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• A Time-Lapse of a Rose of Jericho Transforming from a Dried Weed to a Green Plant After Being Exposed to Water
• The Maker Film Festival, A Film Celebration of the Maker Movement in Durango, Colorado
• 'The 'Some Guy' Anthem', A Song About Anonymous Internet Stardom by Jonathan Mann
• A Trio of Bear Cubs Simultaneously Groom Each Other In an Adorable Assembly Line
• European Space Agency's Rosetta Spacecraft Arrives at Comet Destination After 10 Years
• Some of the Most Annoying People You'll Play Against in Multiplayer Video Games by Dorkly
• Epic Frequency, Artwork Created From Visual Waveform Representations of Classic Recordings
• 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Star Chris Pratt Gives an 'MTV Cribs'-Style Tour of Star-Lord's Milano Spaceship
• Postmodern Jukebox and Singer Karen Marie Perform 'Creep' by Radiohead as a Classic Soul Song
• Daewoo Begins Testing Robotic Exoskeletons for Shipyard Workers in South Korea
• Sounds From a Fight Scene in 'The Matrix Reloaded' Replaced With Old School 8-Bit Video Game Sounds
• Veritasium Offers Five Physics-Based Tricks That Can Be Performed With Everyday Objects
• The Entire 'X-Men' Film Series Summed Up in Under Three Animated Minutes
• 'Ultimate Close Call Compilation', A Tense Video Collection of Near Collisions
• Five-Year-Old Noah Ritter is 'Apparently' Tracked Down for a Fun Follow-Up Interview With ABC News' Gio Benitez

A Time-Lapse of a Rose of Jericho Transforming from a Dried Weed to a Green Plant After Being Exposed to Water

This time-lapse of a Rose of Jericho illustrates the desert plant’s remarkable ability, after being exposed to water, to change from a dried tumbleweed to a green plant in several hours. The video was created by film studio Tender Fox.

via Vimeo Staff Picks

The Maker Film Festival, A Film Celebration of the Maker Movement in Durango, Colorado

The 1st Maker Film Festival, a showcase of films by and about the maker movement, takes place August 9 and 10, 2014 at the Powerhouse Science Center in Durango, Colorado. The festival will include a screening of the feature length documentary Maker and a talk by artist Johannes Grenzfurthner of Austrian art group Monochrom.

Inspiring innovation, creation and discovery are at the heart of the maker movement and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate those endeavors than through Film. The Maker Film Festival sets out to highlight movements that are changing the world through action, showcase technologies that are enabling powerful new modes of expression, and relish in the incredible things that happen when people of all ages are empowered to create.

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'The 'Some Guy' Anthem', A Song About Anonymous Internet Stardom by Jonathan Mann

In “The ‘Some Guy’ Anthem,” musician Jonathan Mann sings about the many times he has been referred to in online coverage as “some guy” or “man.” The song is part of Mann’s ongoing Song A Day project.

A Trio of Bear Cubs Simultaneously Groom Each Other In an Adorable Assembly Line

Three little bear cubs simultaneously groom each other as an adorable ursine assembly line in this amusing video posted by Sylvie B.

via Daily Picks and Flicks

European Space Agency's Rosetta Spacecraft Arrives at Comet Destination After 10 Years

The European Space Agency‘s Rosetta spacecraft has arrived at its comet destination after a journey of 10 years. Rosetta was launched in 2004 with the intended goal of reaching Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P), following the comet as it orbits the Sun, and eventually dropping a lander (Philae) on the surface of the comet. The mission’s next order of business will be scanning for a landing site for Philae. The New York Times has more on the mission and its arrival.

images via ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team

Some of the Most Annoying People You'll Play Against in Multiplayer Video Games by Dorkly

Illustrator Julia Lepetit of Dorkly has created a funny series of comics that identify some of the most annoying people you’ll play against in multiplayer video games. The entire collection of comics can be viewed at Dorkly.

images via Dorkly

Epic Frequency, Artwork Created From Visual Waveform Representations of Classic Recordings

Epic Frequency is an artwork collection based on the waveform visual rendering of classic recordings. The collection includes historical voice recordings like "One Small Step" by Neil Armstrong and classic songs like "Let it Be" by The Beatles. The works also include a QR code that lets users listen to the recording on mobile device. Customers can also have works created based on their own recordings.

images via Epic Frequency

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'Guardians of the Galaxy' Star Chris Pratt Gives an 'MTV Cribs'-Style Tour of Star-Lord's Milano Spaceship

Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt gives an MTV Cribs-style tour of the Milano spaceship piloted by Star-Lord. After showing off all of the impressive details and nostalgic features throughout the ship, Pratt makes sure to end his tour by telling viewers to “get the f*ck out.”

via /Film

Postmodern Jukebox and Singer Karen Marie Perform 'Creep' by Radiohead as a Classic Soul Song

Pop song re-interpreters Postmodern Jukebox and Illinois-based jazz singer Karen Marie have reimagined Radiohead's debut single "Creep" as a classic soul number. The song is the latest in a long line of non-traditional covers from the group, including a Klezmer version of "Talk Dirty" and an Irish waltz take on "Get Lucky."

Daewoo Begins Testing Robotic Exoskeletons for Shipyard Workers in South Korea

The Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering facility in Okpo-dong, South Korea has begun testing a prototype version of a robotic exoskeleton that will let dock workers lift 220-pound objects in its final form. The 62-pound prototypes have a three-hour battery life and allow their wearers to walk at a normal speed.

image via New Scientist

via New Scientist

Sounds From a Fight Scene in 'The Matrix Reloaded' Replaced With Old School 8-Bit Video Game Sounds

Actor and video editor Phillip Raupach took a fight scene from the 2003 sci-fi action film, The Matrix Reloaded, and replaced all of the sounds with old school 8-bit video game sounds.

via reddit, Tastefully Offensive

Veritasium Offers Five Physics-Based Tricks That Can Be Performed With Everyday Objects

Veritasium host Derek Muller presents a quintet of tricks anyone can perform with household items like canes, teabags, and smartphones that cause objects to behave in interesting ways — thanks to physics. Muller demonstrates how to do the tricks, though he's saving the science behind them for a followup video.

The Entire 'X-Men' Film Series Summed Up in Under Three Animated Minutes

Max Knoblauch and Bob Al-Greene of Mashable do a great job of summing up the entire X-Men film series in under three minutes in a recent animated video. All of the illustrations were created by Bob Al-Greene, with animation work by Noah Sterling.

Since the early 1960s, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby‘s X-Men have been sold on comic racks near you. Since 2000, 20th Century Fox has been desperately trying to match their pace.

'Ultimate Close Call Compilation', A Tense Video Collection of Near Collisions

"Ultimate Close Call Compilation" from FailArmy is three-and-a-half minutes of nail-biting close collisions between pedestrians and cars, cars and motorcycles, skiers and dogs, and a number of other combinations. In every case, things could have been much, much worse, but that doesn’t make the whole thing any less tense.

via Daily Picks and Flicks

Five-Year-Old Noah Ritter is 'Apparently' Tracked Down for a Fun Follow-Up Interview With ABC News' Gio Benitez

After his show-stealing interview with WNEP Newswatch 16 co-anchor Sofia Ojeda at a county fair in Pennsylvania, five-year-old Noah Ritter was “apparently” tracked down by ABC News reporter Gio Benitez to hang out and partake in a follow-up interview. Ritter did not disappoint with his fun comments about wanting to someday becoming a paleontologist, needing a refreshing drink, and his large brain.

Here is Noah’s original interview with Sofia Ojeda:

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