• Panta Rei

    Panta Rei is the Shamptonian Institute’s Kickstarter project, Charity: Water project, and Blurb for Good project, to make the world a better place, all rolled into one.

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  • Good Infographics

    What’s in the snack machine? The Shamptonian Institute’s latest infographic. The theme: childhood obesity.

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  • The Ballet Font Project

    In celebration of education and the arts, w+k12 and Fashionbuddha combined typography with the unique grace of ballet.

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  • Succulents

    A few of our favorite succulents.

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Phone Books

Phone Books
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660,000 tons of the 540 million phone books distributed this year will end up in the landfill. Do we really need that many phone books if they’re getting thrown away?

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Life Lessons

Life Lessons
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Shamptonian’s entry in Pictory Magazine’s recent photo essay Life Lessons.

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Solar Weather

Solar Weather
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The Sun erupts! A Coronal Mass Ejection (a magnetic eruption) occurred August 1st, and the charged solar particles are currently headed to Earth.

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What Planet Is That?

What Planet Is That?
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In case you’ve ever wondered what that planet or star was in the sky, check out Paul Neave’s Planetarium.

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World Fact Dashboard

World Fact Dashboard
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Here’s a great dashboard for you data grazers that tells you (almost) anything you could ever want to know about any country in the world.

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Pee in the Shower

Pee in the Shower
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Go ahead, pee in the shower! Water is a scarce resource that we take for granted. In America, we flush approx. 1.6 gallons of clean water every time we hit the head.

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Giant Cardboard Twin Lens Reflex Camera

Giant Cardboard Twin Lens Reflex Camera
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Check out Kiel Johnson’s Cardboard Sculpture of a Twin Lens Reflex Camera made strictly from cardboard, hot glue, and tape. It functions as a pinhole camera too!

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The Falcon Icons + Wallpapers

The Falcon Icons + Wallpapers
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The Falcon icons, wallpapers & more are now available and free for download.

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The Falcon

The Falcon
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The Falcon is a steampunk, stop-motion animation made entirely from camera parts.

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