This is a video of a robotic spy octopus built by John Downer Productions for the BBC/PBS series Spy In The Wild capturing the daily activities of a coconut octopus. And what exciting daily activities they are! The coconut octopus is unique in that it’s one of only two species
This is a video of a man spinning himself into the Matrix on a piece of playground equipment. We didn’t have that particular apparatus on my school playground growing up. We had seesaws, swings, a jungle gym, a metal slide that squeaked the skin right off your legs as you
This is a video of Foggy Mountain Spaceship performing a challenging 5/4 time cover of John Carpenter’s Halloween theme on a trio of banjos. It’s a tasty jam. Really made me want to rewatch Halloween. I’m not sure I’ll be able to find the time though, my girlfriend already has
This is a video of cats experiencing thick water for the first time. What’s thick water? Water that’s had a thickening agent like xanthan gum or modified cornstarch added to make it more viscous for people with dysphagia (a medical condition that makes it difficult to swallow non-viscous liquids without
This is a video of Philip Kaplan discussing the headphones he built with an integrated CD player on top. You can also store extra CDs on spindles attached to the earphones. It includes a remote control, battery pack, LCD display, and a spot to display the CD case of what
This is a video of the fun-loving Aussies of How Ridiculous dropping thousands of soccer balls and bouncy balls from a drop tower, crane, and helicopter. This is the kind of thing I wish I did for a living. But nooooo, I have to show up at a factory and
This is a video of four Jetson ONE flying cars (actually single-seat electric octocopters that look like, and may actually be, flying coffins) racing each other and performing other aerial maneuvers during the ‘Jetson Air Games’ at UP Summit 2025 in Bentonville, Arkansas. While admittedly pretty wild to watch, I
This is a video of pianist Vinheteiro (previously) performing a medley of music chronologically from 1680 (Pachabel’s Canon) to 1935 (Carlos Gardel’s Por Una Cabeza) as a very abbreviated evolution of music. I learned a lot by listening to it. Mostly, that they sure don’t make them like they used
