The dance of the Hydrophytes.
Industrial designer Nicole Hone creates plants of the future called "hydrophytes,"multi-material, 3D-printed aquatic lifeforms that come alive when pumped with air. Via designboom.
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Homelessness is part of the job at Disneyland.
A brief documentary on what it's like to work at Disneyland, where almost three-quarters of employees do not earn enough money to cover basic expenses every month.
Mamoon
A beautiful short takes projection mapping to new levels with a moving, dramatic narrative and lovely animation.
The sounds of Saturn
As Atlas Obscura explains, water vapor from the moon Enceladus collides with the magnetic field created by the spinning Saturn. The resultant plasma waves were recorded by Cassini, and would not sound entirely out of place on a William Basinski record.
Engineers behind NASA's work on Mars.
Interviews with some of the engineers behind the NASA-JPL Mars InSight robotic lander.
How to make a car racing game out of cardboard.
How to make a car-racing game out of cardboard.
A music video mashes up Blondie and Star Wars.
We just noticed that Blondie's 1980 version of "Tide Is High"—the reggae song redone by a New York band during to a trip to Los Angeles, in which they tossed in a bunch of modern Mexican mariachi and Cuban percussion—got a music video in
A music video for King Krule's "Biscuit Town."
Cardboard melancholia for King Krule's "Biscuit Town."
A live stream of Burning Man.
For anyone feeling like the dew point's a little high in their neck of the woods: a live stream of this year's Burning Man.
How to surf one-handed.
Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer who lost her left arm to a shark attack when she was 13 years old, explains how she manages to paddle into so many waves.