Member ConnectFriday Linkapalooza - 5/23/2014
Happy Friday! Start your weekend off right with fun articles and videos collected by your friends at Bask in this week's Friday Linkapalooza. Enjoy!
CONSUMER PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY
The WhistleGPS is a health and activity monitor for your pet.
Craving Eiffel Tower-shaped pancakes? The PancakeBot may be just the thing for you.
Bentley Motors produced this incredible short documentary/commercial about their cars; the film was shot entirely on an iPhone 5s and edited on an iPad Air.
CURRENT EVENTS
Terminal 5 of the London Heathrow Airport will soon be known as Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5.
Check out some of the cool projects that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on.
AT&T is getting set to purchase DirecTV for $48.5 billion.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
This amazing, tiny implant could change the way pacemakers and other medical devices are powered.
This super-flexible circuit could move with the body.
A fascinating article on “Our Changing Relationship with Bacteria”.
ARTS & CULTURE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is offering 400,000 digital images of works of art in its massive collection to the public for non-commercial use.
The work of an 18th century Italian designer is coming to life thanks to 3D printing.
The Brigham Young University a cappella group Vocal Point has released an awesome music video medley of songs from the Broadway musical Newsies, garnering thousands of views on YouTube.While Vocal Point’s musicianship is impeccable, the video is impressive because its made out of one continuous shot. Don’t believe me? I’ve got videos for you below: 1) the music video and 2) a video showing the making of. Enjoy!
JUST FOR FUN...
Despite losing the use of his back legs to disease, Frosty the Snowgoat is sweet and happy and now mobile, thanks to his wheels.