Fart Code is an app by BETA Group of Goodby Silverstein & Partners that explains nutritional information for food based on their “fart power.” The app is designed to interest children in nutrition by appealing to their sense of humor. When the app scans a barcode for food, it uses an algorithm to determine how toxic a fart would be from those ingredients. Fart Code is currently available on iOS.

An algorithm uses those ingredients to determine the level of toxicity on a "fartometer" and produces the appropriate fart noise and vibration; a rough equivalent of how your digestive system would process the ingredients.

images via Fart Code

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"Fight or Flight or Whatever" is a short by filmmakers Andrew Norton and Chris Wardle about Toronto comedian Rob Norman, who was asleep in his bed when two robbers entered his home. The short explores the concept of "fight-or-flight," and how our initial reaction doesn't always fit comfortably into one of those two categories.

You're being robbed at gunpoint, but you also have to deal with the fact that you're not who you thought you were. You're not Bruce Willis in "Die Hard." You are weak, you are helpless and you were instantly submissive. That door came down and you gave up completely.

The story is retold through animations by artist Drew Shannon.

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Legal is a new line of cold coffee beverages brewed by Washington State food and drink company Mirth Provisions that takes advantage of the state's new Marijuana laws by incorporating 20 milligrams of locally-grown cannabis extract into the recipe. In an interview, creator Adam Stites refers to the line of flavored coffee drinks as "wake and bake beverages."

We want the experience to be more similar to that if you had a nice IPA or glass of wine. We don’t want to pack so much THC into every one of our drinks that it’s unpleasant, especially for people that are just getting into marijuana.

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Pepper is a humanoid personal robot jointly developed by SoftBank Mobile and Aldebaran Robotics featuring emotion recognition and the capability of self-improvement and adaptation. According to their press release, this makes Pepper the world’s first combination of those qualities. Though Pepper is designed to live with humans, and that’s the eventual goal, he is currently greeting customers in SoftBank Mobile stores.

Pepper knows what state you are in, using his knowledge of universal emotions (joy, surprise, anger, doubt and sadness) and his ability to analyse your facial expression, your body language and the words you use. He will guess your mood, and will even adapt to it. For example, he will try to cheer you up by playing your favourite song!

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“7x6x2″ is a short sci-fi film written and co-directed by Batman: Year 100 cartoonist Paul Pope for Tribeca Digital Studios about a robot repairman sent to a hostile planet. The film, which was shot in 2012 on an early version of the Sony F55 4K camera, is based on Pope’s unreleased graphic novella of the same name. The artist discussed the creation process in an interview with Tribeca.

We tried to look at the film as the last ten minutes of a science fiction movie you’ve never seen.

While this is his first directing gig, Pope has already been involved in a number of film projects, including the upcoming Battling Boy, based on his recent young adult graphic novel for First Second.

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Super7 has created “Tauntaun Cuts,” an awesome Star Wars art print that highlights choice cuts of meat inside of the furry creatures from planet Hoth. They even appropriately labeled the warm and cozy “sleeping bag” cut, which could be a real lifesaver while venturing through the icy planet. A limited edition of 200 prints will become available to purchase today (Thursday June 5th, 2014) at 12 PM PST at the online Super7 store.

Perfect for a galactic butcher shop far, far away. The Tauntaun Cuts print is silkscreened on 16? x 20? heavy archival stock with white, black and grey with metallic silver flake inks.

images via Super7

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The Onion reports that Proctor & Gamble has created “Bounty Beginners“, a new line of educational paper towels that help to promote proper practices in novice users.

Roombots is a series of small robotic modules by the Biorobotics Laboratory (BIOROB) at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) that can change their shape to create furniture. Each 22-centimeter-long module includes a wireless connection, a battery, three motors, and retractable claws that allow them to latch onto each other to form larger structures. The researchers behind Roombots also developed special surfaces featuring holes for their retractable claws that allow the modules to interact with other objects.

The Roombots project is a true technological challenge, and for the moment it includes four functional modules with an autonomy of one-hour – still not enough to create complete pieces of furniture, but enough to build simple structures and hybrid combinations.

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YouTube entertainer Max “Smooth McGroove” Gleason created a multitrack a capella cover of the “House” song from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda video game series. We’ve previously written about Max and his a capella covers of other classic video games.

Here is the the original version of the song:

Simon’s Cat lets his jealousy get the best of him when his human prefers to focus all the attention on a cute little kitten during a photo shoot in “Pawtrait“.

On a recent episode of Glove and Boots, Internet puppets Fafa the Groundhog and Mario ask Hollywood to stop showing the entire film in all of their movie trailers. To get the point across, they show what a modern day movie trailer would look like for the 1980 epic space opera Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Of course, their trailer is filled with spoilers and some of the best scenes from George Lucas’ classic movie.

Please stop giving away the entire movie, trailer people!

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Host Conan O’Brien pokes fun at the recently revealed Google Self-Driving Car Project self-driving car prototypes (see previous post) in a sketch on a recent episode of Conan.

Google’s cutting-edge new driverless vehicle prototype has no steering wheel… or mercy.

Clara Darko has created a 7-minute supercut video of classic tough and cool guys in movies. A full list of films used in this video is available on Vimeo.

Commissioned as a birthday gift from a son to his mother, a montage of her favourite actors, who happen to be a nice selection of the classic tough and cool guys.

music by Elvis Presley – “All Shook Up” and “A Little Less Conversation”

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Cinefix has created a homemade remake of the teaser trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action film Transformers: Age of Extinction directed by Michael Bay. This new episode of Homemade Movies was directed by Pasadena, California-based animator and musician Dustin McLean of DustFilms. We’ve previously written about Dustin’s ongoing homemade remake series.

Did this trailer get you pyched to see Dinobots on the big screen? What about lockdown (appearing here to the uninitiated as “the gun-face robot”?) Well, then you’ll surely appreciate our homemade, shot-for-shot remake of this trailer we made with ordinary materials.

Here are the side-by-side comparison and behind-the-scenes videos from CineFix:

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In this animated episode of How It Should Have Ended (HISHE), they feature an alternate ending for Disney‘s 2013 animated film Frozen. Character art and animation were created by Daniel Baxter, with background artwork by Otis Frampton. We’ve previously written about HISHE’s ongoing series of animated videos.

Anna and Elsa’s parents just don’t get it.

Screen Junkies created an honest movie trailer for the 1986 action drama film Top Gun. We’ve previously written about Screen Junkies’ series of honest television, movie, and video game trailers.

Tom Cruise is returning to theaters soon in ‘Edge of Tomorrow,’ so we took the highway to the Honest Trailer Vault and dusted off our vintage trailer for 1986′s ‘Top Gun,’ Tom Cruise’s classic movie about super-manly dudes, Kenny Loggins, and beach volleyball. Oh, and flying planes.

The Zero Gravity Cocktail Project is an ongoing endeavor to develop a cocktail glass suitable for use in space. The cup relies on capillary action to deliver liquid to the rim of the glass without creating a zero gravity cocktail mess. The Zero Gravity Cocktail Project is by the Cosmic Lifestyle Corporation, a design and branding company that develops products for “off-world use.” Back in 2008, NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrated some of the challenges of space beverages in this video recorded aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour

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In the intriguing interactive installation “Parade,” the shadows of two vases appear to dance whenever a lamp hanging above them is moved. The effect is actually achieved through a hidden projector, motion tracker, and real-time 3D rendering. The installation is a collaboration between digital agency Dpt. and artist Laurent Craste. It was displayed recently at the Chromatic festival in Montreal

images via Dpt.

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KAIST Raptor is an incredibly fast bipedal robot by Korea-based KAIST MSC Lab featuring a tail inspired by the Velociraptor genus of dinosaurs. A recent video showcases the robot running at over 28 miles per hour on a treadmill. The tail design provides stabilization when crossing tall obstacles.

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Noah Scalin of the Skull-A-Day project is compiling all 365 skulls from the first year of the project into a new book, Skull-A-Day. Scalin is raising funds via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to finance printing of the book. Skull-A-Day is scheduled for release in October 2014.

photo via Noah Scalin

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