This is a video of a trained vulture landing on the selfie stick of paragliding instructor Scott Mason while parahawking (a discipline he developed back in 2001), a real activity that exists combining paragliding and falconry, in which a trained bird of prey leads a paraglider to thermal updraft columns
- October 19, 2020
To celebrate (read: promote) the release of The Mandalorian season two, this is a timelapse video of three LEGO master builders constructing a full-scale baby Yoda out of 14,588 bricks over the course of 119 hours. *spit-takes all the LEGO pieces I had in my mouth* 119 hours?! Did they
- October 19, 2020
This is a video of a very good boy singing the intro to Star Trek: Discovery. I was skeptical he was actually going to sing anything at first, but by the end I was a believer. He was really just waiting for the beat drop. *donning fishnet bodysuit and faux
- October 19, 2020
This is a video of Clearwater, Florida Man Brian Edward Kahrs demonstrating the electric vehicle he built out of a mop bucket on a skateboard, powered by a leaf blower blown into an umbrella sail. Oh, Florida Man. Florida Man, Florida Man, Florida Man. I’m not going to lie, I’m
- October 19, 2020
This is a video of Youtuber Equalo’s quest to run Doom on a Raspberry Pi powered entirely by potatoes. He fails (the Raspberry Pi needed more amperage than the potatoes produced), but then he uses his giant 700-piece rotting potato battery to successfully run the game on a TI-84 graphing
- October 17, 2020
This is a video of thereminist Carolina Eyck performing a very spirited rendition of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Flight Of The Bumblebee’ on her instrument. The electronic sound of the theremin actually works surprisingly well with the piece, and I closed my eyes and could almost see the bumblebee flying. Then opened
- October 17, 2020
An ultra-realistic robotic dolphin developed by Edge Innovations (who developed the animatronics for Free Willy, Anaconda, and The Abyss) aims to replace some of the 3,000 actual dolphins in captivity at marine parks and dolphin experiences. Some more info while I’m sad about my captive dolphin friends, but also a
- October 17, 2020
This is a video of the Guinness World Record holder for largest drone light show, with 3,051 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) participating in the high-flying performance. The record was achieved by the Shenzhen Damoda Intelligent Control Technology Company in Zhuhai, China. Is, uh, is anybody else concerned this company has
- October 16, 2020