Inspired by Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, this is a video demonstration of Dutch game designer Giliam de Carpentier’s Carpentopod, a wooden coffee table that walks and can be remote controlled. Carpentopod, fetch me a beer! “Remote controlled, not voice controlled.” Riiiiight. *tossing empty can on floor* Well it could use a

This is an Instagram video of a man constructing a “quick and easy” carnival style spinning ride in his backyard using a tree and some lumber (which was also once trees). The ride features seating for four, and is powered by spinning the riders around the tree to build tension

This is a video of Nissan France setting the world record for highest bungee jump for a car, dropping a Nissan Qashqai e-Power from a height of 65m (213’3″). At first I thought it was lame because I assumed there wasn’t a driver inside, but I was wrong. Then I

Presumably amped about Apple’s announcement of the new iPhone 16 (hooray?), Youtubers DIY Perks and Mrwhosetheboss decided to build the world’s largest iPhone, complete with an “88-inch OLED screen, a touchscreen overlay, an aluminum case and buttons, multiple cameras, a flash, and much more.” It will not fit in your

Because nature is totally nuts, this is a video of a robotic spy fish infiltrating a millions-strong shoal of herring while they look for a place to lay and fertilize their eggs. The real fish constantly release flatulence from their swim bladders that sounds like clicking underwater, a behavior our

Because more shoes should be oversized like the ones clowns wear, footwear maker BB IMP is dropping a pair of sneakers that look like Bugs Bunny’s feet. The upper is grey suede, with giant rubber toes beneath. That’s fun. I mean, at least for entertaining at a kid’s birthday party.

Because scientists are an unending source of wild and crazy ideas, researchers at Cornell University and the University of Florence have developed a starfish shaped robot that’s controlled by the electrical signals generated by its onboard king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii). I’m not going to lie, I did mistake those

This is a video of some children breaking open a piñata (which looks an awful lot like a twin size mattress storage bag) when the shoe fairy drops out of the bottom with a bunch of adult shoes, and the kids throw a shoe party. That’s fun! The last time