Inspired by the old paper shredder his mom was throwing out, artist Japhy Riddle added wheels to it and transformed it into a piece of kinetic art, pulling itself along and endlessly shredding provided it has a piece of paper long enough, and its power cord reaches. The machine gives

Harnessing the power of ChatGPT, Boston Dynamics has turned one of their Spot quadruped robots into a talking tour guide, capable of providing tours of their facility with a variety of personalities, including a 1920’s archaeologist, Shakespearean actor, British butler, and bleak sarcastic guy “Josh”. All of the different personalities

This is a video of British Columbia, Canadian Shaydon Soucy helping a moose that appears to have had one too many witch’s brews at the Halloween party and gotten itself caught up in the decorations. Been there before, Bullwinkle! “As soon as it saw me walk over to the fence,

In words I never thought I’d type news, this is a video of a robotic spy mudskipper infiltrating the mating ritual of the amphibious fish to catch the action up close and personal. Ahooga! The ritual begins with some flag (fin) raising displays, proceeds to a jumping (flopping) contest, and

This is a video of a Jeep crew doing some offroading in what appears to be a giant’s belly button when the driver fails to maneuver out of the hollow, snapping the vehicle’s front U-joints and ripping the right front tire clean off. That looks like an expensive repair. Of

Because nature doesn’t care about your breathtaking drone footage, this is a clip from a drone operated by Adam Culbertson of Terra Incognito Photo & Film featuring a golden eagle snatching it while it was filming the mountains of Utah. The eagle continued flying with it until it was out

Another musical mashup from There I Ruined It (previously), this is a short portion of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, but with some banjo accompaniment and southern backup vocalization added to make it more bluegrassy. I’m not gonna lie, it’s a real toe-tapper. At least one, and possibly all eleven if you

This is a video from the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan of sea otter May being helpful and returning the cones in her pool to a caretaker while they clean. The dexterity she has with her hands, it’s so…humanlike. The activity is actually part of an enrichment exercise to keep

Because all work and no play makes Jack basically me, this is a video of a man dismounting a roof by using two long straight poles and a shovel under his ass to slide back down to the ground after finishing his work up there. Very clever. Although what I

This is a delightful video of vocalist Jared Halley performing a multi-track cover of Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers’ Halloween classic ‘Monster Mash’ with his 10-year old son Noah. And, unlike anything else you’ll probably see or hear on the internet today, this was just good, clean fun. Enjoy