This is a short gif (below) of the 88-milligram RoBeetle developed by a research team experimenting with the use of methanol to help power artificial muscles in robotics. Some more info about the tiny crawler while I sweep my office for bugs because *lowering voice* igBay otherBray isyay everywhereyay. In

These are a couple videos of the Hello CARBOT Unity Series Mirinae Prime toys from South Korea (not Japan like it claims in the first video). When the the cars make contact they instantly transform into a unicorn. That’s pretty cool. I located the toys both on Amazon and eBay

This is a video of Youtuber MadHotGlass playing two water hammers that she made, which consist of water sealed inside a vacuum created in borosilicate glass tubes. The resulting metallic ‘ping’ sound is due to there not being any air inside the tubes to cushion the water when it hits

This is a video from high-speed cinematographer Darren Dyk of Youtube channel BeyondSlowMotion of popcorn kernels popping filmed at 100,000 frames per second. You can literally almost see the magic happening. “Popcorn isn’t magic.” Oh no? Then why don’t you explain it to us all. Yeah, that’s what I thought.

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 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