Activity Corner

• Inside programmable road signs. And the first results are in. (I hope that this doesn't happen all over, because people might start to ignore them, and then be unprepared for the actual zombie apocalypse.)


• A ball-bearing drum machine.


• Hilarious British road signs and city names. I love the map of England with all the funny cities.


• More streets and cities with funny names.


• Adorable steampunk hearts.


• Why buy an expensive security system when you can make a papercraft CCTV camera?


• Take a 9-month-old, set him loose in a room for 4 hours, and film it timelapse-style so it condenses into 2 minutes. Baby play timelapse video.


• Mosaic portrait of Leonardo da Vinci made with 24,000 nails.


• I swear, you never know what crazy geeks are going to do next. Like circuitry snacks.


• The 15 worst Valentine's Day gifts.


• The expert's guide to napping.


• What does it take to make a hit song? Apparently, only four chords.


• Legendary advertising: The Nauga.


• Kids today might think they can dance, but check out Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in this 1941 clip doing the Lindy Hop.


• The musical stylings of Dr. House.


• The 6 ugliest eco-cars.


• There is a diversity of species in the rain forest. Specifically, logging equipment species.


• The eyebrow dance.


• Why do wind turbines have three narrow blades, but ceiling fans have five wide blades?


• Throw the bat-arang, dammit!


• If you have a parking problem, you need a better sign.


• The smallest monkeys in the world.


• Artsy uses for books.