In news that shouldn’t surprise anyone who wants no part of whatever the hell is going on in the photo above, researchers have discovered that painting large eyespots on cow asses helps deters predation from large carnivores. Some more info from the recently published Communications Biology article while I paint
This is a video of Youtuber discussing and building the Stickler, a hot glue gun (complete with proton pack) that can shoot up to thirty feet, then using it to glue a toilet and anvil to the side of his Subaru (it’s what makes a Subaru, a Subaru). Obviously, I
These are a few shots of the see-through restrooms designed by Shegiru Ban’s architecture firm and installed in a Tokyo park as part of the Tokyo Toilet Project, which is ‘enlisting world-famous architects to create toilets “like you’ve never seen.”‘ A bold mission, because I’ve seen all kind of toilets
This is a video of engineer Allen Pan building a face mask launcher that operates similar to a net gun to apply a face mask to a human face using a C02 propellant and weighted straps to wrap around the back of the head (similar to a bolas weapon). Is
These are two TikTok videos of the web slinger style hand sanitizer sprayers built by Jake Laser, who clearly won the last name lottery. Both operate using lighters that have been refilled with pressurized hand sanitizer, and the first video is of a model operated with a finger press in
This is a short video introducing New Zealand based Eight360’s Nova 360-degree virtual reality motion platform, which can move untethered in any direction for UNLIMITED BARREL ROLLAGE or pretending you’re the Indiana Jones boulder. The movement of the simulator is also “synced with a VR headset, so motion sickness isn’t
This is a video of an old Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator being sent to meet its maker by an excavator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, after outliving its purpose. And speaking of outliving its purpose *lowers voice, looks around* my roommate. Honestly, I’m not convinced he ever had a purpose to
This is a video of guitar god Stevie Ray Vaughan performing a guitar switch mid ‘Look At Little Sister’ at an Austin, Texas concert in 1989 after breaking a string, continuing his solo with only six strings, then smoothly making the switch with guitar tech René Martinez like a hot