NOTE: Turn down your volume, the apocalypse. This is some vintage footage from a 2012 fireworks show in San Diego in which a computer glitch (likely an artifact from Y2K twelve years earlier) caused the entirety of an 18 minute fireworks show to be ignited in just 25 seconds. It
This is some security footage from a robotics company showroom in Shanghai, in which a little AI-powered Erbai robot was successfully able to convince 12 others to strike and leave the premises with it. Some details about the first step in the creation of robotic unions, and, ultimately, the robotic
This is a clip of a recent Wheel Of Fortune contestant incorrectly solving the puzzle ‘GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE’ with his far superior answer ‘TREAT YOURSELF A ROUND OF SAUSAGE’. Now it probably goes without saying, but if this doesn’t replace the original in our vocabulary, we have
This is a video from Michigan of an SUV with a new flatscreen television strapped to the roof rack with bungee cords, and that television desperately trying to take to the skies. Why they didn’t just put the seats down in the back of their car we’ll never know, but
Above: Producing an indigo colored plasma by radiating an indium alloy. This is a video of Youtuber/electrical mad scientist StyroPyro constructing and experimenting with a 20,000 watt microwave oven, roughly 20x more powerful than the one above your stove. It can fully cook a frozen Hot Pocket in 10 seconds,
This is a video from Slow Mo Guys Gav and Dan, who teamed up with funlovers Aussies Brett and Scott of How Ridiculous (when Youtube worlds collide!) to fire a bowling ball out of a cannon at 400MPH and directly into a realistic ballistics head, complete with skull. After watching
NOTE: Volume on. This is a video of a retaining wall that was protecting a parking lot giving up the ghost and letting nature reclaim the asphalt, along with several vehicles. I hope they had Farmers Insurance! (They’ve seen a thing or two) One brave motorist even risks it all
This is a video of someone’s DIY Halloween decorations, which use a bed sheet, two lights, and a fan in each window to create the illusion that the whole house is ablaze. And while there’s no denying it’s a cool effect, there’s also no denying 911 is going to be