This is a video highlighting the evolution of Boston Dynamics’ ATLAS humanoid robot over the past 40 years, including from before Boston Dynamics even existed and early legged robotic locomotion was being studied at MIT’s Leg Lab. It was actually pretty interesting to see the walking technology develop. Sometimes by

This is a video of US Army Band tromboner trombonist and CrossFit trainer Sam Woodhead (my head is recycled plastic) playing the trombone while performing some of his favorite exercises. That’s a deep squat. The last time I squatted that deep I didn’t get back up and I live at

This is a video of Dutch aerobatic pilot Narine Melkumjan during a training session in an Extra 330LX plane when the cockpit canopy slides open and shatters, leaving her exposed to the wild blue yonder and in desperate need of a quick landing. In her own words: “…during my second

Because dream it and you can achieve it, a team from the Netherlands has successfully built and ridden the world’s longest bike, measuring 55.16 meters (180-feet, 11-inches) in length (recently: the world’s tallest bike). The group was “inspired by a longstanding interest in Guinness World Records and a desire to

NOTE: Some strong language, mom may have been a sailor. Because what better way to thank your mother for bringing you into this mess of a world, this is a video of a lackadaisical son pranking his mom with a fake alien invasion broadcast (previously: this one). I’m not sure

A step in the effort to allow machines to “emote and communicate in a more lifelike way,” a collaborative team of scientists from the University of Tokyo and Harvard University have covered a robotic face with living skin. “But I want to wear your face,” I imagine the robot telling

Because bad ideas come in all danger levels, this is a video of professional freeride mountain biker Sam Pilgrim replacing his bike’s traditional wheels with giant circular saw blades to see how the bike rides. SPOILER: Surprisingly well. Granted, Sam is a professional cyclist and can probably handle a bike

To promote the second season of HBO’s House Of Dragons, a 270-foot inflatable of Aemond Targaryen’s dragon Vhagar was added to the top of the Empire State Building. The dragon wrapped around the building’s mast, and could be viewed up close and personal from the building’s 86th Floor Observatory. It