Adorable Suitcase-Sized Rube Goldberg Machine Doesn’t Skimp On the Complexity [Video]

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Rube Goldberg machines are getting a little long in the tooth.

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Faking a Giant Dance Troupe Is Easy With a 60-Foot Kaleidoscope [Video]

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So what do you do when you need to shoot a giant perfectly-choreographed dance troupe performing when you only have a handful of dancers? Well that's easy. You just construct a gigantic sixty-foot tall kaleidoscope and have them perform right beneath its lens.

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The Avengers – Hollywood Press Conference Videos, Plus a Giveaway! (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

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Photo: Matt Blum Two weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday (sneak preview: It’s great!), I can at least share with you the video I took of the press conferences and host a cool giveaway! Each video lasts about a bit under a half hour

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See It To Believe It: AOL Is Launching AOL On, A Video Network To Drive Video Ad Sales

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AOL has had a few knocks from shareholders over whether it’s on the right track with its content strategy — a mix of high-volume, ad-based websites that cover lifestyle, tech, travel, news and more — but CEO Tim Armstrong has stayed the course, and today the company is launching a video portal that it hopes will prove that the value of those holdings extends beyond even what you see on the sites themselves. AOL On , as the new site is called, is a premium content portal that will work across desktop, mobile and tablet optimized sites and apps, as well as connected TV devices. And the guy running it, Ran Harnevo, SVP of AOL On, makes clear that it is nothing like a YouTube wannabe: “No dogs on skateboards, and no upload button,” he says.

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This Video Has a Frightful Secret That Only Your Digital Camera Can See [Video]

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To the naked eye this video looks like nothing but a TV screen covered in colorful random static.

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Watch an Adorable Girl Grow from a Baby to 12 Years Old in Less Than Three Minutes [Video]

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Frans Hofmeester filmed his adorable daughter Lotte every week, from when she was a baby to how old she is now (12 years old), and stitched all the videos together to make this amazing time lapse video that shows what growing up looks like.

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The 12 (Actually 13) Most Awesome GoPro Videos So Far [Video]

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Man, you really can strap a Go Pro to just about anything, can't you? Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve of the most creative uses the versatile camera. More

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A Mid-Career Switch: From Massachusetts State Trooper to iOS Developer-To-The-Rescue

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After writing about Lovestagram, the app that Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger’s girlfriend made for him as a Valentine’s Day present , we didn’t think we could find a cuter story. But we totally did. Smoopa, a mobile commerce app I wrote about yesterday , is also the by-product of a little love story

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Khan Academy Partners Up With 23andMe To Make Learning About Genetics Fun

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It’s 4/20, and you know exactly what that means: It’s National DNA Day! (What, were you expecting something else?) Yep — this is the official day to commemorate the 1953 publishing of the first scientific paper on the double-helix structure of DNA , which was famously co-authored by James Watson and Francis Crick (with the sometimes overlooked contributions of others .) Anyway, to celebrate, educational non-profit powerhouse Khan Academy has announced a partnership with personal genetics testing company 23andMe to “promote the importance of genetics education.” Specifically, this means that Khan Academy’s website now has educational videos produced by 23AndMe on topics such as Genetics 101 . It seems like a match made in heaven of sorts, since both Khan Academy and 23andMe are services that have become favorites in similar kinds of geek circles in recent years. I’m personally a big fan of both — Khan Academy videos have helped me brush up on algebra and calculus, and I’ve basically bought 23andMe kits for my whole family (and have been known to gush about the service to anyone who will listen.) Now when people ask me what’s so cool about genetic testing, I can send them a link to a Khan Academy video! Nice

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Tinychat Now Has 20 Million Registered Users, Hits Profitability

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Tinychat , the web-based video chat service, just surpassed 20 million users. Founded in 2009, the company has been on a roll lately and is showing some impressive momentum. Just about a year and a half ago, after all, Tinychat only had about one million users.

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