1,000 Worker Ants Vs Increasingly Difficult Obstacles
Because teamwork makes the dream work (at least according to the poster I’m forever staring at in HR), is a video of insect keeper Terra Green challenging his 1,000 worker ant colony with four increasingly difficult obstacles separating them from a food reward. The first obstacle is digging to find
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Rock Shoes: Shoes That Look Like Rocks
Because there are shoes for even the most eccentric tastes, Rock Shoes are foam clogs that look like rocks, complete with mossy accents. They’re made by Bravest Studio, who you may recall from their previously posted bear foot shoes and giant toe slippers. That is some very niche footwear. Still,
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Recombining A Rainbow Of Light Back Into A White Beam
Because what is science if not magic wearing a lab coat and fake mustache so you don’t recognize it, this is a video of science essayist Steve Mould using an additional prism and convex lens to recombine the ROYGBIV separated from one prism back into a beam of white light.
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Launching Guy At 50MPH From Back Of Truck Driving At 50MPH To Cancel Out The Speed
This is a video from the fun/danger-loving crew DD Squad (I’m part of a small B Squad myself) using a custom built rig to launch a human at 50MPH from the rear of a truck traveling at 50MPH so that he can just stand the landing, since 50MPH – 50MPH
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A Visual Size Comparison Of Fictional Buildings From Popular Franchises
This is another size comparison video from Meta Ball Studio (previously), this time visualizing the sizes of various fictional buildings (all of which Alex Honnold plans to climb) from pop culture show, movie, and video game franchises. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that my apartment isn’t larger
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Helmetcam Footage From World Record 275-Foot Dirt Bike Jump
This is the helmetcam footage from motocrosser Colby Raha as he sets the world record for longest jump on a v-twin dirt bike, with a very respectable 275-footer across the length of a surf pool. He then follows it up with a 90-foot vertical launch off a quarter pipe. Gnarly!
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Replacing Bicycle Chain With A Series Of 3D Printed Gears
Because who likes changing gears to make climbing hills easier anyways, this is a video of Sergii Gordieiev of Youtube channel The Q replacing a bicycle chain with a series of 3D printed gears, effectively making it a single speed. So is that an upgrade or a downgrade? I suppose
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Building An Electric Powered Human-Size Replica Of A LEGO Dune Buggy
This is a video of Youtuber Matt Denton constructing an electric powered, 3D printed parts replica of the 1981 LEGO Technics Dune Buggy set 8845. It’s 10.5x larger than the original, so large Matt is able to sit in it to drive. That’s cool, but you can sit in anything
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