Because giving the crowd what they want is one of the earmarks of a true performer, this is a video of a cross country runner intentionally Supermanning himself into a mud puddle to appease the cheering fans, fulfilling even their dirtiest fantasies. Good times. Knowing my luck, the bottom of
Like I needed a reminder that robots can and will hunt me down given the opportunity, this is the latest video from harbingers of the robot apocalypse Boston Dynamics starring their Atlas humanoid robot performing a little parkour. So, if you were wondering if you could out-parkour a killer robot
This is a video of Cassie, a pair of robotic legs (and nothing else) developed by Agility Robotics, successfully running 5K in just over 53 minutes (running at around ~5.7km/h or 3.5MPH) and on a single battery charge. Not bad. For reference, the only way I’m finishing a 5K is
This is a video documenting NYU track star Jon Diáz attempting to exit the New York City 2-3 subway train at Chambers Street and beat it to its next stop at Park Place. Can he do it? SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: Yes, returning to the train (after trying to get on
This is a clip of a student from Datong University in northern China’s Shanxi province who volunteered to act as cameraman during a 100-meter dash, and does a damn fine job keeping pace with the athletes. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to learn
This is a video of Youtuber Daniel LaBelle (previously) and a friend reimagining golf as a speed sport. I thought maybe the golf carts were going to have modified engines, but no, they’re running. That does not look like a good time to me. I don’t like running. I like
This is what is allegedly the first collar-cam footage from a wild wolf, captured by the University Of Minnesota’s Voyageurs Wolf Project after (I assume) tranquilizing and tagging a wild wolf. The Voyageurs Wolf Project’s goal is to better “understand the predation behavior and reproductive ecology (e.g., number of pups
Because experimenting is the key to a happy marriage, this is a video of James Orgill of The Action Lab trying to run off the back of a moving trailer at the same speed his wife is towing it forward to see if the two opposite motions will negate each