This is a video of LEGO experimenter Brick Technology (previously) pitting LEGO cars against increasingly larger loopty loops. It was a fun watch with surprisingly high production value, and this is the exact sort of experimenting I wish I spent my weekends doing. But nooooo, I spent the entirety of

This is a video of laser and high-voltage experimenter StyroPyro (who I don’t wish lived next door, but do wish lived in the neighborhood) constructing the most powerful handheld laser — a liquid-cooled blaster 50,000X more powerful than a typical laser pointer. Damn! He then tests to see what it

This is a video of comedian Daniel LaBelle attempting to sled down a hill on anything he can find that isn’t a sled. Objects include a frying pan, dual baking sheets, a laundry basket, an air mattress, a kid’s mini bicycle, rollerblades, a suitcase, shoes, a snow shovel, a roll

This is a video from 4 Ever Green detailing some of the more exotic species of pigeons from around the world, birds that come in all sorts of wild color and pattern combinations. How about that! Personally, I think standard New York City pigeons are beautiful, but that’s just me

This is a video of the destruction of the Death Star scene from the original Star Wars movie recreated by Industrial Light and Magic with everything made out of gingerbread. That’s cute. You know how much gingerbread I’ve eaten this holiday season? Waaaaay too much. I’ve eaten so many houses

Developed by researchers at the Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia along with researchers from Centro E. Piaggio at the University of Pisa (teamwork!), the SoftFoot Pro is a flexible artificial foot designed to mimic a human foot in order to adapt to the terrain it’s standing on. And it requires no

This is another mashup from Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously), featuring Christmas classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer performed in the style of a Creed song. It’s really…something. Will I be playing this at my Christmas party this year? Yes, on repeat and at full volume. And, if anybody manages

This is a visualization crated by MetaBallStudios (previously) imagining various numbers of things as representing by a collection of 1cm square cubes. Things start off small enough with the number of letters in the English alphabet (26) and first generation Pokemon (151), but quickly get out of hand from there.