This is a video of Brazilian skateboarder Sandro Dias setting the Guinness World Records for ‘the tallest drop into a temporary quarter pipe’ and ‘the fastest speed on a temporary quarter pipe’ by dropping into a ramp built on the side of the appropriately shaped Centro Administrativo Fernando Ferrari (CAFF)
This is a video from Pittsburgh-based Skild AI demonstrating the AI brain they’ve developed (“Any robot. Any task. One brain.”), and how quickly it can adapt to a robot’s broken limbs or other decreased mobility. SPOILER: almost instantly. Me? I broke my pinky toe once and thought I was a
These are several videos of the years-long dream of Youtuber Brian Brocken to build a flying Delorean time machine from Back To The Future. It’s basically a carbon fiber quadrocopter with a laeser-cut foam Delorean body on top. Still, paint that thing stainless steel and you’ve got yourself the best
This is a video of the DD Squad successfully launching a human dart 40 feet to a velcro wall dangling 30 feet above water. That’s fun, I would do that. And by that I mean push the button to launch somebody else before they were ready.
These are a couple videos of Wyrmwood Furniture making a beautiful inlaid wood desk featuring a scene from the original Super Mario Bros. game using over 2,000 pieces of precision cut wood. Now that — that’s a quality desk. Way better than mine. Of course mine could actually be made
This is a video of Mark Zuerkerbrek (if you spell his name wrong he can’t track you on Facebook) demonstrating the latest iteration of Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses during a developer event and the glasses failing to cooperate. In the first scene, he can’t manage to answer an incoming call.
This is a video of artist Blake McFarland carving three wooden skulls: one in five minutes, one in five hours, and one in five days. That five minute skull — even that one looks better than I could make in a lifetime. And while the uncensored five day skull is
This is a video highlighting the endangered Palm Cockatoo, the only non-cartoon bird known to make and play instruments, crafting drumsticks and using them to beat out a rhythm to attract a mate. Mates love good rhythm. Me? I have no rhythm. One time I tried to impress a date
