Because everybody dreams of setting a different record (I dream of setting the human hibernation record), this is a video of French cyclist Aurelien Fontenoy hopping his bike up all 686 stairs to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. I can’t even imagine if it took 686 stairs to

Because ‘Black Mirror’ was actually just a regular mirror all along, AI app 2wai (pronounced 2-way) creates digital avatars that you can interact with, promising to connect the currently living with the currently dead for a monthly fee. Because that’s something we’ve been needing. Allegedly all that’s needed is a

This is a clip from the Tianmen National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, China (previously seen with athletes parkouring down) where a publicity stunt involving a Chery SUV attempting to drive up the 999 stairs leading to ‘Heaven’s Gate’ went horribly wrong. The SUV eventually slips backwards and destroys part of

Because evolution is just an r short of revolution (I don’t know I’m just spitballing here), this is a video featuring a brief evolutionary history of Theo Jansen’s wind-powered Strandbeests, culminating in footage of his most recent species. Do, uh, do these things mate? And do you think they’ll ever

This is a video of maker of marginally useful things Uri Tuchman constructing an auto-deploying tape measure. That’s neat. What would be even neater is if it were a voice-activated SMART tape measure. “Tape measure, give me 4-feet 5-inches!” Yeah…that would really be something.

I still haven’t gotten around to watching the first Super Mario movie because my movie queue is already like 600 movies long. I really have to start returning these Netflix DVDs. This is the trailer for the upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. It looks very promising. You know, the

Inspired by a Kickstarter for a laser razor that never materialized, Youtuber Allen Pan decided to attempt making one himself. The results? Less than impressive. The 5W laser manages to burn through a single hair in several seconds, making it incredibly impractical for anybody with more than 2-4 hairs to

This is a video of a honey buzzard eating the larvae out of a beehive while all the bees panic and attack. The birds have specialized shield feathers around their faces to help prevent stings. This video reminds me a lot of myself while I’m eating the entire pumpkin pie