This is a video of mad engineer Shane of Youtube channel Stuff Made Here (previously) attaching a chainsaw to an industrial robotic arm and programming it to carve a dog sculpture out of a block of foam. Its first effort is an absolute disaster, but the second dog it produces
This is a Great Big Story about Terry “Turbo” Burrows, the world’s fastest window cleaner. It’s actually a pretty interesting watch, and includes Terry detailing his daily regimen of getting up, drinking four cups of coffee, playing video games, then practicing cleaning a window he set up in his shed.
This is a video of Theo Jansen’s latest Strandbeest: a caterpillar that’s pulled behind another wind-powered mechanical sculpture, inch-worming its way across the sand. Could you imagine if you were enjoying a pleasant beach day and a Strandbeest walked by? That would be wild. Even wilder if it tried to
This is a short home security cam clip of a boy trying to rush inside and lock his younger brother out of the house (classic older brother!) when the young ninja tosses his jacket into the door before it closes, preventing it from being locked. Based on his finely honed
Jugging with her feet, not juggling other people’s feet. That would be something else entirely, and likely result in the police getting involved. These are a couple videos of an incredibly talented foot juggler demonstrating her skills by spinning and bouncing a vase at high speeds on her feet, as
This is a video from a recent World Table Tennis tournament match between Kristian Karlsson and Lin Shidong where Kristian whiffs a swing at the ball, but takes another quick swing and does hit it, then Lin catches the ball not realizing it was still in play. Talk about reflexes!
Because innovation is everywhere, this is a video of artist Bond Truluv using a spray paint can he modded to spray five parallel lines simultaneously. The resulting piece he creates is neat looking, although I can’t say with confidence I’d want it on the side of my home. Want to
Because there’s zero chance of ever forgetting this is the internet, here’s a video of musician Bob Strachan performing Coolio’s ‘Gansta’s Paradise’ to the tune of Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’. It works surprisingly well. I can’t say I’m shocked, but I did wake up this morning in the backyard