This is a video of Japanese guitarist/composer/producer Masayoshi Takanaka performing jazz pianist Mal Waldron’s ‘Left Alone’ on a guitar that has a functional model train running around it. How about that! The train only goes around the outside of the body then stops and reverses though, it doesn’t actually cross

In the event you manage to get one of your lowly pawns all the way across the board in a game of chess, you have to promote it to another piece so it can continue to battle. Most commonly chosen is the queen on account of her maneuverability. And this

This is the Kinetic LED Display Wall developed by JYVisions of Shenzhen, China. In addition to all the programmable LEDs, each block can also move outward from the wall for extra visual effect. Hey — anything to get people’s attention. It’s nearly impossible to get people to look up from

This is a video demonstration of Italian artist Amedeo Capelli’s ‘Macabra Orchestra’, a little wooden skeleton orchestra with movements powered by a hand-crank and delivered via a series of wires, hooks, and string. Would I pay to see a live performance? Absolutely. My girlfriend was just complaining I could use

This is a video from informative Youtuber ReYOUniverso imagining if the history of life on earth were packed into a 24 hour period. If that were the case, the first fully formed cells come into existence at 4:30AM, and it takes all the way until 9:34PM for plants to emerge

Constructed by HackADay user mircemk using as many 3D printed parts as possible, this self-balancing cube uses an Arduino Nano microcontroller and MPU6050 gyroscope / accelerometer to control 3 motor-driven reaction wheels to keep itself balanced — even standing on one corner on a slope! Me? I can’t stand on

This is a video from artist Rudy Willingham, who carved and photographed 80 pumpkins so that they perform Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance when viewed as a stop motion video. That’s cool. Am I going to project this onto a bedsheet in my front yard as my only Halloween decoration this

This is a video of a 3D printing technology that involves using a needle to extrude silicone objects directly into a water-based gel, so there’s no need for additional support while printing. In the video, a silicone handbag is printed by design house coperni for a show at Disneyland Paris.