Because there’s absolutely zero shortage of wackadoo ideas on the internet, here’s a couple videos of rollerblader Ilia Savosin hacking the Matrix and performing a variety of tricks with custom skates he made using computer keyboards, flatscreen monitors, laptops, and computer mice. Was that a QWERTY grind I saw?! Probably
Because not everybody has the Hulk-like strength of yours truly, this is a satisfying video of a machine created by JP Botelho that was designed to straighten bent rebar. Is rebar that’s been previously bent as structurally sound as rebar that hasn’t been? I have no clue, do I look
Because who hasn’t dreamed of dying inside a giant tire with three of their friends, this is a video from Hunter Goodrich, who made a steel frame and harnesses to fit inside a giant 7-foot tire so four of his friends could ride inside it down a hill. This is
Seen here with his treasure horde like a dragon atop its pile of gold, this is a video highlighting the life of 13-year old Scruff, a border collie who collects plastic trash for recycling. Well, originally he picked up plastic trash to play with and discard, but after a meeting
This is a short video of a man turning an empty Jack Daniels bottle into a gin glass. Wow, drinking gin out of a whiskey bottle, is nothing sacred? Just how drunk are you? Honestly, I’m not sure why anybody would want to drink gin out of anything — gin
Renowned primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall has recently been given the Barbie Doll treatment as part of Mattel’s Inspiring Women Series (links to product page). The $35 doll features a young Jane complete with field attire including binoculars and notebook, and chimpanzee David Greybeard. Plus the doll is made from
This is a video demonstration of a Sparck Technologies packaging machine creating a perfectly sized box for a product (in this case a loose Peppa Pig plushie), using 3D imaging to calculate its precise dimensions. It then packages the item in the box for shipment. How about that! Of course
Presumably trying to piggyback on the previous performer’s trash inspired performance art, this is a video of environmental activist Rob Greenfield wearing a suit he made containing all the trash he allegedly accumulated over the course of 27 days, totally 62 pounds. Honestly, it’s a better look than some of