This is a video of Round Table, a kinetic sculpture created by South Korean artist U-ram Choe, where 18-headless straw figures appear to squat and stand to balance a single rubber band “head” on the table atop their backs, and prevent it from rolling off. Wow. Wow wow wow. This
Because some people actually make their dreams come true instead of letting them remain dreams like most of us do (we should start a self-help book club), this is a video of the spirited Aussies of Youtube channel How Ridiculous absolutely destroying a variety of different objects in the world’s
This is a tour of the Kyowa Co. Ltd. rubber band factory, detailing how the snappy bands are made step by step. Kyowa has been making rubber bands since 1923 (happy 100 year anniversary!), so clearly they know what they’re doing. Me? I never have the slightest clue what I’m
This is a video of Devon Bowker sitting in his car (presumably in line at Dunkin’) and performing an impression of a Keurig coffee maker. I’d say it’s a pretty accurate impression of how my Keurig used to sound when I first bought it. Now, four years later it does
This is a short video demonstration of a pyrotechnic stage rig built by the appropriately named ER Productions for British rock band Bring Me The Horizon. Pfft, go get the horizon yourself, I just got comfortable. The rig has 28 individually controllable nozzles that can shoot flames in pre-programmed sequences.
This is a video of a Delton8 drum and sampler synthesizer that’s been built into a custom case with the addition of a ferrofluid suspended in a clear window that moves to the beat you’re creating. That’s wild, it looks like it’s about to come to life. And maybe with
17 months of design and experimentation in the making, this is a video of Youtuber Think Flight setting the world record for largest rubber band powered airplane, with a 16-foot wingspan flying machine. That’s cool, all my rubber band airplanes always ended up on the roof and me crying about
Because frozen pizzas serve as the entire base of my personal food pyramid, this is a video tour inside a factory that makes my dinner standard. I already know what I’m having tonight! “Frozen pizza?” No, but only because I bought two new boxes of cereal on my lunch break