Author: Scarlett Madison

One may debate whether or not this is truly “steampunk” or if it’s just a modified motorcycle made to harken to a more leather and metal day of old. Since it doesn’t run on steam, technically it might be better classified as “dieselpunk” or something like that. One can argue that it’s not attractive, not functional, or not practical. What cannot be argued is that the effort put in by a friend of Reddit user PauseforBong ended in something that he or she could be proud of and flaunt across the internet….

Many people love to lay in bed and read a book or Kindle. There’s a distinct physical challenge associated with the activity. Laying down comfortably means either holding the book up (bad for the arms) or tilting your head forward. Neither option is good for your neck. These glasses that we found on Reddit may be the answer (though we don’t agree with the name of the post itself – there’s nothing lazy about comfort). Mirrors. Simple….

In recent years, there has been a much stronger focus at an academic level when it comes to pop culture. Society now has the ability through television and the internet to not only gawk at the strange things that happen in pop culture but to also interact with it in many ways. Even the President of the United States interacts with people online. This infographic discusses the convergence that’s happening now and will continue to grow as pop culture and our ability to interact with it increases. By: BestCollegesOnline.com RUI FERREIRA / Shutterstock.com…

It may not be bigger worldwide, but Alexa shows Pinterest is now ahead of Tumblr in overall US traffic and reach. On the list of top 500 sites in the United States, Pinterest weighs in at #17, one ahead of Tumblr. The photo sharing site shares a little with Tumblr in function, but the form of the site is completely different. Tumblr combines microblogging, photosharing, and GIF-heavy offbeat content into a full blogging platform that rivals Wordpress and Blogger for adoption. Pinterest, on the other hand, has a more modern interface that displays a feed in an adaptive format, giving users the ability…

Normally, VSauce puts out some amazing minutephysics videos that spark the imagination and enlighten us in ways the world and universe work. Other times, the information is relatively useless but interesting nonetheless. This video falls into the latter category. What would happen if you drilled from one side of the earth through the center to the other? That’s what they try to explain here. …

Google is a household name, for many it is the “go to” search engine to find anything from what is ailing you to how to spell a word. Almost like a dependency has formed between us and this behemoth reigning search engine, but how did it become our favorite place to search and what keeps it this way? …

We’ve seen some of the amazing things that 3D printers can do, but most of them are more for folly and enjoyment rather than practical use. The future of 3D printers is bright, but today they’re good for launching Stephen Colbert’s head into space and not a lot more. Or are they? There have been other examples of how 3D printing technology can be used for practical purposes, but the video below is the most touching and truly amazing use that we’ve seen so far. In it, young Emma was born with arthrogryposis, a disability that would have made it impossible for her to move her arms. Thanks to a combination…

The science of entertainment is getting more complicated. Disney Research in Zurich and Walt Disney Imagineering at Cornell are working on Physical Face Cloning to be able to create animatronics characters that behave with the precision of a human face. First, they are designing a synthetic skin that can mimic the movements and tendencies of human skin. How the skin on a face reacts to motions such as talking has been problematic, but the Disney team hopes that a silicon based solution guided by computer simulations will be the answer. Here are two videos that they recently released showing the…

The latest Joy of Tech comic from Geek Culture hits many people in today’s economy close to home. It’s all fun and games until it happens to you and companies are going to extreme measures to make sure that the people they lay off don’t go and bad mouth them on social media. Opinions are often more powerful than facts and the power of social media allows people to spread their opinions in different ways today….

Ink. Despite the rise of mobile and digital everything, there’s still a need to put things on paper every now and then. Thus, the need for ink is still present. The history of ink is something that few people think about but that has actual value… at least from a trivial perspective. Get your useless information hat on and let’s take a ride through ink! This infographic from Inkfarm comes to us via Fishers Nissan and explores “A Closer Look At The History Of Ink”. Click to enlarge. Hat Tips: Tampa Honda Dealers * * * “Ink” image courtesy of Shutterstock….