J.R. Bjornson demonstrates a liquid indicator that he got for free from the Canadian Institute for the Blind. These devices also come in a vibrating option that has a magnet… Read the rest of the article: Here's how most blind people pour hot liquids
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Andrea James To follow up to his ultra-black room, James at Action Lab did up a room with LIT pigment, the highest-lumen glow-in-the-dark pigment. Then he blasted it with a 100,000 lumen… Read the rest of the article: Amazing demo of the world's glowiest glow-in-the-dark paint
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Andrea James Belgian photographer Niki Colemont considers squirrels "the perfect models," so he takes weeks setting up fanciful shots with wild squirrels. He gets his shots in camera and does not manipulate… Read the rest of the article: Squirrel photographer shares tricks of the trade
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Andrea James Not only is it cool to see this ultrasonic device in operation at 170,000fps, this is a great explainer on how they work. Image: YouTube / The Slow Mo Guys
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Andrea James Jojo Villareal filmed this hypnotic footage of wisping, or spore release by mushrooms. It's very pretty, but watch out for spores! Remember what happened to Spock? Image: YouTube / Caters… Read the rest of the article: Gorgeous footage of mushrooms wisping spores
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Andrea James To study circadian rhythms, scientists recruited a 27-year-old Italian interior designer to live in a small shelter built in a cave below Carlsbad, New Mexico for several months. Soon, her… Read the rest of the article: Stefania Follini was isolated in a cave for 131 days for science
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Andrea James Taka was trapped on a burning porch in a house fire, and after recovering from his injuries, he has been an inspiration to others, thanks to his owner Crystal Lesley:… Read the rest of the article: Dog that survived fire inspires other burn victims
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Andrea James Phil Stiller wanted a place of his own that reflected his passions, so he built a sci-fi mancave theater from scratch over the course of a year. Yes this room… Read the rest of the article: Maker builds the man cave of his 12-year-old dreams
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Andrea James I wanted to share a little trick some proofreading pros use. I use proofreading fonts (previously) like DP Sans Mono, which supports a wide range of Unicode characters. Some people… Read the rest of the article: Proofreading trick: use a proofreader-friendly font
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Andrea James Errol Morris profiles Timothy Leary companion Joanna Harcourt-Smith in My Psychedelic Love Story. The film focuses on the government's successful attempts to break Leary and get him to become an… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for new Errol Morris doc 'My Psychedelic Love Story'
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Andrea James Dave Blair (previously) keeps improving on his innovative in-camera effects contraption, which now has a dual feedback loop that results in even more intricate and beautiful mandalas and mathematical patterns:… Read the rest of the article: Trippy recursive effects
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Andrea James Truth to Power looks at the music and politics of Serj Tankian, lead singer of System of a Down, who has used his fame to fight corporate greed, to challenge… Read the rest of the article: System of a Down singer's political influence in Armenia and beyond
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Andrea James Erik Grankvist's first attempt at building a traditional log cabin in the Swedish forest may be just your thing if you like slow television and miss the Primitive Technology channel.… Read the rest of the article: Novice spends a year building a cabin by hand
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Andrea James Outsider music, in Alfo Media's great introduction, is singular in style and cannot be created intentionally. He looks at The Shaggs, Wesley Willis, B.J. Snowden, Eilert Pilarm, Shooby Taylor, Gary… Read the rest of the article: Nice primer on the genre of outsider music
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Andrea James The dog show Crufts has several competition categories, but for sheer excitement, the agility championships are hard to beat. Sometimes the dogs start changing direction as they are clearing an… Read the rest of the article: Very agile doggos
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Andrea James Turns out that you can make diffraction grating* molded onto chocolate if you know what you're doing. In fact, you can 3D print the lovely effect with all kinds of… Read the rest of the article: Holographic chocolate
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Andrea James This explainer on all the ways that humans subjectively experience time is packed with all kinds of interesting factoid about how hard it is for us to accurately gauge time… Read the rest of the article: Here are all the ways time is an illusion
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Andrea James Neonode has been around for a while, but they are making a big push for their products in the age of pandemics. I would want to see a LOT of… Read the rest of the article: Retrofit for contactless touchscreens and buttons
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Andrea James Watch as a tour guide pulls space shuttle tile material out of a 2200-degree furnace and picks it up immediately. Note that for best results, pick it up by the… Read the rest of the article: You can pick up a space shuttle thermal tile right out of the furnace
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Andrea James The fine folks at Food Theory tackle the question of who gives the most pizza bang for the buck among America's four top chains. They also have some surprising insights… Read the rest of the article: Which of America's biggest pizza chains has the best value? A deep dive