In what I originally just assumed was a late April Fool’s joke, this is a video from Werther’s Original hyping their Werther’s Original Pocket Denim, jeans with a total of 30 riveted pockets up the legs for carrying their hard caramel candy. There are only 200 pairs of the limited
This a video of an 11-year old who chose Hooters for his celebratory birthday dinner. For the finale, the waitresses sing him the restaurant’s version of the happy birthday song while he stands on a chair, wearing a face mask like a beak and flapping two menus like wings. Good
Because what good is spending thousands of dollars on a robotic dog if it’s not going to pay for itself (all my dogs cost nothing and feel like they should deservedly earn nothing), this is a video of one that’s had a leaf blower attached to help with some yard
One-upping your neighbors: it’s the reason exterior holiday decorations were invented in the first place. And to take home the coveted golden candy pail award this year is a projection mapped display from Seasoned Projections featuring the original Ghostbusters. Now that — that is next level. My decorations? My decorations
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 hype reel for Limx Dynamics’ TRON 1 bipedal robot. The bot is multi-modal thanks to its three sets of interchangeable feet: flat feet, nubbins, and wheels. The wheeling up the stairs then jumping from the top was admittedly impressive. But can it use one foot and one
This is a video from Slow Mo Guys Gav and Dan, who teamed up with funlovers Aussies Brett and Scott of How Ridiculous (when Youtube worlds collide!) to fire a bowling ball out of a cannon at 400MPH and directly into a realistic ballistics head, complete with skull. After watching
This is a video from San Francisco of a Waymo self-driving taxi encountering an open fire hydrant and being unable to assess the situation. It doesn’t want to drive through the water, but it doesn’t want to enter the protected bike lane either. Apparently in a situation like this the