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Artist Yoko imagined what Frozen would have looked like if Tim Burton directed it by re-drawing the characters in a style that Tim Burton would approve of. You know, the huge giant eyes, stick skinny bodies and oversized heads. It works pretty well! I wish Yoko would have shown what a Burton-style Arrendelle would have…
Everyone with a cool new idea or vision wants a concise and beautiful video to illustrate their story and broadcast it to the world. But oh, right—you suck at all things visual and just learned how to make something move in After Effects. Adobe’s new iPad app, Voice, is there to hold your hand in…
At first, you probably think its just some run-of-the-mill organic stalagmites growing out of the nice lady with the shaved head floating in an imperceptible black space. But no, in Relics, it’s much, much worse than that. These two minutes of avant garde nightmare fuel have been brought to you by Merchant and Sons.
Art that’s unexpected always tickles me. Like these pieces from Katharine Morling. They look like black and white drawings from a comic book but they’re actually ceramic sculptures made from clay and porcelain. Yep, these things aren’t just sketches or made from paper, they’re cheeky fun sculptures. The Awesomer says Morling uses clay and porcelain…
Has Los Angeles finally found an answer to the title sequence of Woody Allen’s Manhattan? Revealing the beauty of nighttime L.A. in all its glory, Colin Rich‘s mesmerizing time lapse video “City Lights” plays off the interaction between two kinds of night light: the twinkling stars above the horizon and the pulsating city below. In…
Everyone wants to go back into time and see historical events or jump ahead to experience the future. It’s human nature to wonder about tomorrow and reminisce about yesterday. We can’t help it. But even though DeLoreans and Victorian open carriages and hot tubs have helped us imagine time travel, most of us are resigned…
The April 28th tornado was caught on security camera footage in Tupelo, Mississippi. The winds whipped through the playground, wrecking havoc. Don’t worry, the slides survives. In related news, did you catch the satellite image of the tornado that touched down in Arkansas?
If you think you can control an octopus, you’re wrong. They’re like the bad guys in movies who always manage to escape. Not only can those evil magicians of the ocean try to vanish through instant camouflage, they can also open up a jar when they’re trapped inside that very jar. Those suction cups, while…
Space isn’t empty, and near-Earth orbit is downright crowded. Every month, some junk burns up during re-entry as ever more is introduced into orbit. Poking around NASA’s Orbital Debris Quarterly archives reveals the story of space junk from deliberate to accidental, and all of it hazardous. Catalogued space debris over time. Image credit: NASA, annotated…
NASA has released a wonderful—and rare, they say—view of an earthrise in the Moon taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, with the Earth appearing over the Rozhdestvenskiy crater. There’s a GIF of this event in motion. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) experiences 12 “earthrises” every day, however LROC (short for LRO Camera) is almost always…
Are you a Disney fan with $200k burning a hole in your pocket? Then why not buy this authentic Walt Disney World monorail car, which was in operation from 1971 until 1989. The eBay seller is asking for $189,000 or best offer. The monorail is available for local pick-up in Orlando only, but if you…
What big country has big plans for its big buildings? It’s Russia! According to data from skyscraper-indexing site Emporis, Russia is home to seven of the 10 tallest buildings currently under construction in Europe. It’s like a Space Race for office space. But that’s not even the half of it. Right now, Moscow’s Mercury City…
After 15 years of work, scientists have successfully created a living cell that contains two unnatural DNA building blocks. The breakthrough brings us one step closer to being able to synthesize cells that can produce drugs on demand. It even opens the door to a future where we could create life that’s unlike anything ever…
I know my English is crap but, after watching this hilarious supercut of Rev. Al Sharpton struggling live on TV, I feel so much better. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
If you’re running an international counterfeiting ring, then yes, you’re gonna need some expensive equipment. But for the small-time counterfeiter about town, it’s all too easy. Just grab your everyday inkjet printer. As Bloomberg News reports, 34-year-old hairstylist and janitor Tarshema Brice faked up to $20,000 in counterfeit bills. First, the 34-year-old hairstylist and janitor…
The Quirky + GE Aros Smart Window Air Conditioner is now available from Amazon with free shipping. Like the Nest Thermostat, it promises to save you money on your electric bill, and you can control it from your iPhone or Android. Read Gizmodo’s coverage below. [Quirky Aros, $300] This post is brought to you by…
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said on Wednesday that she wants to slow down the review process for the net neutrality rules due to the public backlash. “For this reason, I think we should delay our consideration of his rules by a least a month,” she said. “I believe that rushing headlong into a rulemaking next…
Our friend Val Klavans sent us this beautiful image of Saturn in approximate true color, taken on May 5 by Cassini. This is how your eyes would see it if you were there looking down from a high angle, at approximately 1,837,403 miles (2,957,013 kilometers) away from the planet. Val processed it from the images…
Sleep is important. It’s so important that some people are willing to spend lots (and lots) of money so that they snooze better. Those people are likely to love the new Drift light by Saffron. This smart LED bulb is designed to improve sleep by casting warmer light and mimicking sunsets. The makers of the…
Oculus Rift can transport you to another reality and make your feel odd new sensations, but nothing we’ve seen quite tops this bizarre Oculus-enhanced machine that’s supposed to make you feel like you’re flying in the sky. Designed by students at Zurich University of the Arts, Birdly is an installation that pairs an Oculus Rift…
