This is a video of the LEGO waffle factory built by Youtuber Brick Machines that can make waffles from start to finish, including mixing the batter, adding batter to a waffle iron, and plating the cooked waffles afterwards. That’s convenient, especially for someone like myself who loves everything about waffles
This is a short video of a ‘doomsday’ cloud that was spotted over Sydney, Australia following a storm. Quick, go buy up all the bottled water and toilet paper! [It’s] actually a rare scud cloud. A scud cloud typically appears with turbulent weather during the trailing part of a storm.
This is a video from arcade gamer and Youtuber John Smith, who replicated the original Gauntlet game to play at SVGA resolution (1024 x 768) so you can see the entire dungeon at once as opposed to the game’s original 336 x 240 zoomed view. It looks pretty handy to
This is a video from Brick Technology (previously) of a quaint LEGO town being destroyed by various LEGO war machines. It begins with a battering ram, but as the town ramps up its defenses in the form of a ravine, a bridge-crossing machine is built, followed by a crossbow and
This is a video of brass instrument restorer Robinson’s Remedies repairing the absolutely mangled bell of a trombone, an injury likely suffered in the fight following somebody calling its owner a tromboner. Robinson says it’s the most damaged instrument he’s ever repaired, and the finished result, while by no means
This is a video of Norm Nakamura of Youtuber channel Tokyo Lens riding and discussing Eno, a tiny standing taxi that can briskly roll up to three passengers to their destination. The lil autonomous taxi is powered by AI and features LiDAR sensors to monitor people, cars, and other obstacles
Because theme nights make a trip to the ballpark even better (although I wouldn’t say no to a bobblehead giveaway), the collegiate summer baseball team Tri-City Chili Peppers of Colonial Heights, Virginia play several ‘cosmic’ games each season (move over, bowling!), held at night under blacklights with uniforms, bats, balls,
Because nothing screams the future like robotic food, researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia have created a wedding cake with pneumatic-powered edible robotic dancing gummi bears on top, and electronic candles powered by edible dark chocolate batteries. Welcome…to Jurassic Park the future
