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

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 company (Three’s Company) of Shih Tzus all dressed as Chucky and giving chase to the cameraperson while waving their scissors menacingly. Not to brag or anything, but I’ve also run with scissors on numerous occasions, and only had to to go the hospital as a result a

This is a video from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, of a bear discovering a backyard grill currently in use cooking some burgers, and helping itself to all ten of them. I can’t tell if that grill is really flimsy or if that bear is really strong, but the way the grill sways

This is a video of object manipulator and prop designer SHAO performing a routine using a morphing cube prop developed by fellow prop designer Thomas Foyk. It was pretty fun to watch. How about all those faces he has though?! I’ve heard of people being two-faced, but four? That’s a

This is a video of Tom Scott riding the elevator at the New Town Hall in Hannover, Germany, an elevator that follows the 17-degree curvature of the cupola dome to the observation tower at the top. The elevator was originally constructed in 1913, and gutted and fitted with a new

This is a short video of a mylar skeleton balloon doing its best dementor impression in an attempt to haunt a neighborhood street. It does a decent job, although I could tell its heart really wasn’t in it. Because it doesn’t have one! “Because it’s a skeleton.” What? No, because

Just like the title says, this is a video of the greatest piece of vandalism ever Sharpied: a wiener that grows as the door to the elevator closes. It belongs in a museum. No, it belongs in every museum, because there shouldn’t be a person alive who doesn’t get to