This is a fascinating (at least to me, but I’m simple and love candy) look at how Netherlands based Rocks & Rolls Candy makes hard candy with an image of a tiny bee in the center. SPOILER: By making it very large first then stretching that rope until it’s small.
This is a video of visually impaired skateboarder Dan Mancina of Keep Pushing Inc. discussing the features of The Ranch skatepark he built for fellow visually impaired skateboarders, as well as for wheelchair use. The key to most features is making them extra long so that a skater still has
Because some people really know how to spend their free time, this is a video from Youtuber Dr. Engine, who built seven different LEGO vehicles and pitted them against each other in four different extreme obstacle challenges. That’s fun, that’s a good way to spend a weekend. How I spend
Tired of leaving the house in the morning only to find himself stuck in traffic (PROTIP: never leave), Youtuber Michael Rectin built himself a coffee table with a live traffic map of Cincinnati inside, so he can see the mess of traffic he has no choice but to drive into
Because some people actually bother putting their know-how to good use, this is a video of Youtuber Engineezy building and playing a physical version of the Flappy Bird video game. It’s a very impressive build, featuring pipes that rotate on a conveyor belt, randomly adjusting their height as a player
Because there’s nothing you can’t build with LEGO besides a comfortable sleeping partner, this is a video of Youtuber Dr. Engine constructing and demonstrating a rolling mill made from LEGO. The mini-factory can flatten, stamp, and cut shapes out of modeling clay. How about that! Full disclosure: when I started
This is a video from WIRED of entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware answering questions about insects that were submitted by internet users, including could cockroaches survive a nuclear war? Do dragonflies and flies coordinate their flight while mating? Why do crickets chirp? Are tarantulas dangerous? PLUS MORE. Sooooo much more. I
This is a video of Rube Goldberg machinist Joseph of Joseph’s Machines building and testing a real life version of Wallace & Gromit’s breakfast machine from the 1993 movie The Wrong Trousers. Wrong Trousers? Not a problem for me, I haven’t worn anything but sweatpants and athletic shorts for years.