These are two videos of a member of kendama (the traditional Japanese wooden toy) performance group Densho DEN-SHOW successfully cupping the balls of 40 toys simultaneously. I have also included a video of him previously doing 30. So do you think when he’s practicing for the next big feat he
This is a video demonstration of Cree Ossner’s Swish Machine, a massive outdoor Rube Goldberg machine that takes almost 3 minutes to run and starts and ends with the shooting of a basketball (plus has another in the middle!). Although the end shot is more of a roll into the
This is a video of Adrian Marquez Jr.’s graduation from the University Of California Berkeley when the announcer provides an Americanized pronunciation of the name after his (I believe Yuang Shi) very similarly to “You ain’t sh!t.” She really puts some heat on that ball too. This reminds me of
This is a POV video from fun-loving adult and YouTuber Brutalmenace, who built a Hot Wheels track all around his house, complete with speed boosters so the car zips around as fast as possible. We didn’t have those speed boosters when I was a kid. We just had four pieces
Developed by Shinichi Furuya and associates at the Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo, this exoskeletal hand was originally designed to help train the muscles of those with limited use of their digits. Well now they’ve discovered it can also help take accomplished pianists to the next level. Heck yeah,
This is a video of pet octopus Marty (who I believe is an Octopus bimaculatus, aka Verrill’s two-spot octopus) opening a closed jar just moments after being exposed to one for the first time. That’s impressive. How we knew to turn it is beyond me, and certainly beyond my roommate,
This is a video of luthier Burls Art making two electric guitars with thin layers of translucent slate, complete with backlit tops so light filters through the stone from behind. That’s beautiful. Too beautiful to smash on stage at the end of a concert? Considering all the time and energy
This is a clip of video creator voicesbyjake (aka Jake Fisher) wetting his long hair then laying on a table with his head hanging over the edge so it freezes standing straight up (or straight down while he’s laying there) in the -20°F (-29°C) temperatures of a Minnesota winter. Does