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When Pythagoras Met Ear Hairs: the Science and Math of Music

I never want to have a science or math _anything_ explained to me again by anyone besides Vi Hart. Here's the "mathemusician" explaining how sound and music work -- what is up with noises? -- with science, math, and really cute cut-out animations. She...
Videodrome
8.30.11
Music

Rig Your Own Light Up LED Organ [Instructables How-To]

Feel uncool about DJing with an iPod? Compensate with a light show.
Kathleen Flood
8.30.11
Art

The Best Fan-Made Videos You've Ever Seen

Director Brendan Canty (aka Feel Good Lost) has charmed the pants right off of us with his vibrant music videos.
The Creators Project Staff
8.30.11
Motherboard Blog

The Everything-Electronic Future In One Word: Plastics

Imagine an iShirt. I know "iShirt" is a cornball example but just imagine a shirt, made of the usual organic material-based fabrics that shirts are usually made, that does all of the stuff a smart-phone does or really any other sort of electronic. Or...
Michael Byrne
8.30.11
Film

Ferrofluid + Dye + Soap Bubbles = Surprisingly Creepy But Awesome Short Film

Creating an eerie narrative from unusual components.
Kevin Holmes
8.30.11
Design

The Holodeck Becomes Reality: Gaming Will Never Be The Same

Life imitates Star Trek with this augmented reality training simulation.
Kevin Holmes
8.30.11
Motherboard Blog

Ones and Zeros: Space Oddity for Kids, Faces of Evolution, RIP Tony Sales, Cheap Wind Power

h3. One: "Faces of Evolution":http://news.discovery.com/human/early-human-ancestors-faces.html (Discovery) h3. Zero: Hurricane Irene and "the dangers of crying wolf":http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/29/what-did-we-learn-from-irene/the...
Ones Zeros
8.30.11
Motherboard Blog

How To Capture An Asteroid (and Why)

Every now and again, Jupiter will get a cosmic couchsurfer of sorts in the form of an asteroid. Rocks of various sizes get snagged by the planet's massive gravity, orbit around for a while, clean out the fridge, and then stumble back out into the solar...
Michael Byrne
8.30.11
News

The Hangover News

Auntie Irene came to see you this weekend, but you were too busy locking yourself away and getting drunk with your housemates to notice.
Mac Hackett
8.30.11
NSFW

Bow to the Ordeal Master

Counselling through the arse, the whip, and the hook.
Chris O`Neill
8.30.11
Noisey Blog

Happy Bun B Day, Everybody!

Birthdays? NO THANKS. Christmas? WACK. Valentine’s Day? We don’t even LIKE love. The only holiday we have any interest in celebrating is Bun B Day!
VICE Staff
8.30.11
Noisey Blog

Future Islands Gets Wholesome On This New Video

This new Future Islands vid is all small-towny, sun-drenchy, puppy-lovey-dovey...it looks like a Tumblr dashboard come to life, basically. We're not really ones to aww, but... awwwwwwwwwww...
VICE Staff
8.30.11
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