In go go gadget ROFLcopter news, this is a video of Ascend Dynamics testing its SkyPak V1 electric powered ‘jetpack’. Now I know what you’re thinking, and I agree, the wood support makes it look that much cooler — like you’re a flying human mailbox. The non-jetpack is actually powered
Being a member of an elite force like the Shenzen Special Police requires things I don’t have *trying to reach TV remote with rolled up magazine* things like strength and endurance. And this is a video of the Special Police’s physical exam used to determine a candidate’s fitness. It involves
This is a test flight of the Jetson ONE, a single person multi-rotor EVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) copter. The Jetson ONE, which doesn’t appear to live up to its namesake (George Jetson’s flying car folded up into a briefcase), is capable of speeds up to 63MPH and a
This is a video of the folks at Youtube channel The Hackensmith testing the world’s first retractable plasma lightsaber, the construction of which they featured in a build video last week (included below). The lightsaber burns at around 4,000-degrees Fahrenheit (2,200-Celsius), is powered by a mix of liquid propane and
This is a short video of a skateboarder testing the structural integrity of a fancy glass coffee table with a couple quick flip tricks. Amazingly, it passes the test. My coffee table? It would have failed harder than I did algebra class in high school. Numbers were already hard enough,
Because some people still believe in the respectable pursuit of knowledge gained from performing well-crafted scientific experiments, this is a video of a man in a laundry basket wearing a children’s safety helmet testing the 1MPH – 9MPH speed settings on his treadmill. Honestly, I think 7MPH looked the funnest.