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Primitive Technology demonstrates how to make mud bricks in the wild using a mixture of mud and palm fiber. He allowed the mixture to dry in a brick mold made out of wood. 140 bricks were made. When dry, the bricks were then assembled into a kiln. 32 roof tiles were then made of mud...

The Gregory Brothers are back with “True Love,” a fantastic songification of The Princess Bride created in honor of the classic 1987 film’s 30th anniversary. For all true fans of the immortal PB, we made this anthem for the occasion of its 30th BD. Not an ad. Just an ode. The Best Soundbites From the...

20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios released a new trailer for Ferdinand, the upcoming animated film directed by Carlos Saldanha and based on the children’s book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. The trailer features John Cena, the voice of Ferdinand, talking about the journey that lies ahead for his giant big-hearted and...

Australian musician Alan Gogoll demonstrated his gorgeous Bell’s Harmonics” guitar technique with unique string tunings that he so effortlessly plays in a song of the same name. This technique is aptly named as the fretboard harmonics sound like ringing bells within the melody. The song is from his album “Seahorse Bells“, a collection of five...

Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko posited the question what would happen if a person never stopped eating? In explaining the answer, Blocko broke down the individual dangers of such ingredients as sugar, salt and trans-fats. With those issues aside, the likelihood of overeating oneself to death is very rare, but can happen in...

In a truly insightful video essay based upon the work of brain scientist Jeffrey M Zacks, narrator Adam D’Arpino of Aeon Video explains how film cuts mimic the choppy human visual experience in terms of focus, blinking, saccades and periphery. So when a current scene seems incongruent with previous scene, the human brain to fills...

In another of their very insightful video essays, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism looked at the evolving character arc of Joan Holloway of Mad Men. In the first few seasons, Joan primarily relied on her looks to get what she wanted, despite her sharp wit. It was only after such setbacks as being replaced...

Design house Kurzgesagt and VSauce3 took a two-part look at the nature of reality versus the perception of reality. As explored in the Extremis episode during season ten of Doctor Who, if someone is fully aware of being a simulation, can they communicate with their real world self? Or the converse if a person is...

The award-winning documentary Dealt, which was directed by Luke Korem, tells the story of expert card mechanic and magician Richard Turner, an amazing man who performs sleight of hand tricks on stage despite the fact that he began going losing his sight after a bout with scarlet fever when he was young. Througout the film,...

Bewegtesland (Moving Land) is a group of performance artists who live along the

In 2016, Thalia Strings, an all female string quartet rocked out an acoustic cover of the classic AC/DC song “Thunderstruck” on violin, viola and cello. This classical version was arranged by violinist Amy Cave. The quartet has also performed amazing covers of the Kansas song “Carry on Wayward Son” and “Creep” by Radiohead, both arranged...

Engineers and tinkerers Ryan Kung and David Shulman of Eclectical Engineering built an “Underwater Iron Man Jetpack” (6.25mph) that will allow them to swim faster than Olympian Michael Phelps (6mph). They attached four motors to a backpack style frame and used 3D printing to build the underwater housing over each motor. We wanted to see...

In “Learn to Play Cat” from the wonderfully informative series “Simon’s Cat Logic“, illustrator Simon Toland shares stories about his own cats and their favorite toys, while cat behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explains the best toys for cats, the best way to play with indoor cats and the importance of playtime. Indoor only cats should have...

In a hilarious clip shared by the sports network TyC, a lively little dog chased after the ball that was in play during a live broadcast of a soccer match between San Lorenzo de Amalgro and Arsenal de Sarandí in Argentina. Once the ball was sidelined and a timeout was called, the little canine thought...

In her latest tutorial video, the amazing Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome celebrated the first day of fall by demonstrating how to make an adventurous “piescraper” inspired by the classic Calvin and Hobbes comic strips by Bill Watterson. A post shared by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Sep 21, 2017 at 12:09pm PDT...

A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag) on Sep 19, 2017 at 11:32am PDT Erik Mark Sandberg Volume 45 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine has been announced and will feature artwork by amazing contemporary artists from all over the world. Artist Erik Mark Sandberg will be featured on the special silver foil-stamped cover...

The Great Big Story series Human Condition met up with artist Landon Meier of Hyperflesh to find out how he creates his collections of disturbingly hyper-realistic masks featuring the faces of crying babies, creepy little girls, various celebrities, and public officials. What does it take to make a face? Try $4,500. At Landon Meier’s studio,...

Donna Gill Allen, a health occupation teacher at Cape Fear High School in North Carolina, conducted a gross but genius bread experiment to show her kids why they need to wash their hands often. She packed the first slice of bread into a plastic bag with gloves on, the second with freshly washed hands, and...

Benjamin Große spent 20 hours building the new 7,541 piece LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon. He sped up his amazing build process with a two-minute timelapse video. via Boing Boing The Tested Team Builds and Reviews the 7,541 Piece Millennium Falcon LEGO SetLEGO Unveils 7,541 Piece Millennium Falcon SetCustom Electric Guitars Shaped Like Spaceships From...

British inventor Colin Furze covered a BMW E30 in artificial grass and then turned it into a drivable hot tub car with a functioning grill on the back. Furze‘s “Spa Car” was sponsored by Google. They provided him with the resources to waterproof and seal the car’s numerous electronics. A post shared by colin furze...

Sony Pictures released an trailer for Peter Rabbit, the upcoming live-action animated adventure comedy film directed by Will Gluck, based on the stories of the same name created by Beatrix Potter. The mischievous film is currently scheduled to hop into theaters on February 9th, 2018. Peter Rabbit, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated...

On the latest episode of Twitter Tech Support by Wired, Lego Ninjago Movie stars Jackie Chan and Olivia Munn answered martial arts questions that were asked by people on Twitter. Jackie also teaches Olivia how to karate chop some pieces of wood and defend herself from knife attacks. Jackie Chan Skillfully Jumping Over FencesThe Green...

A post shared by Alexander Khokhlov (@alhimeg) on Mar 12, 2017 at 6:37am PDT Photographer Alexander Khokhlov has created a wonderful photo portrait series entitled “The Dog Show“, which captures the human-like expressiveness and qualities in the faces of different canines from all over the world. Whether it be a studious, bespectacled sheepdog, a bored...

After performing as a dj at a Ford Fiesta celebration, the YuMi industrial robot by ABB took a turn towards classical music. The oddly anthropomorphic arms picked up the baton and as maestro, conducted a performance of Andrea Bocelli and the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra at Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Italy. …musicians sit attentive, instruments at...

A lazy cat who was lying upon a bed watching a wall-mounted television, became suddenly focused when a bird appear on the screen. Unfortunately, the misguided feline mistook it for the real thing and pounced right into the wall in pursuit of the virtual bird. via Tastefully Offensive Cats, Dogs, and Birds Are Fooled Into...

Drone aficionado Paul Nurkkala share some really amazing but rather dizzying footage from when he sent his flying robot soaring into the air to do a number of looping tricks above trains, bridges, rapid and mountains. The footage was also set to a really great soundtrack. Nurkkala says that the footage is a bit disjointed,...

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross of the show black-ish graciously welcomed Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment into her Los Angeles home and answered 73 questions for the ongoing series by Vogue. In answering the questions, a very forthcoming Ross spoke about doing a love scene as a threesome with Rihanna and James Dean, her beauty...

Nature photographers Michael and Paula Webster in partnership with Birdlife International, captured for the very first time for their film “Tango in the Wind“, absolutely wonderful footage of a pair of rare and critically endangered hooded grebes in Patagonia, Argentina who were performing a really amazing courtship ritual in the water. Their moves were so...

Fox Searchlight released the first official trailer for Isle of Dogs, the upcoming stop-motion animated film directed by Wes Anderson. The fantastic looking movie will be set in Japan and follow 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi as he journeys to an island, where outlawed canines are dumped off, to find his canine Spot. Isle of Dogs is...

Talented artisan Jeffrey Michael Samudosky of JMS Wood Sculpture in Gig Harbor, Washington has created an absolutely stunning giant pacific octopus that he carved with a chainsaw into a large piece of wood from a fallen redwood tree. The enormous cephalopod took a great deal of time and effort, but the result is absolutely gorgeous....

The fine folks at Archie McPhee created a fantastic electronic noisemaker in the shape of the figure featured in Edvard Munch‘s famous painting The Scream that lets out a loud scream when activated. Fall into the lap of luxury with automated angst! Feeling frustrated with the world? You could deal with it the old-fashioned way...

A logging truck in France pulled off an impressive stunt by making a tight turn onto a small bridge in France and crossing it while pulling a full load. The rear steer dolly on the back of the load helped the driver maneuver through the very tight squeeze. via reddit Trucks Continue To Crash Into...

Artist Noah Scalin of Skull-A-Day fame and other amazing projects, created an incredible portrait of the iconic singer Nat King Cole using shards of a shattered lightbulb. This remarkable piece was commissioned for the world premiere of Lights Out: Nat King Cole by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, starring Dulé Hill at the People’s Light...

Redditor TechnicolorTraveler made an incredible suit of armor, a sword, and a shield, entirely out of Magic: The Gathering playing cards. You can see more images of her costume on Imgur. Mtg cosplay images via TechnicolorTraveler via reddit, Kotaku ‘Reactions’ Explains the Science Behind the Armor, Weapons, and Abilities of Marvel’s AvengersFox Teams Up With...

Lego Ninjago Movie stars Dave Franco, Kumail Nanjiani, and Fred Armisen sat down with Wired to answer some of the web’s most searched questions about the themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. The Green Ninja Faces His Evil Warlord Father in the First Trailer for ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’Green Ninja and His Team Face the Evil...

@RickandMorty how do you like my #NFID18 ? Wubba lubba dub dubs!! pic.twitter.com/757V6SKRZU — Daniel Isabella (@danjisabella) September 14, 2017 North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan allows their senior class to take photos for their school IDs while wearing costumes, mostly inspired by pop culture characters. Students from the 2017 class posted their...

Sky Lakes Media captured amazing footage of professional rafter Covey Baack riding on on top of six SOTAR whitewater rafts, which were all strapped together, while making his way down the class 4 nugget and powerhouse sections of the Rogue River in Oregon. With custom made 9′ oar extensions for his Sawyer 11′ oars he...

The Ukrainian dance group, Light Balance, lost control in a good way while lighting up the America’s Got Talent stage once again. In the finals, they performed a high energy dance to Jason Derulo‘s “Get Ugly.” This performance is lit!! A post shared by America's Got Talent – AGT (@agt) on Sep 19, 2017 at...

Netflix released a new trailer for The Punisher, Marvel‘s upcoming television series about the comic book character of the same name. The bloody trailer shows that Frank Castle is not to be messed with as he takes aim at his foes and makes a few allies along the way. The Punisher will release on Netflix...

In 2015, filmmaker Gabriel Magallon created a hilarious mashup that combined a compilation of dancing scenes from the classic television show The Addams Family with the excellent soundtrack of the iconic Ramones song “Blitzkrieg Bop” via reddit Robot Band Compressorhead Covers Blitzkrieg Bop by the RamonesA Hilarious Multitrack Heavy Metal Cover of the Classic ABBA...

Antonin Fourneau, the French artist behind the wonderful Water Light Graffiti project, has created “Luminous Memento“, a beautiful sculptural homage to deceased citizens of Poitiers, France who have died as the result of conflict. The sculpture features rolling illuminated letters that scroll out the names of the deceased and missing through a hand built wall...

Omar von Muller, the dedicated trainer to the talented Jumpy the Dog, demonstrated some of his effective techniques with an adorable orange tabby named Kit who was more than happy to comply. While this takes a great deal of dedication, von Muller made the whole process look really easy and really fun. Von Muller has...

The travel blog Wayfairer has created a poignant series entitled “Faded Footprints“, a collection of lovely illustrations that both mourn memorialize beautiful destinations around the world that no longer exist. The reasons for the respective disappearances vary and whether the loss is due to time, weather, nature, war or mandate, the end result is still...

YouTuber Polyphonic took a deep dive into the career of the incredibly talented bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, specifically noting how Flea brilliantly combined his early funk influences, one of which is the great Larry Graham who created the slap/pop technique, with his punk roots to create a truly distinctive style of...

Pop Chart Lab has created “Horses: A Chart Of Notable Breeds,” a hand illustrated art print that features over 70 equine breeds. Prints are available to pre-order online for an October 2, 2017 ship date. Saddle up with this thorough(bred)ly researched piece of wall art depicting over 70 of the world’s most magnificent horses! Lovingly...

Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) gets Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) good in a compilation featuring all of Halpert’s brilliant pranks played on the assistant (to the) regional manager on The Office. via reddit Dwight Schrute Meets an Asian Version of Jim Halpert on The OfficeRainn Wilson Explains How His ‘The Office’ Character Dwight Schrute Would Turn...

David Tennant, known to many as the witty tenth incarnation of Doctor Who or the dour Alec Hardy in Broadchurch, narrated remarkable BBC footage of devil rays as they took flight above the ocean’s surface in a clever effort to fool the brown pelicans soaring overhead. Brown pelicans off the coast of Baja California in...

Maker AlexT9 created an absolutely stunning and highly detailed laser cut map of the United States that features all of the country’s waterways illuminated. Alex generously detailed the process for crafting this map on Instructables. The artisan stated that he was inspired by the work on the Earth Art Australia Etsy store. I just started...

A group of maintenance workers in Xianyang, China used a flame throwing drone to successfully remove 40 feet of nylon netting that was wrapped around an ultra high voltage (UHV) power line. In the morning, our inspector found a foreign matter on the line. Through investigation, the nylon net was brought by strong wind, and...

The Great Big Story series Human Condition traveled to Keizer, Oregon to meet up with Ryan Weimer and find out how Magic Wheelchair, a nonprofit organization that creates incredible costumes for disabled children in wheelchairs, came to fruition. One Halloween, Ryan Weimer’s then-3-year-old son wanted to dress up as a pirate. But his son, who...