A glimpse into the world of “Greatest Dad of All Time”, David Laferriere. An artist and illustrator, David takes a little time each day to illustrate his children’s sandwich bags. You can check out his Flickr account to see all of his wonderful designs, but in the meantime here are a few of our favorites:
We’re big fans of radical safety innovations here at Raskullz. Being safe online is just as important as being safe in the real world. That’s why we were totally stoked to stumble across KidRex.org. A search engine perfectly designed for your little one. The site does a great job of keeping your search results safe for the yungsters and also has a killer library of KidRex related art.
Nature often devises surprising solutions for hunting food, warning predators away, and attracting mates, but one of the most magical-looking of these solutions might be bioluminescence, or biochemical light created by a living creature.
In this TED Ed video by Leslie Kenna, watch how creatures like angler fish, deep sea shrimp, railroad worms, and fireflies make and use this glow. And then learn more about how humans might put this biochemical solution to good use in innovative new ways.
How would you use bioluminescence?
Did you know you should always wear a helmet when buying a musical instrument? If you follow Ray Charles’ step by step plan, you sure are going to need one for all the shaking you’ll be doing.
We have a new video in store for you, starring two adorable little brothers and a T-Chopz helmet. If you want to find out more about our big, bad, rad T-Chopz karate master, check out his character page here.
This human-powered helicopter competition first began in 1980 — 33 years ago — is pretty exciting stuff.
The goal of the competition: hover for 60 seconds, reach a height of 3 meters, and stay within a 10m x 10m area. Dozens of teams tried and hadn’t (yet) succeeded, until the AeroVelo Atlas team from the University of Toronto met the challenge on 13 June 2013:
This incredible flight was 64.11 seconds in duration (World Record for “Duration on Hover”), reached a 3.3m peak altitude, and drifted a maximum of 9.8m
It was a privilege to sponsor this year’s Kids PMC Ride. Over 50 kids diligently got sponsors and rode their butts off as they helped raise over $10,000 to fund cancer cure research. The money will generously go to provide Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes’s doctors and researchers with the necessary resources to discover cures for all cancers.
For more information on the Kid’s Ride program, check out their website.
http://www.kids.pmc.org/
Check out some of the radical shots from our most recent photo shoot. The whole gang had a great time, and we even bumped into some Raskullz fans biking along the boardwalk!
Happy holiday weekend everybody! We’ve got a special treat for you: A limited run of T-Rad Rex & Sparkle Heart bikes! What perfect timing with our weekend long super-duper America Rules sale.
Ever wonder how RoboRex makes all his digital sounds from the future? Start by playing along with his customized synthesizer he built himself called the Rex-O-Tron Super Synth Z-Thousand. Try playing along with your favorite songs!
http://raskullz.com/roborex-super-synth/