While walking around the 2014 DeLorean Car Show in Dayton, Ohio, actor Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future appeared to be taken off guard when spot-on Marty McFly impersonator Rob Sims caught his attention. After posing for the requisite photo, Sims began talking to Lloyd in character. The actor enjoyed a good laugh before…
Graceful Cheetahs Happily Retrieve Balls Launched Into Their Enclosure by a Custom Made Catapult
The keepers at the Oregon Zoo use a custom made catapult known as the “Cheetahpult” to launch balls far into the enclosure of the resident cheetah ambassadors as a means of providing exercise and enrichment. These beautiful big cats gracefully chase after the launched dark red ball, swoop it up, return it into a bucket…
TINK, A Wonderful CGI Animated Short Featuring a Fabulously Noisy Rube Goldberg Style Machine
“TINK” is an absolutely wonderful CGI animated short by UK based digital production team Mr. Kaplin that features a Rube Goldberg-esque machine with all the bells and whistles. The film also sports a pleasantly noisy soundtrack by Box of Toys Audio. Like several of their other films, TINK began as an experiment in animation. Tink…
Timelapse of Man Growing a Massive Beard While He and His Wife Travel 911 Days Around the World
A Russian man named Jon decided that he would stop shaving while he and his wife Eva traveled around the world for an amazing 911 days. When the couple embarked upon the trip in September 2015, Jon’s face was completely bare. This was very much not the case they returned home 2.5 years later. During…
An App-Integrated Modular Kit For Building Spinning 3D Zoetropes With Variable Light Frames
In November 2017 we wrote about toy maker Kevin Holmes and his amazing handmade 3D zoetrope that features fish with giant teeth endlessly eating other fish along with other wonderful animations. Since that time, Holmes’ company 4-Mation is raising funds through Kickstarter to sell their original app-based modular 3D kit, which includes a frame of…
The Exquisite Beauty of a Common Butterfly as Viewed Through a Scanning Electron Microscope
In the first episode of their video series Microworld Unseen, educational channel The Beauty of Science takes an incredible look at the Pseudozizeeria maha (Pale Grass Blue), a rather plain butterfly found mostly in Asia. Yet under a scanning electron microscope, this common butterfly is an creature of exquisite beauty. As a result, you probably…
Stunning Footage of Winter in the Italian Dolomites
French travelers Eloise & Luc have captured absolutely stunning footage of the mineral rich peaks of the Italian Dolomites during winter. This beautiful mountain range is part of the Southern Limestone Alps and is named for the mineral dolomite, which gives the range its beautiful pale coloring. We discovered the Dolomites during winter. It was…
Using Forced Perspective on a Smartphone to Make Superhero Action Figures Appear Larger Than Life
A post shared by Wire Hon (@wirehon) on Aug 29, 2018 at 8:37am PDT Amateur photographer Wire Hon has created a wonderfully fun illusory series in which he poses his superhero action figures in various dioramic scenes that can include any member of Hon’s family. Once everyone is in place, he uses smartphone camera to…