A post shared by Matt Wilson (@airtightartwork) on Nov 28, 2017 at 1:08pm PST Artist Matt Wilson of Airtight Artwork crafts really beautiful sculptures of birds out of recycled kitchen utensils and tools. The birds are incredibly detailed to the point where the individual pieces of silverware are no longer seen, but instead the entirety…
Brilliant Star Wars Sculptures Created From Recycled Louis Vuitton Purses and Bags
A post shared by Gabriel Dishaw (@gabrieljunkart) on Dec 24, 2017 at 7:35am PST Artist Gabriel Dishaw has created a brilliant series of Star Wars busts and sculptures that utilize old Louis Vuitton purses and bags that have been discarded by their previous owners in one way or another. The distinctive logo helps to add…
Singers Pay Tribute to Harry Belafonte With a Chorus of ‘Day-O’ During the ‘We Are the World’ Rehearsal
During the 1985 recording of the USA for Africa song “We Are the World“, the famous singers and musicians who were working well into the night broke out into a spontaneous version of “Banana Boat Song (Day O)” in honor of singer Harry Belafonte. Inspired by the Band Aid supergroup song “Do They Know It’s…
Beatrice, The Remarkable Story of an Italian Fencing Champion Whose Limbs Were Amputated at Age 12
The short documentary “Beatrice” tells the story of Beatrice Vio a talented Italian fencing champion, who started the sport at the age of five. When she turned 12, her arms and legs were tragically amputated due to the necrosis that formed in her limbs by a severe case of meningitis. Rather than giving up fencing…
Simon’s Cat Offers Helpful Advice About New Year’s Resolutions Through a Series of Amusing Vignettes
With 2018 almost here, a very wise Simon’s Cat offers up some helpful advice regarding New Year’s resolutions for his beleaguered human through a series of amusing vignettes designed to inspire a little motivation for the coming year. It’s that time of year when New Year Resolutions are decided! Watch our Guide To film to…
Roland MT-80S, A 1990s Boombox That Plays MIDI Music Stored on 3.5″ Floppy Disks
Mat Taylor of the interesting tech blog and YouTube channel, Techmoan, took a look the Roland MT-80S, a portable music player from the late 1990s that plays MIDI music stored on a 3.5″ floppy disk. via The Awesomer
A Marvelous Timelapse of an Artist Sculpting Gladiator Hulk From Thor: Ragnarok
Artist Steve Richter of Regal Robot posted a marvelous timelapse video of him sculpting a gladiator version of the Hulk From Thor: Ragnarok. We previously wrote about Richter’s Chewbacca sculpture. A post shared by Steven Richter (@richter_steven) on Oct 23, 2017 at 10:02pm PDT A post shared by Steven Richter (@richter_steven) on Nov 26, 2017…
How a Moving Video Image Can Be Two and Three Dimensional at the Same Time
In a rather dizzying episode of “Things You Might Not Know“, host Tom Scott explains via a constantly rotating camera courtesy of Matt Gray, how a moving image captured on video can be both two dimensional and three dimensional at the same time. This feature is called the Pulfrich effect, which states a moving object…