Presumably obligated to make it look like something out of a horror film, this is a video of Clone Robotics’ Torso 2 robot, a humanoid torso with 910 simulated muscles that are pneumatically actuated to contract and relax. It can be programmed to use all its muscle groups in different

This is a video of ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor Gustavo Gosling of Rio de Janeiro demonstrating his exoskeletal legs, which provide a seat simply by squatting. That’s handy. Especially for surgeons and people like me who hate standing. Every chance I get and I’m sitting, and, if there’s

NOTE: Colorful Lil John language. This is another musical mashup created by There I Ruined It (previously), this time featuring Lil Jon’s ‘Get Low’ to the tune of Burl Ives’ classic Christmas tune ‘Have A Holly Jolly Christmas’. Listening to the words so slowly really made them stand out. Now

Manufactured by novelty product company Fred, Chomp is a pair of silicone pot holders that look like classic wind-up chattering teeth. Or my grandma’s dentures. Admittedly, I could use some pot holders, because I’ve just been wetting my hands with cold water and picking up and putting down scalding pots

This is a video from Youtuber Zac Alsop, who teamed up with Hector, who raises bulls in Madrid, Spain for the sport of bull-leaping (an ancient non-violent form of bull-fighting in which participants leap and dive over the charging animals) to see how a real life bull would react in

This a vintage news report from the vaults of ABC7 in New York highlighting the insane demand for Cabbage Patch Dolls leading up to Christmas in 1983. Man, those parents are NUTS. Parents these days? If it’s not available on Amazon with 2-day shipping they’ll just tell you Santa said

This is an 8-hour Youtube video just released by NASA in the form of a traditional yule log video, except it’s an untraditional rocket engine instead. I’m already warming my hands against my computer screen! Just what you need for the holidays… the coziness of a crackling and roaring rocket

This is a mashup created by masher-upper of things eli_handle_b.wav (previously) featuring Tony Soprano in God Of War: Ragnarok. They work well together. The Sopranos was a good show. And God of War: Ragnarok was a good game, although I did nearly go crazy trying to defeat the Valkyrie Queen