This is a video of former NASA engineer Mark Rober pitting a Tesla’s camera-based autopilot feature against a Lexus’s LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging, which uses lasers to measure distances and create 3D maps) to see which operates safer. The Lexus passes all six tests (stationary child in road, running

This is a video from Layton, Utah of a Jeep getting rear-ended onto train tracks with a train approaching. The driver then starts to reverse off the tracks before running into the train crossing arm and deciding it isn’t worth breaking, then exits the vehicle before impact. Now maybe I

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

Tech industry worker Mike Johns recently requested a Waymo self-driving taxi trip to the airport and was treated to a bunch of donuts in a parking lot instead before a Waymo employee could remotely get his taxi under control and headed in the right direction. Mike believes Waymo’s self-driving technology

Because bad ideas come in all shapes and sizes, this is a video of Youtuber Gregulations constructing a motorcycle version of a penny farthing using a Yamaha YZF-R6 and a bunch of custom built parts. Despite having training wheels, the resulting cycle has deathtrap written all over it, and at

Because who hasn’t dreamed of piloting their own AT-AT walker through the side of a neighbor’s house, this is a video of engineer James Bruton constructing his own roughly 7-foot tall rideable AT-AT. It moves at a snail’s pace (even slower than in the movies), but I would still proudly

This is a video of Youtuber Frankie Lapenna riding what he touts as “the least likely to be stolen electric bike of all time,” an e-bike that looks like an assembly of high voltage electrical boxes when not in use. The bike lowers itself down on its wheels when parked