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Music

The Retro-Future of Music Is Simian Mobile Disco's 'Whorl' Live Show

A lesson in how to make future-music by limiting technology.
DJ Pangburn
9.23.14
Environment

'This Is the Worst Possible Place for an Oil Spill in the Great Lakes'

Underneath the Straits of Mackinac, a 60-year-old pipeline carries 23 million gallons of oil per day. That has environmentalists, politicians, and residents worried.
Nilo Tabrizy
9.23.14
Design

Weather-Sensing Walls Control This Kaleidoscopic Light Installation

A giant, wind-powered wall of lenses refracts kaleidoscoping sunlight into Simon Heijdens latest installation, 'Shade.'
Beckett Mufson
9.23.14
china

500 Chinese Fishermen Shut Down a Shipyard to Protest Pollution

There's been a notable uptick in environmental activism in the country.
Ben Richmond
9.23.14
Words

Nacey ft. Angel Haze's Vid for "I Own It" Should Come with a Warning

Prepare your brain.
Jemayel Khawaja
9.23.14
Twitter

Your Friends’ Online Connections Can Reveal Your Sexual Orientation

Facebook’s “shadow profiles” were just the tip of the iceberg.
Jordan Pearson
9.23.14
Art

Watch Drones Dance In Cirque Du Soleil's Quadcopter Performance Film

The creative minds behind Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and Verity Studios have created a live interaction film that choreographs a performance with ten drone quadcopters.
Becky Chung
9.23.14
Holy Shit

How to Build a Magnetized Piano Harp

We spent the day with inventor, sculptor, and instrument designer Andy Cavatorta.
Xavier Aaronson
9.23.14
thump video

Spazzkid's New Video is Guaranteed to Make Your Day

Or your money back.
David Garber
9.23.14
Canada

There's a Broadcast War Brewing Between Netflix and Canada

Netflix just defied the Canadian broadcast regulator and the fallout could be huge.
Ben Makuch
9.23.14
Art

Cirque du Soleil Figured Out How to Tastefully Use Drones in Theatre

Maybe there is hope for drones in the performing arts, after all.
Jason Koebler
9.23.14
bud light living room

Lights, Camera… Rain: IleSoniq at Its Finest

We strapped on our wellies and kicked it with a bunch of life-sized mushrooms in Montreal. Watch our recap of the festival here.
Rachael D’Amore
9.23.14
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