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Old Sport is a new iOS app that offers up suggested cocktails based upon what ingredients are readily available. The user chooses ingredients from a prepared list and the app uses the information to provide curated recipes that are both easy-to-read and easy to prepare. Old Sport is a tool that tells you which cocktails […]

In anticipation of The Force Awakens hitting theaters last week, filmmakers Oscar Boyson and Nate DeYoung teamed up and created a video for Time Magazine that explores what makes the Star Wars film series so special. The unique technology, alien planets that look like they have actually been inhabited by humans for quite some time, […]

The short film “Madeline the Robot Tamer” documents the wonderful work of researcher Madeline Gannon. During her residency at Autodesk Pier 9, Gannon developed Quipt, amazing gesture-based software that uses wearable markers to “teach” industrial robots to follow, mirror and avoid its human partner in a shared space. Quipt is a gesture-based control software that […]

In the latest episodes of her wonderful grammar series, the very amusing Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” of The New Yorker explains the proper context in which one should use an ellipsis. The ellipsis indicates that something has been omitted. It could be something you’re trying to gloss over, like a mistake or an […]

A reticent dog named Bennie gathered up all of the courage he had to leave his room at the high-kill Carson Animal Shelter in Gardena, California. Upon doing so, he was greeted by the loving family who had just adopted him. The warmth of their hugs and the open door leading to the outside fully […]

Paramount Pictures has released the very first trailer for the new Richard Linklater movie, Everybody Wants Some, the long awaited “spiritual sequel” to his classic film Dazed and Confused. While the the latter was steeped in a Texas high school of the 1970s, the new film takes place during the 1980s, where a brand new […]

Television writer John Matta has been drawing witty one-panel cartoons on napkins every day for the last four years and posting them all onto his Matta Napkin website for everyone to enjoy. He also released a book, titled Matta Napkin: A Daily Comic… On A Napkin… In A Book, that features over 300 of his […]

A NASA video looks at the history and future of space suit design and technology from the first space suits designed for the Mercury missions, to those currently in use on board the International Space Station, and prototype suits being developed for future missions.

Warner Bros. has released a Mad Max: Fury Road featurette that goes behind-the-scenes and explores the genius of director George Miller and how his beautiful action film took shape.

A story by Quartz shows that some areas in China have begun fighting the country’s smog problem using large, expensive mist cannons that pull large particles out of the air with water vapor. The canons are effective at taking down large particles, but as the video points out, they do little against the much smaller particles […]

“Christmas Crazes” is a short video by Shopify that takes a brief look at some of the biggest Christmas toy crazes of the last 70 years. The video gives examples like the Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, and the Pet Rock and explains the history of their success.

Comedian Joe Bereta provides a handy guide on what it would take to become a real life Santa Claus during a recent Christmas episode of the ongoing AWE me web series, Epic How To. Maintaining a big belly, an army of gift-delivering drones, and an astronomical load of money are only a few of the […]

In a video by Kuma Films, contact manipulation specialist David Barron (a.k.a. “Mr-e Lull Abhay”) of Wizard of Flow and Daniel Musashi (a.k.a. “The FloWarrior“) dress up as a Jedi and a Sith Lord and sharpen their breathtaking lightsaber skills in the heart of the Vancouver-based Stanley Park. @kumafilms star wars video being released tomorrow! […]

Robotics company Boston Dynamics created a wonderful holiday video, which features three robot reindeer pulling Santa Claus on her Sleigh.

HouseholdHacker shows a quick method for turning an apple into a long-burning candle using cooking oil. You will need an apple, vegetable or olive oil, some string/wick and a knife. Using these items we can make a nifty Christmas candle or an emergency candle for a power outage.

When passersby heard a faint meowing coming from a storm drain in Southern California on Sunday, December 20th, David Loop of Sierra Pacific FurBabies came by to help. Although did everything he could by himself, he wasn’t able to reach the kitten. The next day, however, a whole group of rescuers, including All American Plumbing, […]

“More Stuff” is a winsome short musical animation by Blue Zoo in which Santa’s elves sing about the excesses of modern Christmas gifts. The creators also give a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Tippett Studio has released a behind-the-scenes featurette that explores how visual effect master Phil Tippett and his Tippet Studio team recreated the iconic stop-motion Holochess set for the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the same one that was in the original Star Wars film. Tippett and his team discuss the process of […]

Charlie Proctor and Alfredo Tognetti created the awesome 5 second video, “Cane Wars: The Candy Awakens”, as a submission for this month’s “candy canes” animation project by Greyscalegorilla. via Geeks are Sexy

Just a few days ago, Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast members Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Gwendolyn Christie joined host Graham Norton on his eponymous show in a lively discussion about why some of the characters had a British accent while others used an American accent, how it difficult it was to […]

MinutePhysics explains how the Earth’s tilt and rotation make December 22 the longest day of the year. Despite the winter months having fewer hours of daylight, they are actually the longest days of the year because the elliptical orbit of the Earth around the Sun means a full rotation takes varying lengths of time throughout the […]

Artist Cindy Chinn has created a wonderfully detailed and tiny carving of a train, trestle and bridge carved into the entirety of a carpenter pencil, which gives the piece a sense of real movement. Chinn is currently offering the train and other custom-made carvings through her Etsy store. This is a one of a kind […]

The animation studio LAIKA celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a look back at its past films and its upcoming release Kubo and the Two Strings. The studio is known for its stop-motion animation work on films like Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls. image via LAIKA via Neatorama

Taras Kulakov, known as the Crazy Russian Hacker, shared slow motion footage of a katana slicing through raw eggs. Kulakov partnered with the YouTube channel Zombie Go Boom to create the video.

The German supermarket chain, Kaufland, released a cute Christmas commercial about a young Star Wars fan who finds true love when a new girl moves in next door. The young man works up the courage to dress as a Stormtrooper and then take a love letter to the girls home. She returns the favor by […]

Lexus recently rolled out one of their NX crossover vehicles on a set of perfectly carved ice tires. The tires were created by sculptors from Hamilton Ice Sculptors in London, and the meticulous process is detailed in a behind-the-scenes video. photo via Lexus via Car and Driver

This past week, Eustratios Papanis, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of the Aegean, posted a wonderfully heartwarming photo of dogs peacefully relaxing on the soft bench seats of the Hot Spot Cafe in Lesbos, Greece. The compassionate owners of cafe generously opened their doors after-hours in order to provide the growing number […]

In a new three-minute time-lapse fashion video by Mode, a naked well-muscled male model named Matty Watts dons (and removes) 100 years of men’s New Year’s Eve attire decade by decade, commencing in 1915 with top hat and tails and culminating in 2015 with a stunningly tailored navy blue velvet jacket. Watts also added in […]

In the most recent episode of the American Chemical Society video series “Reactions“, host Sophia Cai offers an enlightening look at the very real condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a common mood disorder that can affect otherwise mentally healthy people during gloomy days. Cai explains the physiological causes of the disorder, how it […]

Photographer Michael H. Davies has captured absolutely breathtaking photos of his friend Markus tossing a thermos of tea over his head in a spray that instantly turned into a stunning plume of ice due to the frigid -40°C weather. The images were taken in the small village of Pangnirtung located just 12 miles south of […]

The AirBar is a sensor that adds touch capability to a PC screen. The device simply plugs into a USB port and lays at the base of a computer screen running Windows 8 or Windows 10 and allows users to make Windows touch screen gestures like pinching, zooming, and scrolling. The plug-and-play design does not […]

Santa’s Secret Stories is a new series from Glove and Boots where a puppet version of Kris Kringle sits down by a fire and shares a new, mysterious adventure from his holiday travels every day until Christmas. Santa has told three of his seven tales: “Scotty’s Pony,” “Donnie and the Elf,” and “The Non-Believers.”

News Be Funny presents part 2 of their year-end compilation of some of the best news bloopers of 2015, a follow-up to part 1 that they released earlier this month.

The Naviator is a drone capable of flying in the air and maneuvering through water, as well as switching seamlessly from one to the other. The drone was developed by a team at Rutgers University and funded by a grant from the Office of Naval Research. The team behind the Naviator hopes to improve on their design with […]

Magician Rahat Hussein recently surprised people in a park by running past them with an upset stomach, hopping into a porta potty, and then revealing that he had become frozen in carbonite while using the toilet. Some strangers found Rahat’s amusing Star Wars prank to be disturbing and others found it quite hilarious.

The cast of the original Star Wars trilogy, prequels, and even the maligned holiday special sing a version of the 1977 Disco hit “Stayin’ Alive” by The Bee Gees thanks to some creative editing by The Tonight Show. For comparison, here is the original version of “Stayin’ Alive.”

SpaceX has successfully landed the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket after sending it to space on December 21, 2015. The primary purpose of the mission was to deploy ORBCOMM satellites, with the landing attempt serving as a secondary goal. SpaceX did a webcast of the launch and landing of this historic event. 11 […]

In a really candid skit for Funny or Die, performers Casey Wilson and Scott Aukerman act out the disquietingly predatory lyrics to the classic Christmas song “Baby It’s Cold Outside“. The song, written in 1944, is performed a duet in which (usually) a man persistently persuades a (usually) a woman to stay, despite her concerns […]

Gag reels have been released for both phase one and phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Both gag reels are featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Box Set, which is currently available to purchase from Amazon. The next film in Marvel‘s ongoing series, Captain America: Civil War, is currently scheduled to release […]

Movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal of The Onion’s Film Standard reviews J.J. Abram‘s new film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction created a supercut of Santa Claus appearing in movies.

Filmmaker Vincent Peone has created a beautiful short film that utilizes stop-motion and an underwater soundtrack to bring his vision to life. Positing that the blue color of the ocean comes from tears that fish shed when a little girl is rescued from the bottom of the sea, the film acts as a strong metaphor […]

Film from a 1946 experiment conducted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (a predecessor to NASA) shows how a human subject reacts to a series wind blasts building up to 457 MPH. The experiment took place in the wind tunnel of the Langley Research Center, and the film was restored and shared by Jeff […]

The newly formed Galactic Empire band recently played an out of this world heavy metal cover of John Williams‘ classic Star Wars theme song. Their dark side band consists of Boba Fett (Grant McFarland) on drums, a Stormtrooper (Carson Slovak) on bass, Darth Vader (Chris Kelly) on lead guitar, a Shadow Trooper (CJ Masciantonio) on […]

Adam Conover explains why modern funerals are a total ripoff in a clip from the season finale of his show Adam Ruins Everything. The clip focuses on the high price of caskets and the process of embalming, which Conover argues is completely unnecessary. The episode will air on Tru TV on December 22, 2015.

In a hilarious clip from the classic television show All in the Family, the ever-grousing Archie Bunker insists upon offering his often beleaguered son-in-law Michael Stivic unsolicited advice about the proper way to put on one’s socks and shoes. Don’t you know that the whole world puts on a sock and a sock and a […]

Brian Kelly, known as The Points Guy, gave an in-flight review of the decadent Etihad Airways residence suite on a flight that cost $32,058 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates. The suite is a three-room apartment on an Airbus A380 jet complete with a […]

re+belief by Raymond McCarthy Bergeron is a gorgeously rendered animation that employs 3D printed zoetropes to tell the story of how damaging cycles formed from childhood memories can be broken. Much of this film is a personal story that recalls nine very specific instances of my life. These are memories that have repeatedly haunted me […]

Video editor Hadaya Turner of The Verge explains how the brain interprets music, why the bass line is so pleasing and what happens when the beat is off in a short animation that she wrote, directed and drew. Bass. The lowest part of a harmony in a musical composition. For centuries, we’ve all shared a […]

Japanese sculptor Y Nakajima has created a post-apocalyptic Thomas the Tank Engine hexapod robot complete with a working laser canon capable of popping a balloon or lighting a match head, as demonstrated in a video. images via Y Nakajima via Spoon & Tamago