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William Hirsch imagines what Jurassic Park would be like without any dinosaurs in his new video “Park”. We have such beautiful attractions as: Field Bird Jeep w/ Logo Jeff Goldblum COMING UP NEXT: “World” Here’s the VFX breakdown showing how he took the “Jurassic” out of “Jurassic Park”. via reddit

A finished coffee print. The Coffee Drip Printer by Ted Kinsman is a printer that creates images with small drops of coffee or other liquids. The device was developed by Kinsman at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Kinsman claims that, “This machine prints with and on anything.” A portrait printed with red wine. A […]

Great Big Story recently spoke with artist Anthony Howe, the creator of absolutely stunning signature giant kinetic sculptures become completely hypnotic when the wind blows. Anthony Howe creates the world’s most mesmerizing kinetic sculptures. His wind-powered, curved-metal designs tower up to 25 feet high, and are on display in public spaces around the world. Take […]

Earlier today I attended the special DJI event at Terminal 5 in New York City where they announced their new Phantom 4 drone. As press we were upstairs at the venue and as part of the announcement, they did a live demo in the “arena” below (here’s my video), showing off the new ActiveTrack feature […]

Pipelines is a new xkcd comic that compares the sizes of hypothetical pipelines that would carry different liquids produced in the United States. The cartoon compares the relative sizes of commodities like gasoline, milk, and even donated blood.

"amoeba" a stained glass sculpture #stainedglass #art #glassart #sculpture #painting #fineart #thomasmedicus A photo posted by Thomas Medicus (@tomedicus) on Feb 15, 2016 at 11:43am PST Artist Thomas Medicus has created Amoeba, a beautiful floating stained glass sculpture whose nebulous form floats amongst the trees. The sculpture is illuminated by through LED lights and attached […]

Japanese online retailer Fellisimo has created a line of detachable mop heads that look just like a petite version of the dreadlocked Komondor dog, a breed that is often mistaken for a mop. images via Felissimo via RocketNews24

Animator and director Julien Jourdain de Muizon of the Bounty / Banana collective has created “Road to Valhalla,” a stunning animated tribute to George Miller‘s film Mad Max: Fury Road that follows Max Rockatansky as he makes his way across the dangerous desert wasteland. music by Birdy Nam Nam – “Defiant Order” via Ufunk

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert revealed that after introducing new reaction buttons, Facebook is poised to drop another new feature to let users express themselves, Facebook Alpha.

Love the face and the photo bomb! Posted by Driving Miss Norma on Monday, February 22, 2016 After losing her dear husband Leo, a bold 90-year old woman known as Miss Norma was herself diagnosed with cancer. Rather than sticking around for treatment, Miss Norma decided to hit the road in a motor home and travel […]

British psychology professor, author, and performer Richard Wiseman of Quirkology demonstrates how to do ten amazing stunts with paper in his most recent video. A template for the paper objects used in his tutorial are available to download in PDF format. music by Cameron Watt

On a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Andy Samberg revealed the “unannounced” title and poster for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, a new feature-length mockumentary by The Lonely Island, produced by Judd Apatow. The film is set to hit theaters on June 3rd, 2016. A rapper’s album bombs, leaving him with little career choice […]

In early February of this year, we wrote about Nicolas Vuignier, a professional skier from Switzerland who captured an overhead 360 degree view of himself using a “Centriphone” a device of his own design. Vuignier has now generously shared the instructions for making a Centriphone online and through his “Making Of” video. Centriphone is a […]

Matt Gonzalez of MacRumors provides some handy tips on how to take better photos with an iPhone. Apple has fully embraced the iPhone’s position as a serious photography device, and over the years, the camera has steadily improved, but getting a great picture is about more than just the camera it’s shot with — factors […]

DJI has released their new Phantom 4 quadcopter camera drone featuring obstacle avoidance, intelligent active subject tracking and improved camera features. The new version of the Phantom features better battery life for flight times up to 28 minutes, raised rotors to prevent the blades creeping into camera view at high speeds and tap-to-fly controls. The DJI […]

Rafael Abilio has shared footage from Rush‘s “Snakes & Arrows Tour” (2007-2008) featuring a video intro to their song “Tom Sawyer” where characters from South Park, who formed a band called Lil’ Rush, attempt to play the popular song. After Cartman messes up the lyrics and gets yelled at by Stan, members of the actual […]

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/pAB3IGpzMU — ?????? (@aoshima_cat) February 20, 2016 On February 20th, the caretaker of the very many cats of Aoshima Cat Island put out a desperate plea for much needed cat food as the ships supplying the island were often canceled due to cold winter weather. Within 3 days, that very same caretaker put […]

DEVO has released an quirky interactive 360° music video for “What We Do,” a catchy song from the band’s 2010 album titled Something for Everybody. The awesome music video is comprised of 11 bizarre mini-videos that feature someone using a Shake Weight, two men arm wrestling, members of the band singing and playing instruments, plus […]

Steve Martin talked about his return to stand-up comedy after 35 years during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show. Martin opened for Jerry Seinfeld as part of the latter’s Beacon Theater residency on February 18, 2016. Before coming out for the interview, Martin performed a song about not wanting to do the show. He was […]

In 2014 we wrote about Iris Grace, an amazing young autistic girl with a talent for art and Thula, her equally amazing cat who brought the little artist out of her shell. Since that time, the formidable team of girl and feline have become the subject of a book and well known throughout the world. […]

Holleyweb, a company best known for its best-selling Zorb Ball, has created a portable transparent bubble dome that allows campers to feel like they are sitting right out in the elements, staring up at the stars. What is important to remember, however, is that transparency works both ways. Inflatable bubble house can be easily installed […]

Reddit3016 is a fictional version of reddit with daily updates from the year 3016. The site was created by filmmaker Blair Erickson as a possible look at what life online would look like 1,000 years into future, complete with posts on the fictional sites MindTube, Hologur, and The Huffington Planet. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Happy Goggles are a pair of cardboard virtual reality goggles made from a specially designed McDonald’s Happy Meal box. The promotion is currently being tested at McDonald’s locations in Sweden, but the company says it hopes to release the goggles in other countries in the future. images via McDonald’s Sweden

artwork by Okuda San Miguel The Truck Art Project features a fleet of 100 freighter trucks that act as a canvas for contemporary artists to transform. The trucks will then go on their usual trade routes throughout Spain. A few of the trucks will also be used as mobile gallery where pieces of artwork will […]

Guitarist Eric Calderone aka 331Erock performed an absolutely incredible heavy metal version of the beloved theme of classic children’s show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. What makes the performance so great, other than Calderone’s talent, is the touching respect he gives to the show and to Mister Rogers himself. So I was thinking. There seriously has been […]

In “Gymkhana Eight,” rally driver Ken Block of Hoonigan Racing speeds and drifts through the exotic city of Dubai in his 650 horsepower 2015 Ford Fiesta ST RX43. We previously wrote about Ken tearing up the streets of Los Angeles in “Gymkhana Seven.” Head Hoonigan in charge, Ken Block, has taken his penchant for killing […]

A photo posted by GO CUBES Chewable Coffee (@gocubes) on Feb 29, 2016 at 6:52am PST San Francisco company Nootrobox has created GO CUBES, a very simple, convenient and portable way for lovers of java lovers to get their daily fix with a chewable gummy bite. Each cube is made from cold brew coffee and […]

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Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys have captured slow motion footage of dry ice bombs exploding. They created the dangerous bombs by placing chunks of dry ice into sealed containers and waiting for the pressure to build up. Gavin and Dan filmed their experiment at 2,500 FPS with a Phantom Flex4K […]

MTV News correspondent Josh Horowitz recently met up with Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley (Rey) on the 2016 Oscars red carpet to talk about Star Wars: Episode VIII and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill).

In her continuing visual project “My Life In 1.000.000 Frames“, talented French filmmaker Candice Drouet created a powerful story using the “Last Words” uttered by characters from 129 different films. via Boing Boing

When Steve Jurvetson and friends took “Spot”, the four-legged Boston Dynamics robot out for a walk, they encountered a confused little dog who circled the parking lot, barked incessantly and couldn’t stop staring at the foreign creature that perhaps seemed like a robotic version of himself. See Spot Run — Dog vs. Robot. Video: https://t.co/hbDDV62h2G […]

In a new ad campaign for the IBM Watson, actress Carrie Fisher hilariously plays therapist to a group of evil robots who are seeking rehabilitation for their formerly nefarious deeds. Also in the group, is a new robot named Watson who, because of his cognitive adaptability, had a much brighter outlook on humans and life […]

"Better bend than break." – Scottish Proverb ???? Jodi Schneider McNamee #philosophyofcorduroy #oldestlivingcat #sircorduroy #26andpouncing #catlove #cat #petme #meow #bestmeow #catsandwomen #instacat_meows #instacat #catsofinstagram A photo posted by Corduroy (@oldestlivingcat) on Dec 21, 2015 at 10:41am PST In August 2015, the Guinness Book of Records declared a beautiful 26-year old long-haired cat in Oregan named […]

Peter Brown of Shop Time has created a set of unpoppable bubble wrap drink coasters by casting the favorite packing material in resin for his Dip It! series. The video itself details the process fairly well, but for anyone looking to replicate the coasters, Brown has created an Instructables post as a step-by-step guide. via […]

Jelle Bakker of Jelle’s Marble Runs created a 750-foot track in the sand near Alkmaar in the Netherlands and sent 12 marbles racing down to compete for first place. The marbles rolled and twisted through the track and a number of obstacles as the jockeyed for position. A very amazing long marble run made on a […]

As part of the official celebration for the 150th anniversary of author Beatrix Potter‘s birth, the Royal Mint has created two new 50p coins per Royal Proclamation. The first features a profile of the author herself and the second featuresa full color image of the author’s beloved Peter Rabbit stamped right onto the front. The […]

Anchor is a new app for instantly recording and sharing audio clips online up to two minutes long. Users can also respond to clips posted by others to create a conversation. The app is available in the iTunes App Store. Anchor makes it easy to broadcast short audio clips to a global audience in seconds. […]

Designers at China’s Dalian Nationalities University have created the Bike Washing Machine, a combination bicycle and laundry machine that lets users exercise and wash their clothes at the same time. The machine replaces the front wheel of a traditional bicycle with a washing machine drum, and as the user pedals they can power a display […]

During Toy Fair 2016 in New York City, Mattel unveiled a new remote control toy under its Tyco brand called the Terra Climber. The Terra Climber sports the face of a monster and is able to climb obstacles indoor and outside (stairs and rough terrain) with its orange claw-covered wheels, which can spin 360 degrees, […]

The Flippist has created a flipbook animation commemorating Leonardo DiCaprio winning the 2016 Oscar for “Best Actor” for his role in The Revenant. Leo DiCaprio finally gets his long overdue Oscar…almost.

Matthew Patrick runs through a brief history of Pokémon in 9 minutes in honor of it’s 20th anniversary. Pokemon more so than virtually any other video game franchise in existence has managed to completely transcend the realms of being just a video game series, becoming a world wide phenomenon pretty much over night. Today, 20 […]

Host Hank Green explains why we have leap years on the latest episode of SciShow.

Los Angeles-based Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced recently demonstrated how to create a functional ice sword out of pykrete, a frozen composite material he made from mixing together 14% toilet paper with 86% water. Allen demonstrated the strength of his ice sword by chopping a watermelon in half.

WatchMojo.com shares their top 10 real world facts about Batman.

Sneaky Zebra has created a new cosplay music video featuring a number of the creative, pop culture-themed costumes at London Super Comic Convention 2016 at the ExCeL exhibition center in London, UK. It’s the first Comic Con of 2016 for us and what better way then the awesome London Super Comic Con – great atmosphere, […]

Breakthru Films, the producers of the upcoming animated film Loving Vincent have released the first trailer about the life of troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh. This groundbreaking film will be the first film ever to be fully animated using oil canvases as the frames. Over 100 artists created the paintings based on Van Gogh work, […]

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital have created an interactive 360 YouTube video that allows you to play a real life version of the classic Where’s Waldo? puzzle game. Corridor Digital shot their entire video with a GoPro camera and then stitched it all together with Kolor software.

Tom Fisher has created a modern style trailer for Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith. Previously he created modern style trailers for the original Star Wars trilogy, The Phantom Menace and Attack of The Clones.

In celebration of leap year, Kyoot Animals has created a compilation of cats leaping from various places.