pros and cons of selfie culture. The video stars Michael Ruocco, Sean Welsh Brown, Molly Gallagher, and Alex Gibson. They have made the song from the video available for download, and created a behind the scenes look at the production.

Nick Greene shares some interesting facts about coffee on episode 405 of “List Show” on Mental Floss.

For those of us who love cats and motorcycles with equal measure, Russian motorcycle helmet company Nitronos Motostudio has created the Neko-helmet, a uniquely adorable cat-themed helmet with ears affixed at the top. The helmets are made in-house and can be customized to the customers desires. The company offers different choices including a single color […]

In 2015, designer Kylie Mangles of Letterpress Bakery made an incredible 3D cake portraying Homer Simpson as a Stormtrooper. Capture the Moment Media recently created a great short video that follows Kylie as she builds the Stormtrooper Homer cake. We previously wrote about her 3D cake depicting a half-dissected Ralph Wiggum. I give you…Stormtrooper Homer […]

A fast and fun animation by Bill Wurtz covers the history of Japan in under 10 minutes. The animation covers the major events in the country’s history including its economic, governmental, and social developments. via The High Definite

“London – The Square Mile City in 4K” by Devin Graham and Hogan Carter and is a gorgeous, high-definition film that offers a visual time lapse tour of some of the most iconic sights within the city of London, England, including the Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the London Eye, the River Thames and of course, […]

Alice travels to Underland and must journey through time to save The Mad Hatter and her Wonderland friends in the new trailer for Alice Through the Looking Glass. Alice Through the Looking Glass stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts, and Sacha Baron Cohen as Time. The film will be released on […]

Vat19 is featuring a giant inflatable Gummy Bear lounge chair. The portable air-filled chair is just right “for little ones but big enough for adults who are young at heart.” Get comfy on an inflatable piece of furniture in the shape of a majestic gummy bear. The Gummy Bear Chair is a simple piece of […]

A waterfall on the Scottish Isle of Mull was blown backwards on itself as strong winds from Storm Henry hit the cliffs over Loch Scridain on February 1, 2016. via BBC News

Los Angeles musician Mike Diva has created a super catchy trap remix of a charismatic kid who absolutely loves playing the kazoo. The remix was created using clips from an instructional VHS video called Special Friends: Starring You on Kazoo! from 1989. Mike’s song is available to download on SoundCloud. Here is the original clip […]

FX released a new promo for the upcoming seventh season of Archer that brilliantly recreates the classic intro to Magnum, P.I., the 1980s crime drama TV series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum. Season seven of Archer is scheduled to debut on March 31st, 2016. A side-by-side view and the original intro for comparison:

ABC created this groovy televison promo for the debut of NFL Monday Night Football in 1970, which took place after the AFL-NFL merger. via Atlas Obscura

CineFix shares their top ten picks for the best closing shots in movies of all time. The final moments of a movie can make things feel complete, leave you wanting more, and bring out deep emotions.

Xbox created a time lapse video showing how zombies have evolved over the last 100 years in pop culture.

In 2006, Crackerjack Junction, a traditional barbershop quartet replete with straw hats, striped jackets and various forms of facial hair, performed a really amusing old-timey a cappella rendition of the now-deleted Ewok Celebration Song (“Yub Nub”) that originally appeared in the closing scene of the original Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. We […]

BBC Earth put a tough blue-eyed feline named Prince under surveillance to learn how cats try to communicate their intentions and feelings through the use of their meows, their tails and their unique body movements. Dr. Sarah Ellis, cat behavior expert, pointed out what and how Prince was trying to communicate. He spends a lot […]

An F-16 BM Block 15 takes off and flies nearly straight up, reaching 15,000 feet in about 45 seconds in a video by Murat ÖZPALA. ÖZPALA rode as the rear pilot in the jet which belongs to the 11th Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force. It was my great pleasure to sit behind the very first SOLOTURK […]

Filmmaker Oscar Boyson has created a wonderfully edited, thoughtful tribute to Marcello Mastroianni, the legendary Italian actor whose sophisticated style, suave manner and joie de vivre made him one of the most celebrated celebrities of his time. Boyson made this film for the fashion channel M2M on Apple TV.

Twins Days is an annual celebration of biological twins held in Twinsburg, Ohio. The festival was the subject of the short New Yorker documentary “Twins, Everywhere” by Alex Markman.

Firebox has released a personal cardboard home cinema kit that turns your smartphone and tablet into a movie screen. The cinema kit, which includes an “optional cardboard audience insert for added realism,” is available to purchase from the Firebox website. Made from super rugged cardboard, the Cardboard Home Cinema arrives flat-packed and can be quickly […]

Hank Green of SciShow recently took a look at several, highly propagated myths about cancer and used simple logic and clear explanations to easily debunk each myth one at a time. But antioxidants are still good for you, right? Might as well load up on them anyway–it can’t hurt. Actually, if you already have cancer, […]

A 2009 Chevy Malibu and a 1959 Chevy Bel Air were crashed head-on in a 2009 test to compare old and modern safety features. Although many people consider classic cars to have a more solid build, the test clearly shows that the driver of the Malibu would be much better off after the crash than […]

Amsterdam fashiontech designer Anouk Wipprecht has created a brilliant tutorial on how to build an awesome set of mechatronic LEGO Mindstorms wings that actually move while you are wearing them. The full tutorial is available to view on Instructables. images via Instructables via Tara Brown

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank” features a 1983 interview in which the legendary astronaut Sally Ride spoke with writer Gloria Steinem about what it was like being the first American woman in space, what it was like to be the only woman on the flight and […]

Mark Rober shows how he built a portable rapid-fire snowball machine gun using a leaf blower, complete with a snowball magazine that can be swapped out from the side. Here are the build instructions.

The Characters is a new Netflix series by eight comedians who each make one episode of the show. The series features Kate Berlant, Dr. Brown, Paul Downs, John Early, Lauren Lapkus, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, and Henry Zebrowski each portraying a number of different characters. The series will premiere on March 11, 2016.

Firebox is featuring a snuggly pillows shaped like a panda and grizzly bear that will lovingly hug you while you sleep tight in your bed. They are available to purchase from the Firebox website. Bear Hug Pillows are your new special someone. They’re ridiculously comfortable, gloriously squishy, you don’t have to talk to them and […]

OneGo is a new startup that offers unlimited flights to frequent travelers for a flat monthly fee. Travelers can select from a national or regional plans to travel freely between 76 airports across the country. Users can keep up to four simultaneous flight reservations, and will soon be able to purchase add-ons for more reservations, […]

A beautiful little Siamese kitten named Evie fell so in love with a foil Happy Birthday balloon that she hilariously carried it around everywhere she went and cried loudly when her human Bette took it away. When Evie’s not running around with her balloon, she’s hanging out with her best friends, a couple of spotted […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the James Bond film Spectre. In a year with too many blockbuster spy films, the great James Bond is back and bringing absolutely nothing new to the table in Spectre.

Wired contributing editor Eric Steuer shows how to make old-school Star Wars action figures breakdance. Star Wars and hip hop together as they were meant to be. WIRED’s Eric Steuer demonstrates how to get original trilogy figures doing sick headspins.

In their latest of their wonderful whiteboard videos, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually offer up examples of common English words that have firm roots in the French language. What is vinegar but sour wine? And that’s exactly where the word comes from too. Vinegar is “vin aigre,” or sour wine. […]

A new trailer has been released for LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, an upcoming action-adventure video game based on the most recent blockbuster Star Wars film. The trailer is a fantastic parody of the first trailer released for The Force Awakens. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available to pre-order for all major […]

Japanese artist Yumi Nakano has created a line of adorable hand crafted, hand painted hamster figurines that, while completely inedible, look good enough to eat. So much so, in fact, that Nakano has had to put out a video demonstrating that her creatures are not made from food. (translated) Many people mistakenly believe that this […]

Bad Lip Reading has released part one of their compilation of bad lip reading during NFL games in 2016.

Screen Rant takes a look at some of the hidden details in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Qantas has released a flight safety video with friendly Australians in beautiful locations that correlate with the various airplane safety features being discussed. The video serves double duty as both a safety guide and a travel promotion highlighting a few of the interesting things to see and do while visiting Australia. via Holy Kaw, The […]

Poncho is a new weather and travel app created by Kuan Huang of Betaworks that provides users tailored daily updates with a fun design including GIFs and jokes to give users the information they need to start their day. Previously Poncho updates were only available via email or text. The app is available now in the iTunes App Store, […]

In his latest video, the irascible Mr. Forthright offered his unsolicited, but amusing advice about defeating terrorism in his very distinct straightforward manner. Terrorists want you to be afraid if you’re already in a state of constant fear they can’t affect you. Release snakes randomly throughout your house. Ride down on the wrong side of […]

In the HEINZ Ketchup Game Day 2016 commercial for the upcoming Super Bowl 50, hundreds of dachshunds adorably dressed as hot dogs stampede their way across a grassy field and head straight towards the Heinz family dressed as anthropomorphized condiments, including Ketchup, Mustard, Sriracha and BBQ Sauce. images via Heinz Ketchup

The Food Surgeon carefully performs a delicate peanut-butter-ectomy using a scalpel and tweezers to open and gut a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. The daring surgeon then replaces the filling with layers of Oreo creme before restoring the cup’s top chocolate layer. The Food Surgeon started their series by dissecting a California mandarin orange. via The Daily Dot

Adam Savage of Tested recently visited Rick Lyon, a skilled puppeteer who designed the characters for the award-winning musical Avenue Q, and learned how to design and build his very own puppet named Finn.