A Visual MIDI Remix of the Game of Thrones Theme

Musician GBH has created a Synthesia keyboard remix of the Game of Thrones theme (previously) with a colorful interface that visually tracks the progress | Continue reading


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Moon Shining, A Brilliant Mashup That Reimagines the Iconic Apollo 11 Landing as Directed by Stanley Kubrick

French filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu, who makes brilliant mashups with clever titles, has combined footage from the Apollo 11 mission (previously) with | Continue reading


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Jaime Lannister Joins the ‘Full House’ Family

Now that Game of Thrones has ended, the talk of spinoff series is reaching fever pitch. One such idea, as envisioned by Jimmy Kimmel Live, has Jaime | Continue reading


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An Autonomous Self-Service Robotic Chef That Prepares Customized Omelettes on Demand

Vlogger and podcaster Ankit Vengurlekar of Gadget Wala watched as a robotic chef mixed, scrambled, flipped and served an omelette that he customized with | Continue reading


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The Grantham Family and Staff Prepare the Estate for a Royal Visit in the Highly-Awaited ‘Downton Abbey’ Film

Just five years after the viewing audience parted ways with the enormously popular Julian Fellowes series Downton Abbey, a new feature film of the same | Continue reading


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TV Star and His Stunt Double Explore the Last Days of the Golden Age in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’

Sony Pictures has released the trailer for Quentin Tarantino's 9th film entitled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (previously) in which a television actor | Continue reading


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Robotic Robot Rock Band Compressorhead Performs the Classic Nirvana Anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

The robotic band Compressorhead (previously) played a truly heavy metal cover of the classic grunge anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. The | Continue reading


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The History of the Disappearance and Reappearance of San Francisco’s Original 49 Mile Scenic Drive Signs

Filmmaker Bradley Smith delved into the wonderful history of the iconic signs for San Francisco's 49 Mile Scenic Drive. These signs were designed for a | Continue reading


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A Unique Clock That Uses a Sequence of Colors Rather Than Numerals to Tell the Time

Oxford, UK design firm Clark and Steel has created The Color Clock, a novel device that uses specific sequences of color rather than numerals to tell the | Continue reading


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‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Animator Shares Her Reference Videos for Several Scenes From the Film

Animator Emma Shih shared the reference video she used while working on the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The video shows Shih imitating the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Flip Cup Fluid Art Tutorial Using 24 Paints Resulting in a Gorgeous Landscape of Cellular Color

The resident artist of Arts and Crafts Studio demonstrated the fascinating "Flip Cup" fluid art technique using a cup, acrylic paint, floetrol, and | Continue reading


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Deepfake of Bill Hader Morphing Into Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger While Impersonating Them

Slovakian video editor Ctrl Shift Face has quite seamless (and somewhat disturbingly) employed deepfake software to morph comedian Bill Hader's face into | Continue reading


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Testing Out a Drone’s Obstacle Avoidance Recognition Using a One Way Game of Dodgeball

Researchers at the University of Zurich Department of Neuroinformatics played a unique one way game of dodgeball with a drone that was mounted with an | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Why Knuckles Make a Popping Sound When Stretched

In a snappy Ted-Ed lesson written by Eleanor Nelsen and animated by Belfer Creative, narrator Addison Anderson explains exactly why knuckles and other | Continue reading


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An Animated History of England

As part of his ongoing series of animated history videos, vlogger James Suibhne of Subhine (previously) has created a detailed animation that captures the | Continue reading


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Artificial Olfaction Expert Explains Why Dog’s Sense of Smell is Still Superior to Any Amount of Computer Code

In a fragrant video essay for Wired, senior writer Emily Dreyfuss speaks with MIT professor Andreas Mershin. Mershin is the expert authority on artificial | Continue reading


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A Snoring Cat Hilariously Amplified With a Microphone

A sleeping orange Persian cat named Mr. Gold was snoring so loudly he was distracting the human from getting any work done, so his human turned on a | Continue reading


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How to Ask Another Person for Reassurance Without Appearing to Be Desperate for Their Approval

The School of Life (previously) explains why the very human need for reassurance can also be terrifying and bring about discomfiting abandonment and | Continue reading


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Brazilian Veterinarians Fit Baby Armadillo With Customized Wheelchair For His Paralyzed Back Legs

A baby armadillo named Bonilha was rescued from the side of a South Brazil road after losing his the use of his hind legs and nearly starving to death. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Painstakingly Programming a Really Old Doorbell to Play ‘Megalovania’ From the Video Game ‘Undertale’

Game music guitarist Jules Conroy of Family Jules discovered that the San Diego house in which he was living had a really old doorbell that could be | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Teeny Tiny Shrek Successfully Completes the Westminster Dog Show Agility Course in Record Time

Video game editor Chanbahni very cleverly reimagined footage from the Westminster Dog Show by replacing the canine in the scene with a teeny tiny Shrek | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How Honey Reacts to Microgravity in Space

Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques took some time out of his day working on the International Space Station to open a container of honey | Continue reading


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Cookie Monster Practices Self-Control, Denying Himself the Pleasure of Eating Cookies Until His Friend Arrives

A famished Cookie Monster joined NPR Education reporter Cory Turner for what he thought would be a nice plate of cookies to enjoy. Instead, Cookie Monster | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Look Inside the Reconstructed Eero Saarinen Mid-Century Modern TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport

We previously wrote about the former TWA Flight Center designed by Eero Saarinen at JFK Airport as it was being renovated into a lavish 1962 style retro | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Aaron Paul Joins ‘Westworld III’ as a Construction Worker Trying to Remain Human in a World of Robots

In a teaser trailer for the third season of the HBO series Westworld, a weary blue collar worker (Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad) tries to hang onto his sense | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Woman Seeks Advice From Her Overly Generous Mother Who Takes Care of Too Many Kids and Dogs

In an amusing semi-autobiographical stop-motion animation entitled "Freaks of Nurture" by filmmaker Alexandra Lemay, a young woman needing career | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Bewildered Man Finds Himself Looking For Existential Answers From a Rather Talkative Talking Tree

In the wonderfully surreal short film "The Talking Tree" by Stefan Hunt and Matthew Webb, a young man (Eka Darville of Jessica Jones) was cutting through | Continue reading


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Absurd Object Personifications Set in Motion

Russian filmmaker and graphic artist Vladimir Tomin has "Continued" his wonderfully surreal series of absurd object personifications that are set in | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Exquisitely Detailed Papercraft Installations Inspired by Two Very Different Nobel Prize Winning Novels

Working with the Nobel Prize Museum on their "Sharing Worlds" project at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation in Dubai, artisans Lucie | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Incredible Footage of the Great Annual Easter Fireworks Battle on the Greek Island of Chios

In 2008, Diagonal View posted incredible footage of Rouketopolemos, the great annual fireworks battle on the Greek island of Chios. This long-running | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How to Make a Mini Robotic Bug From Household Items

Joshua Donald of JoshBuilds shared a very simple way to build a mini long-legged robotic bug toy that's mostly made of easily accessible household items. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Artist With Background in Neurology Etches Microscopic Interpretations of Brain Patterns Onto Gold Leaf

A creative episode of SciFri takes a look at Dr. Greg Dunn who embodies a rare combination of talents in both art and science, specifically neurology. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How to Gently Teach a Cat to Walk on a Leash

The wonderful Robert Dollwet of Malibu Dog Training aka CATMANTOO (previously) offers some very helpful hints and guidance around teaching a cat how to | Continue reading


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A Fire Breathing Game of Thrones Dragon Lamp

Bulgarian automation and electronics engineer Daniel of Kvant3DPrinting has created a truly fierce dragon lamp that looks like it's either breathing fire | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

How LiDAR Infrared Lasers and Integrated Photonics Combine to Allow Self-Driving Cars to See at Night

In a glowing Ted-Ed lesson written by photonics expert Sajan Saini and animated by Nemanja Petrovic, narrator Addison Anderson explains how a combination | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Playful Black Cat Chases After an Accommodating Window Washer’s Blade on the Other Side of the Glass

A very playful black cat named Guinness who lives on a high floor of a tall building watched very closely as a window washer on the other side of the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Poignant Retrospective of the Dichotomous Life Led By an Emotionally Conflicted Ser Jaime Lannister

Film editor David Garuchava of The Garo Studios (previously) has created a truly poignant retrospective of the rather dichotomous life led by an | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Enterprising Oregon Man Picks Up Local Canine Clients for Daycare in a Bright Yellow Doggie School Bus

The Oregonian did a wonderful profile of an enterprising man named Arat Montoya who started a pet sitting business inspired by his own gold-colored car. | Continue reading


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Creator of Game of Thrones Languages Reviews How Well Actors and Fans Speak Valerian and Dothraki

The linguistically talented David J. Peterson who created several languages for Game of Thrones talked to Vanity Fair about how well he felt that both the | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Hershey’s Redesigns Their Iconic Milk Chocolate Bar For First Time 125 Years to Include 25 Different Emojis

For the first time in its 125 year history, The Hershey Company has redesigned its iconic milk chocolate bar to incorporate modern times. This new design | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Rick and Morty Announce Season 4 Release Date

A well-oiled Rick Sanchez and a very nervous Morty Smith announced the highly-anticipated news that their show Rick and Morty will be returning on Adult | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Incredible ‘Stranger Things’ Byers’ Home LEGO Set That Can Be Flipped Over to ‘The Upside Down’

LEGO has introduced an incredible model set that features minifigure characters from the runaway Netflix series Stranger Things, including a spot-on | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Brave Veterinarian From Jordan Rescues Animals Living in the Terrifying Reality of Combat Zones

Great Big Story caught up with Amir Khalil, a very brave and compassionate veterinarian in Amman, Jordan who works with the rapid response animal rescue | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Fluffy Cotton Candy Cloud Drips a ‘Sweet Little Rain’ of Sugar Into a Hot Cup of Coffee From Overhead

The Chinese coffee company Mellower has created a tempest in a teacup with their uniquely poetic "Sweet Little Rain" espresso drink. The primary feature | Continue reading


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An Edward Gorey Style Game of Thrones Alphabet

In advance of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, artist Kerry Bell created a series of illustrations of the show's characters in the style of | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

A Brilliantly Accurate Cover of the ‘Law and Order: SVU’ Theme Song Played Only on Acoustic Guitars

Musician Dave Rucci who previously played ten iconic riffs with one finger on one string, played an brilliantly accurate cover of the distinctive title | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Taste Testing a Survivalist Cheeseburger in a Can

In 2018, we wrote about Taras Kulakov, aka the "Crazy Russian Hacker", who was bravely taste testing a hamburger that was packaged in a can. Kulakov | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 5 years ago

Moon Pod, A Lightweight Ergonomic Beanbag That Forms Into Three Relaxing Zero Gravity Positions

The Moon Pod is a lightweight ergonomic beanbag that employs custom high-density beads that form to movement and creates a zero-gravity experience in | Continue reading


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