To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie that ended summer beach fun for me permanently, Hot Wheels just released a Jaws “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” toy. The package includes a die-cast replica of Quint’s Orca, as well as a die-cast metal Jaws and plastic waves diorama. I
Built by the folks at HTX Studio, this is a video highlighting the robotic trash cans they modified to move and catch any garbage thrown in their direction. That’s cool. That way the next time you’re tossing a pink overdue bill in the trash and yell “Kobe!” you don’t embarrass
This is a video of a newly discovered stick insect in the tropical rainforests of Queensland, Australia. The Highlands Giant Acrophylla (Acrophylla alta), measures up to 40cm (~16″) long, and appears to be what many would describe as a big no thank you. This particular species lives in the rainforest
This is a video of visually impaired skateboarder Dan Mancina of Keep Pushing Inc. discussing the features of The Ranch skatepark he built for fellow visually impaired skateboarders, as well as for wheelchair use. The key to most features is making them extra long so that a skater still has
This is a video of a paintballer demonstrating his skills by perfectly outlining a friend with paint like a circus performer throwing knives during a wheel of death act. He finishes the performance with a headshot and trio of buttshots. You can see his assistant tense up as the paint
This is a short video from Shandong, China during the recent Qingdao International Beer Festival of twin Raidens dancing atop giant Tesla coils and sharing some lightning between them. Whatever happened to not crossing the streams? I have to admit though, this is the exact sort of entertainment I would
Because dream it and you can kinda sorta make it happen occasionally, this is a video of mad inventor/engineer Allen Pan (previously) building two different versions of automatic trick-performing skateboards. The first is powered by drone rotors and isn’t great (note: he should revisit this build for making a hoverboard),
This is a hype reel for Unitree’s R1 robot, a 4-foot tall (don’t let the perspective fool you) humanoid robot that’s capable, based on what I gathered from the video, of cartwheels, handstands, and a ton of punching and kicking. The R1 starts at $5,900 (options like moveable hands instead
