This is a visualization imagining you’re a beam of light leaving the sun and traveling out of our solar system at the speed of light. I mean what other speed would you be traveling, you are a beam of light after all. And I mean that too — you’re a
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have found that adding robotic googly eyes that turn to gaze at pedestrians the car has identified help make them safer, by letting humans know the car has recognized them and (hopefully) won’t run them over. Plus the cars look way friendlier too —
This is some point-of-view footage from the Guinness World Record highest swing, located at the Yunyang Longgang Scenic Spot in Chongqing, China. The swing itself is 30-stories tall, and as if that wasn’t enough to make you evacuate your bowels, it swings you out over a 2,300-foot cliff at a
This is a pleasant video of Youtuber Sidetrack Adventures driving the highest paved road in the United States, the Mt. Evans Scenic Byway in Colorado. The incredibly scenic road climbs to the top of Mt. Evans and an altitude of 14,130-feet, passing through five different climate zones on its route
This is a video of the folks behind Youtube channel Weird History Food taking a tour of all the different regional pizza styles they could find across the United States. Pizzas like New York, Buffalo, Detroit-style, deep dish, St. Louis-style, Ohio Valley pizza, Dayton style, Colorado Mountain Pies, Quad City-style,
Presumably made as an accurate simulation of driving through some of the potholes around here, this is a video of a variety of different vehicles attempting to speed across a giant rectangular pit in the road. Some fare much better than others. Others don’t fare well at all, which makes
This is a video of a Cheetah family trying to make off with Scottish wildlife videographer Gordon Buchanan’s jacket. Gordon had been following the South African Cheetah family on foot and documenting their lives for the past year, so it makes sense to me why they’d want something to remember
Make My Drive Fun is an interactive map that suggests “interesting sights, landmarks, and oddities” for any roadtrip. Just input a starting point and destination, and viola, you’re on your way to see the world’s largest peanut/ball of yarn. That’s fun. Remember: life is about the journey, not the destination.