January 2011
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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The Thomas Beale Cipher is a rotoscoped, yes, rotoscoped WWII film that’s minimalist and stunning all at once. Our writer John Pavlus said it’s like “South Park” crossed with Scorsese, and we have to agree. [Stunning Short Film About WWII Spying Reinvents Low-Tech Animation]
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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The science behind the efficacy of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech [Infographic: What Makes MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Brilliant]
Jan 26th
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Jan 23rd
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What level of refined are you? What color is your inner gentleman? These and more pressing questions can be answered by saying one word out loud, over and over again: Esquire. Yes, that’s what we learn from watching designer Matt Pyke’s“Esquire Logo Project” video, which takes sound recordings of men saying the magazine’s name in different accents and visualizes...
Jan 22nd
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“As virtually any clown can attest, no one owns the idea of making a balloon dog,...”
– A choice burn from San Francisco art gallery Park Life, defending themselves against a lawsuit from noted artist Jeff Koons. To summarize, Koons wants Park Life to stop selling a balloon dog bookend that he claims resembles one of his own balloon dog sculptures. Park Life’s counterpoint: Even...
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Watch a paraplegic walk using Berkeley Bionics’ new eLEGS technology. The lithium-ion battery-powered device is fairly simple to use—wearers can secure the eLEGS’ Velcro straps and clips to themselves in a matter of minutes once they have had a little practice. The device’s gesture-powered interface senses where users intend to go and acts accordingly. Practiced users...
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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From the website: [Nien] Lam and [Sue] Ngo’s shirts use tiny carbon-monoxide detectors to detect pollutants. When the detectors sniff out pollutants, a microcontroller sends electrical currents through the shirts, heating up wires that run under the internal organs (lungs or heart, depending on the shirt). Tough sell for those living in New York or any other city on this list,...
Jan 19th
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“There’s nothing shipping yet, so I don’t know—we’ll...”
– Fighting words from Apple interim CEO Tim Cook
Jan 19th
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