Checkershadow Optical Illusion In Real Life
Remember the famous checkershadow optical illusion by MIT professor Edward H. Adelson? YouTuber Brusspup re-created the optical illusion in real life. Check out the video clip below:
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Barbershop Punk: A Movie About Net Neutrality [Video]
Facebook fan Georgia Archer is one-half of the two-woman team heading up the Barbershop Punk documentary project. The duo is Kickstarting funds for the film, which features interviews with Damian Kulash of OK Go, Janeane Garofalo, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye and many others. BARBERSHOP PUNK is an independent feature length documentary directed by two women and inspired by the journey of one man who challenged […]
Mark Wallinger’s Mirrored TARDIS [Pics]
Facebook fan Joe Adams brought this awesomeness to our attention (thanks, Joe!)–it’s a life-sized mirrored replica of the TARDIS, and depending on the viewing angle, it can nearly disappear into its surroundings. Mark Wallinger, he creator of “Time and Relative Dimensions in Space 2001,? the piece’s official title, says: “I have always been interested in how we […]
Atomic Shelter Club Card
Here’s one club card that you probably don’t ever want to use! [Source]
A Futuristic Movie Timeline [Pic]
Dan Meth has a series of Pop Cultural Charts (all of which are worth checking out). This one was submitted to us by Facebook fan Lyonel Nichols (thanks!) and we think it’s too interesting not to share. About the chart, from Dan’s blog: No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought […]
Solar System Builder [Online Game]
Tired of playing farmer or building virtual cities (I’m looking at you two, Farmville and SimCity!) Try your hand at building a planetary system over at National Geographic’s interactive online Solar System Builder. [Source]
Dirty: Apple Caught ‘Shopping Evidence Against Samsung
You might be aware of Apple’s lawsuit against Android device maker Samsung (SEO:005930), which claims that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is just a little too similar to Apple’s iPad 2. (If you weren’t, that’s the skinny.) This week, Webwereld.nl, the Dutch counterpart to Computerworld, was poking around in Apple’s case files and noticed something… wonky. An “exhibit” supplied by […]
Flying Communications Before The Invention of Headphones
We take headphones for granted, but back in the days of the World War I flying aces (Red Baron, anyone?) there were no such thing. So how did flying student and instructor communicate over the noise of the airplane’s motor? With this contraption invented at the British flying school at Gosport, England: … device whereby […]
How to Order Pizza for Your Next LAN Party [Video]
Got a LAN party? Well, don’t call yourself a geek if you have to pickup the phone to call Domino’s Pizza … you need this: Pizza Party, a Unix command line program for ordering pizza by Cory Arcangel.
Why Does Marty Hang Out With Doc Brown Anyway?
Ever wonder why Marty McFly was friends with Doc Brown in Back to the Future? It’s a question that crossed the minds of _flossy folks Brett Savage and Jason English, which they posed to readers of mentalfloss. None other than Back to the Future co-creator Bob Gale caught wind of the post and replied in kind […]