Constructed by Youtube channel HeroTech, this is a lightsaber that extends and retracts in a manner that looks convincingly like the real (fictional) thing. The blade extends thanks to a coiled sheet spring, the same tech that’s used in a magician’s magically extending cane. The result is quite impressive, and,
This is a video of knowledge seeker Tom Scott traveling to Zlin, Czechia, to tour the 16-story Bat’a Skyscraper, which features a corner office that can visit every floor, because it’s a giant elevator. The office was built for Bata shoes president Jan Antonín Baťa in 1936, but he never
These are two clips of an Evel Knievel toy doing what it does best: risking it all to entertain a crowd. The first video has Evel launching over what can only be described as a dream yard sale, and the second clip has him flying out a second story window.
This is a video of the astronaut sculpture created by ex-physicist (once a physicist, always a physicist in my opinion) and artist Julian Voss-Andreae. It’s constructed of cross section slices of mirrors, and almost seems invisible when viewed directly head-on (or back-on), but appears more solid as you move around
These are a couple videos of a raven named Odin (of course) at the Tropical Butterfly House in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, producing abstract paintings, using her beak to pick up and use a brush. Admittedly, I wouldn’t mind having an Odin original hanging in my home. “That was painted
This is some POV footage of what it looks like to pilot a Seabreacher, a sort of jet-powered boat/submarine inspired by dolphins. Admittedly, it looks pretty fun. Do a barrel roll! Still, it’s all fun and games until you find yourself in the belly of a whale. THEN WHAT? You
Note: Make sure the video’s volume is on. Working similarly to the one previously developed by DAKD Jung, this is a video of a ferrofluid visualizer built by Redditor Sergey Kuznetsov featuring a magnetic solution suspended in a clear liquid that “dances” to music as a magnet behind it is
This is a video of muscular and energetic Youtuber Ginger Billy discussing and demonstrating the ride-in lawnmower he modded from of an old Ford Festiva. In his own words while I herd my goats through the house from the the front yard to the back yard so they can continue