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Neo Tokyo Metro

Neo Tokyo Metro

This mirror-image video made from footage along one of Tokyo’s rail lines is more than a little reminiscent of Darwinfish105’s HyperDrive and the Tokyo Sky Drive series, but its slower and more relaxed pace lets us check out more detail of the surrounding environment.

Patterns of the Universe Coloring Book

Patterns of the Universe Coloring Book
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Alex Bellos and Edmund Harris’ wonderful coloring book is designed for kids and adults who are fascinated with patterns, geometry, or mathematics. It’s packed with dozens of intricate and soothing designs to help keep your mind distracted from the day’s woes.

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Synthesizer Paper Goods

Synthesizer Paper Goods
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Etsy seller synthesizakkar handmakes notebooks, memo pads, calendars, sticky notes, and other office supplies inspired by classic synthesizers like the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, and the Roland SH-101. The memo pads even include analog knobs that turn.

3D-printed Hermit Crab Shells

3D-printed Hermit Crab Shells

Hermit crabs wander the beach looking for abandoned shells to call home. But artist Aki Inomata creates custom shells based on buildings and other forms using CAT scans of shells, 3D modeling, and 3D printing. And if this seems wacky, check out Inomata’s other project.

Why Concept Cars Exist

Why Concept Cars Exist

Every year automakers turn up at car shows with over-the-top concept vehicles, riding on oversized wheels, floating seats, and scads of futuristic technology. But why do car companies spend millions on cars they may never produce? Business Insider explains.

B&O Beovision Harmony TV

B&O Beovision Harmony TV

Bang & Olufsen’s artful television is designed to blend in with its surroundings. When it’s turned off, the TV’s OLED screen lowers and becomes partially covered by its two aluminum and oak covers, making it look more like a cabinet. Drops Fall 2019.

RoBOTL Robot Sculpture

RoBOTL Robot Sculpture

Design studio Giò Forma was hired by Timberland to create a giant robot sculpture out of recycled plastic bottles. On display for Milan Design Week 2019, it’s a nod to Timberland’s ReBOTL material, a key part of their sustainability efforts.

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2019 Jeep Mopar Concepts

2019 Jeep Mopar Concepts

Jeep and Mopar’s concept vehicles for the 2019 Easter Jeep Safari include the tent-equipped Gladiator Wayout, the 1980’s Gladiator Rubicon JT Scrambler, and the badass supercharged 700hp Gladiator M-715 Five-Quarter resto-mod.

Common Sword Types Poster

Common Sword Types Poster
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This handy wall chart includes silhouettes of a variety of swords, so you can finally tell the difference between a dadao, a cutlass, and a dao at a glance. Available in various sizes, and also an inverted white-on-black version from Etsy seller Zapista.

LED Tracing Pad

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It used to be that artist’s lightboxes were big, clunky things. Now, thanks to modern LED and optics tech, they’re thin and portable. This one has a 12″ x 8.5″ surface, perfect for tracing images onto letter-sized paper. Save 49% in The Awesomer Shop.

Making DmC 5’s Devil Sword Dante

Making DmC 5’s Devil Sword Dante

Master & Apprentice present what they think is the coolest thing they’ve made so far. It’s a life-size and ultra detailed replica of the Devil Sword Dante from Devil May Cry 5. The 33 lb sword is made from wood, plastic, metal and has LEDs.

Cassette Tape Speaker

Cassette Tape Speaker
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While it’s unlikely to be the loudest or most high-fidelity speaker every day, we’ve gotta hand it to Suck UK for cramming a Bluetooth speaker into the case of a classic cassette tape. We don’t recommend sticking this thing into your old tape player.

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Making a Guitar from Scratch

Making a Guitar from Scratch

An immensely satisfying time-lapse video of luthier (string instrument maker) and plectrier (pick maker) Patrick Hufschmid as he creates one of his gorgeous hand-built electric guitars. The sped-up carpentry sounds are just as awesome as the imagery.

Vulgar Tea Cups

Vulgar Tea Cups
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(PG-13: Language) Etsy seller Ethan’s Lunch Money creates awesomely snarky tea cups and other housewares using fine china, hand-embellished with rude and threatening sentiments. Note: we don’t recommend actually poisoning your friends. (Thanks Robb!)

Game of Thrones Paper Dragon

Game of Thrones Paper Dragon

Office supplies maker Viking Direct surprised its employees by installing a 43 foot-long dragon made out of paper in their office. A few employees worked with artist Andy Singleton for 10 days to build the impressive sculpture. It’s now installed in a school.

Oil Pump Watch

Oil Pump Watch

Created by JacobAndCo, the Astronomia “Oil Pump” is an incredible wristwatch with a triple-axis tourbillon, a deeply domed sapphire crystal, and a miniature pumpjack movement like the ones seen atop oil wells. Of course you’ll need oil money to afford it too.

Building the Death Star

Building the Death Star

One thing that’s always bothered us about science fiction is how we see these enormous, futuristic constructions, and never see how they get built. Thanks to Isaac and Benjamin Botkin, here’s a look at how the ultimate power in the universe might have been assembled.

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Written and directed by Andy Goralczyk this beautifully animated CGI short film is about a girl and her dog who encounter mysterious spirits as they trek through a forest. Blender Animation Studio is offering up the production assets for animators to learn from.

2018 DJI SkyPixel Drone Photos

2018 DJI SkyPixel Drone Photos

DJI’s photo- and video-sharing website SkyPixel recently held a contest for drone photos and videos. The subjects included architecture, nature, people and sports. Visit the website to check out all the winners and other submissions.

VHS Tape Covers Animated

VHS Tape Covers Animated

It’s been a very long time since we saved anything to a VHS tape, but this animation from 4096 reminds us that regardless of what random junk we recorded on them, the box covers of the blank tapes were actually kind of cool. The track is Before the Night by HOME.

IRIS

IRIS

Remi Devouassoud’s visually stunning CG animated short presents us with an image which plays with our minds. Are we looking at another universe, or an up-close image of a human eye? Or is it both?

Baux Acoustic Tiles

Baux Acoustic Tiles

Designed by Form Us with Love using a sustainable material called “wood wool,” these wall tiles don’t just cut down on noise, they do it with style. By interlocking shapes, they create colorful murals using hexagons, squares, rectangles, triangles, and more.

Making Deathwing with a 3D Pen

Making Deathwing with a 3D Pen

YouTuber 3D Sanago greets us by saying he’s a 3D pen master. But he easily backs it up by making a badass statue of Deathwing the Destroyer from World of Warcraft. He makes liberal use of a wood burning tool to smooth the plastic and add textures.

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