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The School of Life Bus Home

The School of Life Bus Home

Living Big in a Tiny House visited another great school bus conversion. Tamra and JT Lane furnished and decorated their “School of Life” bus almost entirely with upcycled materials. The patchwork of wood and the wood stove gives the bus a lived-in vibe.

How to Make a Retractable License Plate

How to Make a Retractable License Plate

Prop maker David Guyton takes a break from making badass prop armor to present his take on a retractable license plate. His DIY solution is made from affordable materials and uses a simple scissor mechanism. You’ll have to figure out how to mount it on your car though.

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Invisible Think

Invisible Think
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A fun take on Pictionary-type games, but in this case game players wear special red glasses so they can’t see what’s being drawn, adding to the fun and challenge. Includes 220 drawing cards, 4-pairs of glasses, erasable markers, and a drawing board.

Gorogoa

Gorogoa

Jason Roberts’ Gorogoa is a refreshing take on puzzle games. Each puzzle consists of up to four hand-drawn frames. You can do only three things: slide the frames, place one frame on top of another, or separate overlapped frames. Available on iOS, Windows and Switch.

Tyler, The Creator: Tiny Desk Concert

Tyler, The Creator: Tiny Desk Concert

(PG-13: Language) Odd Future co-founder Tyler, The Creator graced NPR Music’s first ever nighttime Tiny Desk Concert. He and his band performed Boredom, See You Again and Glitter from his amazing new album Flower Boy.

Funko Pop! x Tommy Boy

Funko Pop! x Tommy Boy
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Holy Shnikies! You’ll soon be able to grab Pop! vinyl figures based on Tommy Boy. Choose from David Spade’s snarky Richard or Chris Farley’s dopey but well-intentioned Tommy. We love the disheveled hair and ripped coat on the special-edition Tommy.

A Star Wars Christmas Medley

A Star Wars Christmas Medley

It might seem like an odd combination, but Star Wars fever and Christmas are both upon us, so Nathan Mills‘ medley sorta makes sense. Sit back and enjoy a beautiful guitar performance of classics like Little Drummer Boy, Imperial March, and Silent Night, all rolled into one.

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Penguin Cocktail Shaker

Penguin Cocktail Shaker
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A 1930s art deco classic, this dapper, bow-tied penguin cocktail shaker stands at the ready to serve all your drink-mixing needs. Made from stainless steel and holds up to 18 oz of liquid.

My Arcade: Data East Classics

My Arcade: Data East Classics
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A handheld gaming system packed with hundreds of classic arcade games from the now defunct Data East, including Bad Dudes, Karate Champ, B-Wings, BurgerTime, Joe & Mac, and more. Available in landscape and GameBoy style designs.

DIY RC LEGO BB-8

DIY RC LEGO BB-8

LEGO enthusiast Sariel modified the LEGO BB-8 kit to make it move via remote control. It doesn’t roll exactly like the droid does, but it’s still a cool mod. Sariel used SBrick and Power Functions parts to make the mod. You can download the instructions on his website.

DIY Exploding Popcorn Cake

DIY Exploding Popcorn Cake

Want to make a dessert that’s sure to be the talk of the party? Ann Reardon of How to Cook That shows us how to create a tasty salted caramel and chocolate cake that looks like a pot overflowing with popcorn. She makes it look easy, but we’re sure it’s not. Full recipe here.

Civictor Waterproof Flashlight

Civictor Waterproof Flashlight
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This durable anodized aluminum flashlight has an IPX8 waterproof rating, which means it can be completely submerged up to 2 meters. Its 1000 lumen CREE LED is super bright, and can run up to 480 hours with an optional 3400 mAh 18650 battery.

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Mechanical Speech Synthesis & More

Mechanical Speech Synthesis & More

The Royal Institution shares a 1985 lecture by professor David Pye as he shows off a vintage analog device which allowed a skilled player to synthesize sounds that approximated a human voice. He then showed off what was then state-of-the-art electronic speech synthesis.

Arf.mp4

Arf.mp4

You. Your computer screen. Your headphones. This dog. That’s all you need today to bring a big grin to your face, and know that everything’s going to be alright. This is so going to be our “new message” sound now.

Fooling Image Recognition Tech

Fooling Image Recognition Tech

Modern image recognition technology is getting really good at identifying objects. But engineers at MIT CSAIL show us how simply playing with their textures can confuse the AI into thinking an object is something completely different than what it actually is.

Moon Coasters

Moon Coasters
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These substantial coasters are one small step for a drink, one giant step for drink-kind. Each concrete coaster is hand textured and pigmented, creating a unique lunar surface for your cocktail to land on. Sold as a set of four.

Making a Giant Segmented Bowl

Making a Giant Segmented Bowl

Woodworker Kyle Toth walks us through the process of crafting a massive 32″ diameter bowl by slicing, gluing, layering, and turning concentric rings of mahogany and curly maple wood. If you’ve got a cool $2100 to spend, you can buy the finished piece here.

Wrecking Ball Super Slow-Mo

Wrecking Ball Super Slow-Mo

To help promote the new season of The Grand Tour, The Slow Mo Guys got their hands on massive 4-ton wrecking ball, and turned it on a brick wall, then a selection of vehicles while they captured the carnage with a duo of Phantom high-speed cameras.

MGMT: When You Die

MGMT: When You Die

(PG-13: Lyrics) The first thing you’ll notice about MGMT’s music video is that it stars Alex Karpovsky, best known for his role as Ray on Girls. But that’s not the only highlight of the clip. It’s the trippy “style transfer” VFX, which have been empowered by machine learning tech.

7TH AEON

7TH AEON

A phenomenal cyberpunk animated short by Mads Broni and Salla Lehmus that envisions a dystopian future in which humans have become so obsessed with technology they become increasingly isolated, anti-social, and cease to evolve. Doesn’t seem that far-fetched to us.

King Krule: Tiny Desk Concert

King Krule: Tiny Desk Concert

“She smoked me whole and blows out Os. The sink had sunk, it overflows. The door is shut, my eyes are closed. I hear her moan, or what I suppose.” Archy Marshall aka King Krule stuns NPR Music with darkwave jazz tracks from his latest album, The OOZ.

Making Plants Glow

Making Plants Glow

Engineers from MIT have developed a fascinating way to enhance plant leaves so they can subtly glow in complete darkness for up to four hours. Their aim is to someday create plants which are bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace.

adidas Archive M1 Watch

adidas Archive M1 Watch
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adidas‘ aptly named Archive M1 is a 36mm digital wristwatch with a classic, clean, simple, retro-inspired design. It has a stainless steel case and bracelet as well as a hardened mineral crystal. Also available in gold or black.

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