This is a video from a vacationer on Useppa Island, Florida who found a squid on the dock he believes was dropped by one of the ospreys nesting nearby, and captured this footage of its color-changing chromatophores before returning it to the ocean. Pretty wild, right? I wish I could
This is a video of Youtuber Randomonium discussing, building, and demonstrating his homemade invisibility/distortion shield constructed using sheets of lenticular lens. For those of you unfamiliar with how lenticular lenses work, he provides an explanation and diagram at around 2:30. Randomium estimates the cost of building your own shield to
This is ‘Lost In Motions,’ a fun stop motion video created by Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Livschitz using 800 individually laser-cut dancer silhouettes. Perhaps just as cool as the finished product though is the behind-the-scenes footage that plays after the short, showing how the entire thing came together. Still, going with
This is a video captured by Youtuber Michael Overstreet of the 60-foot tall moving Gundam nearing completion at the GUNDAM FACTORY YOKOHAMA (links to official page with more info) at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama, Japan. The video captures engineers testing some of Gundam’s various movements, including taking steps. Due to
This is a video from Youtuber and match chain reactionist The S launching a cardboard UFO with the help of a 25,000 match chain reaction. It really was glorious to watch, particularly all the matches flying towards the camera in slow motion. I felt like I was right there! I
This is a video from the Freedom Factory’s ‘Burnout Rivals’ drifting and burnout event of pro driver Vaughn Gittin Jr performing a freestyle drift run while a drone operated by Mr Steele follows him, completely unaware of what he’s going to do next. Well, I mean not completely unaware, like
This is ‘Doppler,’ a song created by musician Thanasis Christodoulou with a video created in Adobe After Effects by video artist and motion designer Theo Tagholm using a sort of ‘visual echo’ effect. What’s a visual echo? I’m still not entirely sure, but prior to watching this video I just
This is Tokri (The Basket), a beautiful 15-minute stop-motion short created by the Mumbai, India-based Studio Eeksaurus about a little girl who crafts baskets, which is really all I can say without ruining the story which is simple and sweet. The video was in production for the last eight years,