This is a video of a red-and-green macaw (aka green-winged macaw) making short work of a geometric shape puzzle and proving, at least in my mind, that this bird is definitely smarter than my nephew, who would have undoubtedly been trying to eat those pieces. Now watch — five…four…three…two…*sees sister

This is a video demonstration of France-based Capsix Robotics’ i&Bot robotic arm massage system, which uses a camera and sensor array to be able to provide a hands-free full body massage to a human client. Allegedly, “as it applies pressure, it follows guidelines which were provided by professional physiotherapists to

LooksLikeYouNeedIceland is a website set up to promote tourism to the country where you can record yourself screaming, then send it to one of seven different speakers set up across the countryside to blow off some steam. Apparently Iceland is so laid back that they can take the entirety of

This is a video of Youtuber Randomonium discussing, building, and demonstrating his homemade invisibility/distortion shield constructed using sheets of lenticular lens. For those of you unfamiliar with how lenticular lenses work, he provides an explanation and diagram at around 2:30. Randomium estimates the cost of building your own shield to

This is a video from Yellowstone National Park of a woman tripping and falling while being charged by a bison, and playing dead to avoid attack. Thankfully, it works. But what’s up with all these people wandering out into fields dangerously close to bison? It’s not like bison are ninjas

This is a video demonstration of an angle grinder attempting to cut through Proteus, a new material developed by researchers in Germany and the U.K. that prevents itself from being cut by using the vibrations of embedded ceramic microspheres to cause damage to the cutting tool (full paper HERE). Some

This is a video of Edwin Sarkissian tossing a five-second delay M67 frag grenade in one of those ATMs they have by the door at my local beer store and blowing it to smithereens while he hits the deck just a short distance away. Are you even allowed to do

this is the Toilet Timer ($15 on Amazon), a five-minute sand hourglass style timer to remind you that you’ve already done enough scrolling on Instagram, it’s time to wipe and get off the pot. Me? I don’t get up until both my legs are painfully numb and I have to