Inspired by Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, this is a video demonstration of Dutch game designer Giliam de Carpentier’s Carpentopod, a wooden coffee table that walks and can be remote controlled. Carpentopod, fetch me a beer! “Remote controlled, not voice controlled.” Riiiiight. *tossing empty can on floor* Well it could use a

Because scientists are an unending source of wild and crazy ideas, researchers at Cornell University and the University of Florence have developed a starfish shaped robot that’s controlled by the electrical signals generated by its onboard king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii). I’m not going to lie, I did mistake those

From the Otherwords series produced by PBS Digital Studios, this is a video of Dr. Erica Brozovsky discussing some of the many English expressions that came from sailor jargon and nautical terms, and how they all came to be. I actually thought it was a really interesting watch, and not

Because space is totally nuts (I know because I’ve been there), this is a timelapse video of the aurora borealis as viewed from the International Space Station. FUN FACT: did you know the Northern Lights are actually the souls of everyone who died recently escaping the planet? Thanks for coming

This is a short video of a man demonstrating his very impressive skills with a toy top. The way he just launches it right up between his eyes like that — that takes practice. I know because I’ll have to wear an eyepatch for a while now. You ever had

These are a couple videos from Ljubljana, Slovenia of volleyball being played on a platform in the middle of the Ljubljana River. That looks nice and refreshing! Plus the court has built-in lights for playing TRONBALL at night. Heck yeah! When in doubt, add more LED lights — that’s my

These are a couple videos (including a POV version) of TikTok user aladdin_skylab taking to the skies aboard a real flying (falling) carpet, just like Aladdin in his self-titled movie! The carpet operates very similar to a wingsuit, and the effect is pretty spectacular. Am I going to launch myself

This is a video captured by drone pilot liulangCooki from Mount Everest’s base camp to its 29,000-foot summit. The whole flight took approximately 43-minutes (with stops at various camps along the way), which was timelapsed down to just 4 minutes in the video below. That’s good, because I don’t have