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It’s been months since the release of the first teaser for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, and today Disney and Lucasfilm released the second official teaser for the film directed by J.J. Abrams. The goosebumps-inducing teaser–which includes a look at a crashed Star Destroyer–opens with a few haunting notes of composer John Williams‘ score and escalates into a fanfare of epic proportions.

Harrison Ford returns as Han Solo along with Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca in the teaser, with Solo announcing that he and Chewie “are home.”

The teaser’s release coincides with the opening of the Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The film is scheduled to premiere on December 18, 2015.

image via StarWars.com

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A Table! The joke may be bad, but the idea isn’t. Here’s a set of tables made out of skateboards. Designed with two perspectives, the tables come in a cabin-esque wooden and a contemporary steel selection. Somehow the transition from a sporty, movable object to a stationary piece of furniture comes very naturally to the skateboard’s form. Hashtag Awesome!

Designer: BakedRoast

Author: Sarang Sheth

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David Hasselhoff rides a T-Rex in his music video for the song “True Survivor” from the Kung Fury soundtrack. As mentioned previously, Kung Fury is an over-the-top 1980s-style action comedy about a kung fu cop who travels back in time to fight Hitler. The film was written and directed by David Sandberg (a.k.a. “Laser Unicorns“) who successfully raised the money to finish the film with a Kickstarter campaign.

The song can be purchased through iTunes or listened to on Spotify.

It is time for #takehoff – “True Survivor” – http://t.co/0ADPqfuEsq with @laserunicorns aka #kungfury

— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) April 16, 2015

image via Kung Fury

Toyal Lotus is a water-repellent food packaging product that prevents yogurt from sticking to the lid of its container. Toyal Lotus is made by the Japanese company Toyo Aluminum K.K., and it is currently used by Meiji Bulgaria yogurt.

The creation of the coating was inspired by the hydrophobic effect on the surface of lotus leaves—demonstrated in a video by Husnain Manzoor.

via Boing Boing

Carsandwater turns a candy jawbreaker into a gurgling mess thanks to a red-hot nickel ball (previously). In the video, it seems like the person performing the “experiment” has a little trouble getting the jawbreaker to stay in one place at first.

Educator and Make: author Gever Tulley helps kids build their own drill-powered go-karts at his Tinkering School in Montara, Calif., using small welded frames, bike parts, and cheap corded drills. We asked him to build a version for Make:, but we wanted it to be large and powerful enough to carry an […]

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Lee Manne of Stieber’s Sweet Shoppe in New York City shared a fun step-by-step tutorial on how to make candy sushi with Helin Jung at Cosmopolitan. Using candy and sweets like Swedish Fish and Marshmallow Fluff on top of Rice Krispies treats, Manne creates colorful, adorable sushi.

Candy sushi-making classes are available for those who need a little extra help, and packaged candy sushi is available in the store.

A photo posted by Stieber's Sweet Shoppe (@stiebersnyc) on Apr 10, 2015 at 8:09am PDT

photos by Kathleen Kamphausen via Cosmopolitan

via Cosmopolitan, DesignTAXI

In January 2014, lgreko 100 captured footage of a reticent raccoon cautiously emerging from a clever hiding place inside of a hollowed log and using both “hands” to accept a piece of food that a young child was gently offering.

via Pikabu, Daily Picks and Flicks

Jon Cryer and Molly Ringwald on the set of Pretty in Pink.

Our favorite FPV drone racing videos

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My Retro Game Box is a monthly subscription service by Katy and Stu in Scotland that sends out a random assortment of retro video games to subscribers. Games are chosen based on cost and which consoles subscribers have, but the process is a little more complicated than that.

We have developed a system with full, emotional artificial intelligence, and named it Katy.* She will strike up a conversation with you via email after you subscribe, to find out what consoles you have, what games you already have in your collection, and what kind of games you detest. We want you to help us make good choices for you, but we draw the line at giving us a wish-list, otherwise it just isn’t a surprise.

image via Retro Game Box

via Scott Nichols

Taipei production team Kuma Films takes a break from its usual fare to capture the amazing work of Su Chung Tai, a Taiwanese performance artist who creates some truly impressive pieces of bubble art. The “Bubble Performance Master” manipulates bubbles in some really astounding ways, including complex chains of up to 30 bubbles.

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Chuck Norris doing a handstand on a skateboard.
Photo by David M. King.

Yoshida Naoki captured a Vine of what appears to be a stunning backwards toss of a plastic bottle through a classroom window and down into a trash bin being carried by someone a few stories below without looking.

via reddit

Next in line for Jordan Brand‘s 2015 releases is the Air Jordan 4 Retro “Teal”, a brand new colorway that celebrates 30 years of a line that has helped shape sneaker history. The beloved Retro IV is treated with a teal leather upper with hits of black and Retro for contrast. A white midsole gives the look a clean finish. Available in full family sizing, the Air Jordan 4 Retro “Teal” retails for $190 and will be available on Saturday, March 14 at 10 in the morning. Be sure to set your alarms because you won’t wanna miss out on these. Take a closer look below and let us know what you think of them.

Air Jordan 4 Retro “Teal”
Color: Teal/Black/Retro/White
Style: 705331-330
Release Date: 03/14/15
Price: $190


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Not only does Republican Lindsey Graham claim not to have had a private email address—unlike Hillary Clinton —during his tenure in Congress, he also claims to have never sent an email. Ever. At all.

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Vancouver-based Blue Pine Studio has created wonderful 3D-illusion light sculptures made from engraved acrylic slides and illuminated by LED lights. The sculptures come in an array various eye-catching designs that use 16 different colors and 4 different lighting modes, all of which can be controlled with an included remote.

The lighting part is made of clear acrylic, known for its excellent light transmission properties. Where the acrylic piece is engraved light shines through. The approximate overall dimensions of the lighting piece are 150x160mm (exact dimensions depend on the selected design). The lighting base is made of two parts: the lower part is made of solid pine and the upper part is made of plywood. Both parts are machined with CNC milling machine then sanded and finally coated with a clear coating. All the works involved in this project including design of 3D forms, engraving of the acrylic piece, machining of the lamp base, sanding, coating, and assembly are done by Blue Pine Studio in North Vancouver.

The project was successfully funded through Kickstarter in September 2014 and now three of the most popular designs, “Crystal Ball,” “Buckeye Butterfly,” and “Octopus,” are currently available in the Laughing Squid Store for a limited time.

Base and Remote

Octopus

Buckeye Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

Lepeidos

images via Blue Pine Studios

In March of 1912, Tokyo presented Washington DC with a gift of Japanese cherry trees as a token of the blossoming friendship between the US and Japan. Each year the blossoming of these trees is celebrated during the Cherry Blossom festival. Major DC, a sneaker staple in Washington DC since its inception in 2006, has used this annual event as inspiration for their collaboration on the Reebok Ventilator. Sporting a Spring Cherry (coral) toe box with a reflective Sakura floral print along with a contrasting dark grey suede rear, the quality and depth of the details on these are a trivute to Duk-Ki Yu, the creative director and founder of Major. From the images of the cherry blossom trees taken from 1960s posters for the festival, to the Major branding on the heels and aglets, these are an outstanding celebration of both the Cherry Blossom festival and the 25^th anniversary of the Reebok Ventilator. You can preorder your pair now from Major, or look for them to drop later in the month.

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Boise, Idaho-based Brian Rich has shared a great mashup video of a baby goat who repeatedly says “what?” and Jules Winnfield’s (Samuel L. Jackson) deadly “say what again!” scene from Pulp Fiction, the classic 1994 black comedy crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

The original baby goat and “say what again!” videos for comparison:

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Christoper Young captured some video of the Augmented Reality Sandbox, a project created by the UC Davis Department of Geology that utilizes a Microsoft Kinect to created a real-time interactive augmented reality map projected on a literal sandbox–which users can manipulate by moving around piles of sand.

The goal of this project was to develop a real-time integrated augmented reality system to physically create topography models which are then scanned into a computer in real time, and used as background for a variety of graphics effects and simulations. The final product is supposed to be self-contained to the point where it can be used as a hands-on exhibit in science museums with little supervision.

The Sandbox was inspired by video of a similar project created by Czech researchers.

via Digg

YouTube channel AmazingScience has modified its extremely simple electric train to include a portion in which the tiny locomotive runs outside of the coiled wire for a stretch. The simple components remain the same: two magnets, a battery, and a bunch of copper wire.

via The Awesomer

photo by Beth Madison

Leonard Nimoy, the beloved film director, poet, singer, photographer, and most recognizably, actor from the original Star Trek series and subsequent film, television, and video game sequels as the ever-logical Mr. Spock, passed away at his Bel Air, California home from complications of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nimoy had previously attributed the disease to a smoking habit that he quit over 30 years ago. He was 83 years old.

Nimoy’s granddaughter Dani has made the following statement about her late grandfather:

Hi all, as you all know, my Grandpa passed away this morning at 8:40 from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was an extraordinary man, husband, grandfather, brother, actor, author-the list goes on- and friend. Thank you for the warm condolences. May you all LLAP. – Dani P.s. I will be putting special shirts up on our site, SHOPLLAP.com, where all of the proceeds will go to the COPD Foundation. I hope to hear from you all.

image via Wikipedia

While Nimoy was most famous for his roles as Spock and as an IMF agent in the series Mission Impossible, he was also known for his sonorous voice, his eloquent way with words, and his beautiful photography, some of which is available for purchase. In a 2011 interview with Collector’s World, Nimoy had this to say about his photography:

I began making images at 13. I have used everything from a 1930’s Kodak bellows camera to a digital Hasselblad. The camera is only a tool. I don’t carry a camera. When i have a concept which intrigues me I get my cameras to find a way to explore that idea visually. I don’t bring a camera to a production set. I consider it an invasion of a serious workplace. Some of my greatest pleasures as an artist have been seeing an audience touched by a performance or enjoying a print of my work on a wall. It’s all about the creative process.

Self Portrait – Leonard Nimoy

Max and Dora – Leonard Nimoy

I will be sharing my poetry. Today's is, "You and I have Learned," which is in my book, These Words Are for You. LLAP pic.twitter.com/CsHAtmtDnz

— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 22, 2015

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP

— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) February 23, 2015

Goodbye, Mr. Nimoy. Please rest in peace. You will always live long and prosper within our grateful memories.

"I loved him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love." -William Shatner http://t.co/U8ZN98tVYp

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) February 27, 2015

RIP Leonard Nimoy. So many of us at NASA were inspired by Star Trek. Boldly go… http://t.co/qpeH5BTzQc pic.twitter.com/nMmFMKYv1L

— NASA (@NASA) February 27, 2015

via The New York Times

The latest short from Taipei production team Kuma Films (previously) takes a look at the scaled-down world of radio-controlled race cars, as they drift in sync along an RC racetrack at the WARU Circuit in Yokohama, Japan. As always, Kuma has also posted up some behind-the-scenes video of the short.

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

London-based graphic design students Ellen Mercer and Lucy Streule have created a delightful supercut video of people in films and television shows letting others know that they are graphic designers. The intention of Mercer and Streule’s compilation video was to point out how graphic designers are sometimes poorly portrayed in cinema.

via Waxy.org

Massachusetts-based photographer Jonathan Nimerfroh captured some stunning imagery off the coast of Nantucket for Stay Wild Magazine, as a series of semi-frozen “Slurpee” waves rolled in. The stunningly slushy waves were the result of continued record-setting low temperatures in the Northeastern United States.

The harbor to the main land is frozen solid. No boats running.But yea, the day after I took these it actually froze up the shoreline for 200 yards out. Solid ice. I was totally tripping when I pulled up to the beach and saw this

images via Stay Wild Magazine

via Stay Wild Magazine, CBS Boston

Visualized founder Eric Klotz spoke to Factory Records art director Peter Saville about his role in designing the iconic wave cover for Joy Division’s 1979 debut album, Unknown Pleasures. The art, which was co-opted from a Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy radio wave image of pulsar CP 1919, has since become one of the most instantly recognizable in all of post-punk music.

There is no doubt a global cult around Unknown Pleasures and very much this image.

images via Scientific American

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A very chilled-out cat who’s just hanging out in her straw basket with her elbows over the side looks like she could be sitting in a hot tub, enjoying the warm water bubbling all around her.

via Nothing To Do With Arbroath

Cairo's been getting coverage for two decades now and he still links together solid lines like this.

As the official sponsor of the Burton European Open, MINI has invited a series of high-profile artists to leave their mark at the Swiss resort of LAAX during the running of the event. For the past five years, the highlight of the exhibition has been a the use of a MINI as a blank canvas for the invited artist, and for 2015, it was Geoff McFetridge who took a brush to a MINI Countryman. The L.A.-based artist left his signature style of contour line illustrations on the four-door, from “bonnet to boot.” Geoff also left his mark across the slopes with non-traditional “MINI in the Mountains” trail signage, alerting riders to snow conditions and where to find the nearest halfpipe, gondola or powder run.

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