This is a video of a machine that was created with one job and one job only: to balance a bowling ball on a spool without it rolling off either side, constantly adjusting itself to keep the ball right on top. Not bad, but if it can’t also hula hoop

Because the robot apocalypse can’t come soon enough, these are several videos (one from Fort Pierce, Florida, three from the East River in New York City — slide the slider on the first Instagram video to see the second) of people walking Boston Dynamics’ Spot robotic dog on leashes. Obviously,

Because you can’t stop the music, this is a video of a young boy covering the percussion of Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on his homemade bucket and jug drum set. What a little rocker. He should connect with this bucket and jug drummer and start their own

Note: Not the whole timeline, keep going to see even deeper into the future. This is a chart created by artist and animator Dan Meth featuring a timeline of futuristic movies. As you can see, we’re right between Blade Runner and Soylent Green. Of course none of this matters because

Seen here looking like a deleted portion of Horizon Zero Dawn, this is a introductory video for Boston Dynamics’ latest killer-bot, Stretch, a single-armed “sensor gripped” robot allegedly designed for warehouse work. I feel like it’s even scarier than Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robots because at least with those you can

Note: Hey guys I’ve been sick with a sickness the past few days that makes my head a cloud and difficult to even look at a computer screen. I’ll do what I can today but I’ll be back tomorrow after the doctor gives me the good stuff, which is what

This is a visualization created by MetaBallStudios (previously) of various computer storage sizes (eg megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, and upward) if a single byte occupies a volume of one cubic millimeter (1mm3). Some more info while I try to estimate the total volume of my roommate’s horrible digital music collection if

This is a “Flaminrose”, a flamingo inspired prosthetic leg for wine glasses with broken stems. It was created by neverita design as part of their ‘Emergency Aid’ project, which “aims to transform broken and unusable objects into creative products.” Man, where have these been my entire relationship? I swear, if