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Videographer Eddie Codel, founder of the Flying Robot International Festival and good friend of Laughing Squid, sent his DJI Mavic Pro into the sky and captured a beautiful overhead view of the Richmond, Virginia waterfront, along the James River. He then set the footage to the Brett Van Donsel song “The Future Begins Today“, an […]

In the 29th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video took a different approach and focused on what a single decade looked like around the world. For their first episode in this style, they focused on how hair and makeup were styled in correlation with the researched trends of the 1980s. Which […]

Car journalist and Oversteer editor Doug DeMuro test drove and profiled the Plymouth Prowler to explain why he thinks it’s one of the weirdest cars to come out of the 1990s. The strange-looking vehicle combines unusual design elements and parts from many other Chrysler vehicles for a truly unique car. I had a chance to […]

Oblique FX has released a video where they give us a breakdown of their amazing visual effects work in the 2016 science fiction film Arrival. via GeekTyrant Related Laughing Squid PostsA Breakdown of Industrial Light & Magic’s Amazing Visual Effects Work on TomorrowlandAn Amazing Visual Effects Breakdown of Mad Max: Fury RoadA Breakdown of the […]

Film School Shorts shared Timmy II, a wonderful short film, created by Los Angeles filmmaker and video editor Imran J. Khan, about a robot who learns that fitting in isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Imran’s film won first prize for the “Best Comedy Short” at the 2016 Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival. […]

In the third preview clip from first episode of the David Tennant-narrated BBC Series “Spy in the Wild“, a vocal animatronic hatchling called newborn baby crocodiles to the surface of the ground where their fiercely protective mother piled each of them into her mouth and gently released them into the sea. Also featured in the […]

Galway, Ireland musician Banjo Guy Ollie performed a multitrack cover of Metallica‘s heavy metal song “Wherever I May Roam” using a tenor banjo, a mandolin. and an Irish bouzouki. Fans of Ollie can help support his future work on Patreon. Here is the original music video for comparison: Related Laughing Squid PostsBanjo Guy Ollie Performs […]

Boulder, Colorado video editor and writer Nat Kramer has created “Conan Look At My Life,” a clever video featuring a cover of Neil Young‘s hit song “Old Man” with footage and lyrics about the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian. Here is the original song for comparison. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid PostsBoy […]

Vox director of multimedia Joe Posner and video producer Christophe Haubursin have created a fantastic video where they sit down with Shigeru Miyamoto, the inventor of Super Mario Bros. and many other iconic video games, and take a look at how he goes about designing a game. Related Laughing Squid PostsMario Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Reveals […]

Great Big Story interviewed DJ Cipha Sounds, the man who popularized the air horn sound effect in hip-hop music by incorporating it into his radio show. Born on a B-side of a Bob Marley and the Wailers record, the air horn sound has been associated with reggae and Jamaican dancehall music since the 1960s. What […]

A severe heavy winter storm in Portland caused the Oregon Zoo to temporarily close their doors to the public. The weather, however, did not bother Nora the polar bear, Samudra the elephant, vocal harbor seals, playfuls sea otters and other animals one bit as they gleefully enjoyed the frigid air and the soft, fluffy piles […]

Israeli industrial designer Avichai Tadmor has created the Ravanello, a great plastic kitchen tool that creates Super Mario Bros. themed power-up mushroom shapes from radishes. It is available to purchase from Monkey Business and Animi Causa Botique. Create mushroom shapes from radishes. Add some fantasy to your finger foods. Surprise your guests! A photo posted […]

Official Russian Trailers has shared the final trailer for Zashchitniki (Guardians), the upcoming Russian superhero film directed by Sarik Andreasyan. The last trailer shows a bizarre team of Soviet superheroes assembling and fighting evil to keep the USSR protected. Guardians is set to release on February 23rd, 2017. Related Laughing Squid PostsGuardians, A Film About […]

For CineFix‘s ongoing Trailer Mix series, New York filmmaker Bobby Burns and Dustin McLean teamed up to create a fake movie trailer that reimagines Raiders of the Lost Ark as an action spy Bourne movie. We can dream, right? What if this Steven Spielberg classic was actually part of the Bourne series? Here’s a little […]

For their latest experiment, Carsandwater placed a red hot nickel ball on top of the head of a Furby. As it slowly burned, smoke started coming out the eyes of the bizarre robotic creature. Related Laughing Squid PostsScrambled Eggs Cooked with a Red Hot Nickel BallPlacing a Red Hot Ball of Nickel on AerogelA Red-Hot […]

Adult Swim has just released a wonderful 8-bit intro for Rick and Morty. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Full Color Animation of Rick & Morty Faithfully Reenacting a Bizarre, Profanity Filled Court CaseA Rick and Morty Remix by Eclectic MethodA Sneak Peek at Animatics From Rick and Morty Season Three

In 2014, a brave cat overcame his natural aquaphobia and made his way across a moving body of water on a tiny ad-hoc bridge, straddling the higher edges so as to not get his paws wet. A careful cat straddles a tiny crossing path, just to keep his paws dry! He must really hate water. […]

In advance of the second season premiere of their original series The Expanse on February 1, 2017, SyFy has created an amusing recap of the first season using surprisingly cooperative and adorable cats to recreate each of the main roles. Epic space action, complicated relatable characters, and … adorable cats. See what made Season 1 […]

In the short documentary “Wilfrid sculpts Will“, the cameras of Milkshake Tidal Wave goes inside the studio and into the mind of British artist Wilfrid Wood, whose hilariously irreverent attitude is clearly reflected in his sculptures. Unfortunately, due to this irreverence, sometimes the person whose likeness Wood recreated doesn’t like the way they were portrayed. […]

In a second clip from first episode of the David Tennant-narrated BBC Series “Spy in the Wild“, a very realistic animatronic prairie dog uses its spy cam to capture very affectionate cynomys passionately making out with one another. Spy Prairie Dog witnesses the most enthusiastic kissers in the animal world. Related Laughing Squid PostsStartled Dog […]

With the third season of the sublime prequel series Better Call Saul airing sometime in the Spring of 2017, AMC has released an amusing commercial for the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant chain . Featured in the ad is a smiling Gus Fring (the amazing Giancarlo Esposito) offering a money-back guarantee for his curly fries. Apart […]

A photo posted by Composition Cam (@comp_cam) on Jan 10, 2017 at 6:20am PST Raymond Thi has created a really cool collection of geometric shots from both film and television using the Composition Cam, an app he created to address his fondness for patterns and shapes. The app, which can locate and outline specific geometric […]

Firebox is featuring a Knit Your Own Unicorn Trophy kit that allows you to dabble in a little magic while knitting your very own mythical unicorn taxidermy prize to hang on the wall of your home. Trying to hunt down a real unicorn is a long and thankless task. It’s time you accepted defeat (seriously, […]

Hasbro has announced they have opened voting to completely replace the roster of Monopoly pieces from a selection of 56 tokens. No piece is safe as fans of the game can vote to save their favorite piece or have new one added to the lineup. The list of new tokens includes emoji, modern technology, animals, […]

My girlfriend's hairclip nearly put me in cardiac arrest… pic.twitter.com/B5sBG0Ku9t — holmes (@unclehxlmes) January 7, 2017 Holmes got quite a scare when he came across his girlfriend’s hair clip. via Pleated-Jeans Related Laughing Squid PostsPete Holmes Tries to Figure Out How Street Fighter’s Ken Masters Is Any Different From RyuCollege Student Repeatedly Scares His Easily […]

A photo posted by DRONEBALL (@imazetoys) on Nov 1, 2016 at 12:29pm PDT Droneball Go is a camera drone with a multi-axis cage designed to let the device crash, tumble, roll, and keep flying. The cage’s flexible structure and ability to allow the drone to move inside it are what allows the Droneball Go to […]

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter insightfully examined the how creative editing allows the audience of Sherlock participate in the detective’s problem-solving techniques in a truly unique way so as to avoid cliché. In a mystery a revelation on the part of the detective for the audience only works when it […]

In the first episode of the David Tennant-narrated BBC Series “Spy in the Wild“, a small robotic spy monkey was placed amongst a tribe of langur monkeys who quickly accepted the new “baby” as one of their own. One of the monkeys accidentally dropped the robot and believed the baby to be dead. Incredibly, the […]

We Sleep Talk has captured footage of her 74-year-old grandfather, Julien, chatting about the many great memories that he has had over the past 17 years playing Asheron’s Call, a fantasy MMORPG for the PC developed in 1999 by Turbine. Julien, who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, just found out that the Asheron’s Call […]

The Primer and Twin Primer are physical ticker machines that display the next prime number with each button press. They were created by artist Karl Lautman who said, Primer and Twin Primer are kinetic sculptures that generate prime numbers. Just push the button, and they count up to the next one. Prime numbers are the […]

Ben Carlin of the Super Carlin Brothers explains his thoughts on why Yoda uses a cane, even though he can jump around and do all sorts of amazing acrobatics at will. The force works in mysterious ways. You know what has always bothered me? In the Star Wars prequels we learn Yoda can jump around […]

A photo posted by HuskMitNavn (@huskmitnavn1) on Dec 29, 2016 at 11:29am PST Danish artist HuskMitNavn, whose work we’ve previously written about, is back with even more 3D illusion drawings that add depth to everyday scenes. He features a man fishing, someone getting a stylish haircut, a superhero falling flat on his face, and more. […]

A photo posted by Kaylyn Messer (@kaylynmesser) on Jan 7, 2017 at 5:17pm PST Photographer Kaylyn Messer captured the absolutely amazing and very rare sight of a natural ice circle that formed over the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River near North Bend, Washington. Ice circles form through a natural phenomenon called rotational shear in […]

A powerful machine hypnotically carves a large spinning piece of metal in a video by Manufacturing Production. Distortions caused by YouTube’s video stabilization add to the dizzying effect of the video.

The Fowdry is featuring an officially licensed Star Wars Lightsaber Pizza Cutter that was designed to both look and sound like Darth Vader‘s iconic weapon. While being used, the pizza cutter lets out a flurry of classic lightsaber sound effects. Elevate slicing pizza to a galactic art form with the Star Wars Lightsaber Pizza Cutter. […]

Richard Wiseman of Quirkology has returned with episode 16 of 10 Amazing Bets That You Will Always Win. This time around, Richard demonstrates how to blow an aluminum can from one glass cup to another, flip a coin by snapping your fingers, make a hard boiled egg stand on its end, and more. Related Laughing […]

Sanrio has introduced their newest character, Aggretsuko. She is an adorable 25-year-old single red panda who works as an office associate by day, but performs rage-filled heavy metal karaoke songs at night. Aggretsuko appears to be a more adult-oriented character than the company’s popular Hello Kitty. Aggretsuko is a cute Red Panda, working as an […]

Graphic designer and transit enthusiast Peter Dovak has created Mini Metros, illustrations of shrunken down and simplified metro and light rail system maps from all around the world. Prints featuring all 200 of Peter‘s miniature maps are available to purchase from his website. images via Peter Dovak via Colossal Related Laughing Squid PostsA Futuristic Map […]

Brusspup has released a new video featuring awesome science tricks using static electricity. They show how to make a plate hover in the air, how to pull an aluminum can across a table, and more. All of these tricks take advantage of static electricity. In general, the lower the humidity, the better these tricks will […]

Art of the Film has created a supercut video featuring the shortlist of 10 films that are in the running for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars this year. Related Laughing Squid PostsSupercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Visual Effects’ Since the Category Was First Introduced in 1977All the Movies That Have Won an […]

In 2007, a 29-year old yellow-headed Amazon named Poncho gratefully accepted one of his own discarded feathers from his human Cheryl Rampton and promptly used it to scratch a hard-to-reach itch on the back of his head. Poncho repeated this performance in 2008 as well. Poncho, a 30 year old double yellow headed amazon parrot, […]

The haunting Tim Sutton film Dark Night follows a single day in the lives of six different strangers whose lives tragically collide at a movie theater in an American city. The film is loosely based upon the 2012 massacre that occurred at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado during a screening of the film The […]

In 2015 we wrote about Autodesk Pier 9 researcher Madeline “The Robot Whisperer” Gannon, the amazing engineer who developed the Quipt gesture-based software, which allowed robots to interact with their mirrored reflection while avoiding humans. Gannon’s more recent project entitled “Mimus” seeks to do just the opposite and is specifically programmed to sense, imitate and […]

Katie Stricker Curtis wore an electronic Chewbacca mask made famous by “Chewbacca Mom” while in labor at the hospital before giving birth to her daughter Jayden Lee. Just because I’m about to be a mom doesn’t mean I have to grow up! Bwahahahahs never take life too seriously! Best Christmas gift ever! Related Laughing Squid […]

The School of Life very insightfully addresses the purpose of friendship, noting in outline form the generally desired outcomes, the uncertainty of casual acquaintance and taking what one learns from friendship to become friends with oneself. Yet, the reassuring friend gives us access to a very necessary and accurate sense of their own humiliations and […]

Editor Kelli M created a supercut of almost all of Jim Halpert‘s faces and reactions to the camera through nine seasons of The Office. via reddit Related Laughing Squid Posts‘A Whole New World’, A Supercut of Computer Hacking Scenes From 1990s FilmsA Supercut of Every Wes Anderson Supercut on the InternetDwight Schrute Meets Asian Jim […]

“Seasons in a Small World” by Beauty of Science views the four seasons through a microscope and sets the footage to The Blue Danube. The video uses macro images of various experiments and chemical reactions filmed during previous projects, collected to celebrate the new year. As a new year is coming, we assembled our team […]

Inspired by Becky Stern‘s very clever Compubody Sock, engineer and maker Ruth Grace Wong generously shared instructions to recreate her very unique statement piece, the “Leave Me Alone Sweater“, a cozy cowl-neck sweater that can be pulled over one’s head and zipped right up. The sweater can also be worn in more conventional ways. This […]

Our tiny NYPD smart cars are adorable. A photo posted by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Jan 10, 2017 at 12:13pm PST Walking past the 10th Precinct in Chelsea I spotted one of the tiny new Smart Fortwo cars now being used by the NYPD. While they may be cute, they are also very nimble and […]

Great Big Story explains wasei-eigo, the practice of creating new Japanese words by combining words from other languages like English, and the surprisingly complex origins of the word Pokémon. By now, words like “Pokémon,” “karaoke” and “anime” are established terms in modern English. But … are these words English or Japanese? As it turns out, […]