Have you ever seen hundreds of black-tied revelers enjoying a day at the beach? Or seeing-eye-people leading texters safely through traffic? Or masses of people walking backwards through Times Square? Maybe you’re seeing things, or maybe you’ve happened upon Improve Everywhere. The group carries out pranks, which they call “missions”, READ MORE >
To honor the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library created an interactive multimedia documentary, laying out the full story of the Crisis in riveting detail through dozens of archival photos, videos, documents and audio recordings. Cloudsovercuba.com also offers a fictional “what if” scenario, READ MORE >
Vuitton, Gucci, McQueen… you’ve met your supercharged match. Thanks to Purewow.com, we discovered Everpurse, the first bag with a built–in smartphone docking system. Now your purse can charge your phone “twice” before the purse itself needs to be recharged. Accommodating the iPhone 4/4S/5 and Samsung Galaxy S III, the small READ MORE >
For seven weeks this spring, nine 20-foot-tall, human-shaped stone figures by Swiss-born, New York-based artist Ugo Rondinone, will transform Rockefeller Center to another time. The work, Human Nature, will be free to the public and is on view April 23 through June 7, 2013. The giant figures are a stark READ MORE >
If you don’t follow social media, you may be wondering what Vine is and why it has been all over the news lately. Vine is another free social media app for smartphones built to share super short videos and it’s been growing wildly, quickly become one of the top iPhone READ MORE >
Free the Mind is a new documentary about the ability of meditation to rewire the brain. Featuring neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson, the film follows two veterans grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder from serving in Iraq and Afghanistan as Davidson teaches them meditation to ease their pain and help them return READ MORE >
Nick D’Aloisio created Trimit, an app that condenses text into 1000, 500, or 140-character summaries. Trimit was Apple’s #1 staff favorite in 100 countries. Give it a try; we here at Milk* think it’s pretty cool. Nick went on to build Summly, a further step in information condensing technology for READ MORE >
Want to learn how to scientifically cure a hangover? Did you know the print on a cat’s nose is as unique as a fingerprint? Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown created AsapSCIENCE to answer all your burning questions about science. They explain in simple, fun videos why do we cry? Does READ MORE >
After the drunken debauchery and downing of copious amounts nachos you might need a cleanse. A deep cleanse. For that, look no further than Atlanta programmer, Rob Rhinehart. He believes he has all the nutrients a human needs in a concoction made from broken-down multivitamins, raw elements like potassium and READ MORE >
