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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - Tube Benders

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - Tube Benders launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
"The Stolen Bacillus" By H.G Wells▲60
TLDR: Mad Scientists, Apocalyptic Schemes, And Car Chases
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
2
99% Invisible - A Sweet Surprise Awaits You▲66
Fortune cookies ruin the Powerball
2015 · its alternatives →
3
The Infinite Monkey Cage - Serendipity▲62
Many science discoveries seem to have come about by accident
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
4
99% Invisible - Inflatable men▲68
They are men. Men made of tubes. Tubes full of air.
2015 · its alternatives →
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A simple 2D fluid and gravity simulation with WASM and WebGL▲137
I really like the look of the famous album art for Unknown Pleasures [1]. It was originally created by Harold Craft at the Arecibo Observatory from the signals of the first discovered radio pulsar [2]. I made a spectrogram that produces a similar look. It runs FFT in Rust and visualizes it with WebGL. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UnknownPleasuresVinyl.jpg [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_B1919%2B21
2024 · aestuans.github.io · its alternatives →
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Helium▲78
See interesting things other people are up to
2016 · joinhelium.com · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - Reefer Madness▲75
Birth and life story of the reefer - refrigerated shipping …
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Reply All - 44: Shine On You Crazy Goldman▲113
PJ takes LSD at work... for science.
2015 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →
9
99% Invisible – Half a House▲55
After devastating earthquakes; give people half of a house
2016 · its alternatives →
10
BBC Tech Tent - Seeking Satoshi▲55
From the BBC, a dissection of the biggest issues in tech.
2016 · bbc.co.uk · its alternatives →
11
Neon Fever Dream▲80
A dark secret hides in the swirling dust of Burning Man
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Melon▲83
Turn the invisible activity of your mind visible.
2014 · its alternatives →
13
99% Invisible - Flying Food▲69
The advertising tricks used to make food look appetizing
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Sprayable Energy▲134
Welcome to The End of Tired
2014 · sprayable.co · its alternatives →
15
Engines of Creation▲54
The coming era of nanotechnology
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
WTF NASA▲92
What the f%&k has NASA done to make your life awesome?
2016 · wtfnasa.com · its alternatives →
17
The Real Illuminati▲90
Get introed to someone awesome
2014 · its alternatives →
18
The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53
Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
99% Invisible - Best Enjoyed By▲68
Expiration dates are completely arbitrary #sorrynotsorry
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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99% Invisible - The Ice King▲60
How New England ice made its way to India (no, really)
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
21
Breathing Halftone▲80
Images go whoa with lots of floaty dots
2014 · breathing-halftone.desandro.com · its alternatives →
22
eCool▲76
Underground Beer Cooler that uses Zero Electricity
2014 · eng.ecool.dk · its alternatives →
23
99% Invisible - 186: War and Pizza▲73
The revolution of food preservation
2015 · its alternatives →
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Diamond Age▲81
Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and nano-technology
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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