The Trickiest Tongue Twister Ever

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“Sally sold seashells by the seashore,” move over. There’s a new kid in town, based on research conducted by a team at MIT. They’ve come up with the phrase “pad kid poured curd pulled cod” as one of the toughest to say quickly, based on creating combinations of alternating words—so hard that some participants simply gave up. The next step of the research process? Measuring …

Rorschach Light Art

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In a new light-painting series by photographer Nicolas Rivals, Rorschach’s famed ink-blot tests have been inadvertently recreated with marvelous effect. The “Light Rorchach” (typo intentional) images were captured symmetrically through the spinning of burned steel wool beside a reflective water surface. Each long exposure shot makes you wonder which half is the original, and which is the reflection. Both sides are equally magnificent, as are …

Digital Super 8

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Once the budding filmmaker’s best friend (out of both choice and necessity), Super 8 movie cameras have long since been usurped by their digital brethren, used more commonly as decor than a working camera. The team at Nolab is trying to breath new life into the Super 8 camera with their digital cartridge conversion. Forget trying to track down film cartridges and paying for expensive …