Inspired by a Kickstarter for a laser razor that never materialized, Youtuber Allen Pan decided to attempt making one himself. The results? Less than impressive. The 5W laser manages to burn through a single hair in several seconds, making it incredibly impractical for anybody with more than 2-4 hairs to

This is a fascinating video of Youtuber pannenkoek experimenting to determine if you can collect any stars in Super Mario 64 by only pressing a single button and not using the joystick. The answer? Yes. In fact he’s able to collect three stars that way. FULL DISCLOSURE: he does play

These are a couple videos highlighting the journey of father/son team Mike and Luke Bell as they attempt to reclaim the world record for fastest quadrocopter drone after their record was snatched from them last year. There’s a lot of interesting discussion about the engineering and testing of the drone,

These are a couple videos (the second being dash-cam footage from pursuing officers) of a stolen Audi Q5 hopping the actively opening University Bridge in Seattle. It’s not cool like in the movies, it just sort of drops off to the other side. Did the driver know they weren’t going

These are two videos (one short, one much longer and more in-depth) of software engineer and Youtuber Makerinator constructing The Decision-inator, a digital decision making machine that chooses which restaurant to eat at for you (allegedly the device has saved his marriage). But that’s not all! It also has three

Note: Photo above is a lie, does not use finger lightning. This is a video of Nate From The Internet (I thought I recognized him from somewhere!) attempting to bake edgeless brownies (plus bread and angel food cake) using electricity. The concept is simple: place the batter between two conductive

This is a GoPro video from kayaker Mateo Niclas, who spotted a beluga whale beached in the mudflats of a river in Alaska, and quickly jumped into action to return the animal to the water. With the help of his fellow kayakers and a group of nearby boaters, they were

This is a video of two ivy walls being pulled from brick in their entirety via a rope and truck. It’s satisfying to watch. I remember many moons ago I had ivy growing on the side of the house I lived in. It was beautiful. It was also habitat to