Street artist and provocateur Banksy has just released his first project of 2015. The artist recently shared some new artworks and a mock travel video from his recent trip to Gaza. This is not the first time Banksy has ventured to Palestine. In 2005, Banksy created nine images on the Israeli West Bank wall.…
Watch the 2014-15 Louisville Leopard Percussionists rehearse their rendition of Kashmir, The Ocean, and Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. The Louisville Leopard Percussionists began in 1993. They are a performing ensemble of approximately 55 student musicians, ages 7-12, living in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Each student learns and acquires proficiency on several instruments, such…
The world looks different when seen from above. During spaceflight, astronauts and cosmonauts have reported a cognitive shift in awareness while viewing the Earth from orbit or from the lunar surface; this is known as the “Overview Effect“. This experience inspired Benjamin Grant to launch Daily Overview, an online project that attempts to, “fully…
Carturesti Carusel (“Carousel of Light”) is a breathtaking new bookstore that opened earlier this month in the heart of Bucharest, Romania. Designed by Square One, the bookstore is located inside a beautifully restored 19th century building. The 1,000 sq. m (10,760 sq. ft) retail space is situated on six floors and features over 10,000…
In FPV Racing, drivers sport video camera goggles that show them exactly what their quadcopter sees. They then race each other through custom-designed courses trying their best not to crash (too hard). As video streaming quality improves, FPV racing will continue to grow.
Photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS [NASA JPL Feb. 24, 2015] This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the “Mojave” site, where its drill collected the mission’s second taste of Mount Sharp. The scene combines dozens of images taken during January 2015 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end…
Film producer Adi Shankar just released “POWER/RANGERS”, a 12-minute bootleg film directed by Joseph Kahn featuring James Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica). The R-Rated reboot (i.e., violence, profanity, mature subject matter) is a dark departure from the campy television series you may have watched as a kid.
While hiking through Yallingup, Western Australia, this woman happened upon a crab and decided to film it. And that’s exactly when an octopus appeared out of nowhere to snatch it… off land no less! What a wild scene to capture on film.
In emergency situations where a ring needs to be removed immediately because it is too swollen, crushed or burned, hospitals use ring cutter tools like this, which are similar to can openers. Reddit user konvictkarl recently shared these photos to show the tool used at the hospital he works at. There are also electric-powered…
Romanian Art collective Visual Skin recreated the legendary Flying Dutchman ghost ship for the Amsterdam Light Festival which ended in January. The mythical ship originates from 17-century nautical folklore and the Flying Dutchman is said to never make port, doomed to sail the oceans forever. Anchored in front of the ARCAM Amsterdam Centre for…
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