Tech industry worker Mike Johns recently requested a Waymo self-driving taxi trip to the airport and was treated to a bunch of donuts in a parking lot instead before a Waymo employee could remotely get his taxi under control and headed in the right direction. Mike believes Waymo’s self-driving technology
This is a Tesla Cybertruck that somebody had wrapped in the dog (Kabosu) from the doge meme. I’ve seen it all now. We’re certainly headed in a direction, aren’t we? Sure the signs all say WRONG WAY, but we just keep driving, don’t we? “Technically the car is self-driving.” We
Because there’s nothing you can’t do with LEGO, this is a video from the Brick Experiment Channel (previously), this time engineering LEGO cars to cross increasingly narrower bridges, eventually crossing just a string stretched between two tables. The solutions to balancing the vehicles while crossing the bridges are quite ingenious.
This is a video of from Insider, which took a deep dive into the evolution of car chases in movies over the last 100 years, with the addition of techniques like using modified cars and chase vehicles, to undercranking the film (filming at a slower frame-rate so playback at regular
This is the latest Hot Wheels POV video from Youtubers 5MadMovieMakers (previously), featuring an over 2-minute ride along a massive track assembled around a home and garden and into a swimming pool. That’s a lot of track! I remember when I was growing up we had like five straight pieces
This is a video from San Francisco of a Waymo self-driving taxi encountering an open fire hydrant and being unable to assess the situation. It doesn’t want to drive through the water, but it doesn’t want to enter the protected bike lane either. Apparently in a situation like this the
These are the dashboard warning light pumpkin carvings executed by juggler and entertainer Scott Howard. I like how the check engine blinks. Scott says these are the “scariest pumpkins ever,” but as someone who’s been driving around with their dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree for well over 12,000
This is a video of some pretty genius ideas for taking your ride to the next level with some cleverly placed decals. There are ideas for your car’s lights, windows — even door lock knobs. When I’m finished my car is just going to be one giant sticker book page!