This is a clip from The Animal Box Office of a wild chameleon in Madagascar changing its vibrant color through all the hues of the rainbow over the course of three minutes. It goes from orange to pink to green to yellow to blue to grey and finally back to
Captured on video by the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated submersible SuBastian, this is the first ever video of a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural habitat. The juvenile squid was filmed at a depth of 600m in the South Sandwich Islands (I love sandwiches) about 1,100 miles northeast
These are a couple videos of Prince Rupert’s Drops being crushed by hydraulic presses (the first actually bends the metal of the press and doesn’t break, in the second video they explode in a supernova of glory). What are Prince Rupert’s Drops and why are they so indestructible? READ AND
This is a video of the latest ‘ultra high efficiency’ dishwasher modded by Youtubers PlumberJohn and STS_3D. It can jump up and down on its legs (an important feature), quick-dry dishes with a flamethrower, and launch the dish racks out of the washer when a cycle is complete. Now that
This is the worthwhile (read: I would take the time to watch it) music video for OK Go’s ‘Love’, which was filmed as one continuous shot and uses a bunch of industrial robotic arms holding mirrors to create different imagery in fun and innovative ways. Would I have stood in
Previously seen letting mushrooms play a keyboard, Youtuber BionicandtheWires is back with another video, this time allowing a colony of oyster mushrooms to paint a picture. The mushrooms’ natural fluctuations in electrical activity is transformed into brush movement via attached solenoids. That painting, wow — way better than anything my
Guaranteed to be this summer’s must-have snack table accessory, pickle fountains are party drink fountains filled with pickles and pickle juice. Partygoers can either stab a solid pickle with a fork (I’ll just bare finger them when nobody’s looking), or place their glass under the bottom fountain for juice. Obviously,
The robot apocalypse: it can’t come soon enough for some people. And to prove it, here’s a video of Boston Dynamics’ latest iteration of its Atlas humanoid that’s capable of running, crawling, doing cartwheels, and breakdancing. So, if you were wondering if robots were now able to easily circumvent any