This is a short demonstration of a retractable blade lightsaber Disney has been cooking up for use during its Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser two-night stay, all-immersive adventures at Disney World Resort starting in 2022. Admittedly, that thing looks pretty slick. Will all visitors get to wield one? They better, and
This is a video of Youtuber agepbiz’s quest (appropriate) to 3D print himself a human scale LEGO knight’s helmet large enough to fit his own respectable-sized dome. The process included taking close-up photos of a helmet then digitizing them into a computer model, then upscaling that model by 2020% and
This is a video of Youtuber The Q building a chair based on tensegrity (aka floating structural compression, links to Wikipedia) that’s large and strong enough to support the weight of a relatively lightweight adult human and a Coca-Cola can. Now I read the Wikipedia article I linked to above
This is ‘Doubts’, a rug that looks like it’s melting onto the floor as designed by structural textile artist Faig Ahmed. But does it have a deeper meaning? Gosh, I sure hope so: “We started the production of this work a month before the whole world plunged into doubts about
These are the Anthénea luxury floating sea pods. Each eco-friendly pod can be configured with between one and three guest rooms, each with its own kitchenette and bathroom, and “features solar panels, a popup solarium roof for dining, 360° water views with an underwater observatory, and smart home automation.” They
This is a video of Airsoft player and Youtuber swampsniper discussing and playing with a custom Airsoft gun made by his friend Ryan using the Borderlands 3 Maliwan Pistol Replica Weapon that PDP released when the game came out (Amazon product link for reference). He also manages to use the
This is a video demonstration and up-close look at the mechanism of the beautiful hand-cranked (motor optional) kinetic sculpture created by artist Ross McSweeney featuring a little row boat bobbing up and down on waves that move vertically both left to right AND front to back. Plus there are a
This is a video of woodturner Matt Jordan creating a beautiful wooden coffee mug (with metallic epoxy inlay) from the trunk of a small apple tree. You know, I think I might actually buy the equipment and get into woodturning. It really is something I think I could see myself