Stop-Motion Army Men Get Their Groove On [Video]

Whether you played with plastic Army men as a kid or you remember their bravery in “Toy Story”, you may recall that their rigid plastic frame and that pesky base they stood on made for limited play scenarios. During “various bouts of unemployment”, animator David Fain created this stop-motion video — simply, aptly-named “Choreography for […]

The Calculator That Actually Makes You Smarter!

This is no ordinary calculator. This is the QAMA or the “Quick Approximate Mental Arithmetic” calculator. Designed by scientist-physicist Ilan Samson, it’s designed to make students — and heck, adults, too — *actually smarter* in math. At first, it seems like it behaves like a regular calculator…except that before the QAMA gives you the answer, […]

San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2012 in Pictures: Day 2 [Gallery]

You’ve already seen the pictures from day one (and if you haven’t, they’re here!), so here are some of the best shots our photographers Hayley Sargent and Bill Watters caught on day 2. We’ve also added a few other cc-licensed pictures from photographer San Diego Shooter on top of these. Enjoy! Edit: Our gallery for […]