This is a local news report highlighting the quick thinking and calm under pressure of Michigan 7th grader Dylan Reeves, who was able to stop his school bus after the driver had a medical issue and passed out behind the wheel, leaving the bus rolling into oncoming traffic. Good going,
This is a visualization from RED SIDE comparing the relative speeds of various spaceships in the Star Wars universe. It was very well made, including the background. What’s your favorite ship? Mine’s the Eagle-5. “The RV from Spaceballs?” THEY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED IT.
This is a video of Tom Scott riding a hovercraft developed by Hideyasu Ito, a single person unit that floats on four very precisely created bubbles of air. It’s definitely impressive, but still — if this is as advanced as personal hovercrafts can get, I think it’s time we ditch
Because, despite being completely blind to my own, I can still recognize someone else’s poor decision making, this is a video of a couple guys almost losing their car to Poseidon while trying to launch a jet ski on the beach. Should they have just unloaded the jet ski at
A feet of modern engineering, this motorized electric skateboard built by Youtuber Vagabond Works (vagabonds typically don’t work is the thing) moves on 24 legs inspired by the Strandbeest kinetic sculptures of Theo Jansen. It’s totally rideable and steerable too, featuring two motors powering its legs, and a 661 pound
This is a video of engineer and maker of things The Q building and riding a bike with square wheels. Not the square wheels you’d expect though, instead of rattling all your teeth out of your head when you ride it, the wheels are actually treaded, which allows for an
Proving that everything is, in fact, bigger in Texas, this is a video captured by Kiki Consuelo on a San Antonio highway of a man driving his custom Lowes shopping cart car. That thing…wow. Everybody’s dream is different, remember that. @kikiconsuelo #lowes #sanantonio #ridindirty #cars #funny #shopping #shoppingcart #engineer @lowes
This is a video of a woman (who appears to be sipping on a Mike’s Hard Lemonade, which surprises me zero) quickly breaking down into full blown hysterics after her husband submerges the Can-Am ATV he’s driving in water and she’s convinced they’re going to die. So dramatic — does