In actual plastic food news, this is a stop motion video of Youtuber Andrew of Hypno Motion preparing a LEGO double cheeseburger (that would be $18 at Five Guys), complete with bacon, lettuce, tomato, jalapeño and onion on a sesame seed bun. Yum! I mean except that it’s plastic. Plastic

This is a video of Youtuber NileBlue making American cheese (think Kraft Singles) to prove that it’s not just plastic like conspiracy theorists would apparently have you believe. I did not know conspiracy theorists would have me believe that. THE GOVERNMENT IS IN MY SKULL. Did you hear something? Basically,

Always one to push personal transportation to the limit, this is a video of engineer James Bruton (seen previously constructing a personal AT-AT walker) building an omni-directional bike that sits on two giant balls. It works beautifully. And speaking of giant balls– “Elephants?” NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES. Up to 2,200-pounds!

Because you don’t know until you try, this is a video of the unorthodox mechanics of Garage 54 building an engine out of 50 cordless drills and using it to power a car. Does it work? Yes. Is it practical? Also yes. Talk about a disruptive technology! The automotive industry

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this horror movie and it gave me nightmares. This is a clip of artist and metalworker Ulysses (Oolie) Secrest sitting in the shower wearing a mask he made and setting it on fire. He says the metal frame of the mask took about 10 hours

Because roasting marshmallows is a science best left to overly complicated machines, this is a video of Steve Price demonstrating his camping themed Rube Goldberg machine, which culminates in the roasting of a marshmallow atop a heat gun. I appreciate Steve’s effort to carry the camping theme throughout the entire

After losing his left eye to cancer, machinist Brian Stanley decided to make lemonade and created a titanium prosthetic with an embedded adjustable color LED flashlight (controlled by waving an RFID ring in front of it) so he can illuminate the darkness wherever he goes (or look like a Terminator).

These are two videos of a member of kendama (the traditional Japanese wooden toy) performance group Densho DEN-SHOW successfully cupping the balls of 40 toys simultaneously. I have also included a video of him previously doing 30. So do you think when he’s practicing for the next big feat he