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A representative from Tennis Warehouse went to Yonex facilities in Japan to tour the factories and see how their world-famous tennis racquets are made. Each racquet is assembled with a combination of automation and experienced assembly by hand. The balance between hand and automation comes down to how to make...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Yonex Tennis Racquets Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Winter’s Blight” by Claire Campbell is a truly touching stop motion animation about a lonely recluse who lives out in the woods trying to keep himself warm in the winter. He realizes that he needs to chop down a tree but neither had the will or the energy to do...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Touching Animation About a Reclusive Old Man and an Unlikely Friend Who Keeps Him From Freezing to Death first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A short documentary by Nicholas Heller (previously) for the SVA Subway Series spotlights New York City graphic designer Stephen Doyle. In 2017, Doyle was commissioned to create intricate hypertext paper sculptures to be featured on promotional subway posters for the School of Visual Arts. Here Doyle opens up about what...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stephen Doyle Discusses His Famous Hypertext Paper Sculptures That Were Featured on Subway Posters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While sailing the waters of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, a very compassionate diver spotted a stingray who was helplessly caught in a fishing line. The diver went into the water, took out a pair of scissors, cut the line, and quickly released the cartilaginous fish from the trap. According...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Compassionate Diver Releases a Helpless Stingray Who Was Tangled Up in an Ilegal Fishing Line first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever-adventurous Tom Scott (previously) traveled to Iceland where he met with drone pilot Bjorn Steinbekk (previously) in order to visit the now-famous Geldingadalsgos volcano in Fagradalsfjall, which began erupting again in March 2021 after 6,000 years of being dormant. While the pair made it to the site, they weren’t able...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tom Scott Unsuccessfully Attempts to Film an Eruption of 6,000 Year Old Volcano in Fagradalsfjall, Iceland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Researchers in Sydney, Australia have discovered that sulphur-crested cockatoos cleverly learn from one another by copying what the other does. This was fully demonstrated with outdoor garbage bins across New South Wales. One cockatoo was taught how to lift the lid and others remarkably followed suit much to the amused...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Cockatoos in Sydney Learn How to Open Garbage Cans by Copying Each Other first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Generic Woodworking has carved out a tiny replication of a V8 engine to scale. This lilliputian engine is in addition to the much larger project he’s working on — a life-sized hot rod made out of wood, but as he states, the tiny projects help to keep his skills sharp....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tiny V8 Car Engine Carved Out of Wood first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alicja (Alice) Kozlowska (@alice.kozlow) Polish textile artist Alicja (Alice) Kozlowska creates fantastic detailed reproductions of popular foods using embroidered felt. Included in Kozlowska’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Detailed Embroidered Felt Food Sculptures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Graphic artist Mauri Helme has quite amusingly created 3D animations of classic Atari 2600 video games, including Pitfall, River Raid, Frostbite, Keystone Kapers and the infamous E.T. Some classic games from Atari 2600 recreated in 3D. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Posts 2600 Online, Play 50+ Classic Atari 2600...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 3D Animations of Classic Atari 2600 Video Games first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rin (@rinsforest) University student and cake artist Rin of Rin’s Forest created a wonderfully amusing no-bake cheesecake that featured an adorable recreation of the capybaras at the Saitama Children’s Zoo enjoying a nice dip in the hot tub. Capybara cheesecake, inspired...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Naughty Pelican Trying to Eat Capybaras Bathing in Hot Springs Recreated on a No-Bake Cheesecake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men quite appropriately explain the history of maps, focusing on latitude and longitude, the latter of which was quite problematic for boats. Calculating latitude has always been easy. In the olden days, all sailors had to do was look at the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Issue of Longitude at Sea Was Solved With the Newly Invented Pocket Watch in the 1770s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating piece for Movies Insider, narrator Abby Tang spoke with such renowned film and television prop masters as Tim Schultz and Scott Reeder to explain how silent props are made for so that their sounds don’t affect what’s going on in the scene. Noisy items such as paper...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Silent Props Are Made for Film and Television first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Daniel LaBelle (previously) amusingly demonstrated what life would look like if people shuffled around with tiny one inch strides. If this were the case, it would take quite a bit of time to get anywhere anytime soon. Imagine if everyone naturally walked with one inch strides. Of course, it’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Demonstration of What It Would Be Like If People Walked Around With Tiny One-Inch Strides first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MARRKNULL (@marrknull_official) Clothing designers Wang Wei and Tim Shi of MARRKNULL has created a rather unique pair of denim jeans that feature waistbands at both the waistline and the feet. This unusual design starts out as a regular pair of high-waisted...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Uniquely Designed Pair of Denim Jeans With Waistbands at Both the Waistline and the Feet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober, (previously) in collaboration with Alex Baucom, designed and built the “Dominator”, an ingenious robot that is able to set up 300 dominoes at a single time. Even the incredibly talented “Domino Queen” Lily Hevesh (previously) was unable to keep up with the speed of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ingenious Robot Sets Up Giant Super Mario Bros. Mural Made Out of Record Setting 102K Dominos in 24 Hours first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating clip from the BBC documentary Blue Planet II, narrator David Attenborough elegantly explains how the beautiful but incredibly lethal Portuguese Man O’ War catches food underwater with its tentacles while still remaining partially above the surface. As it floats on the surface of the ocean, the Man...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Lethal Beauty of the Portuguese Man O’ War first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Talking Dog” by Brooklyn filmmaker Matt Cascella of Big Shins is a beautiful homage to the role that dogs play in human lives. Through a series of phone conversations with residents of Maine, Cascella captures the love and loyalty of those who have let dogs into their lives. Cascella told...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Heartwarming Short Film That Pays Beautiful Homage to Role That Dogs Play in Human Lives first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MMA fighter Conor McGregor shared a video of an incredible drone flight through his new The Black Forge Inn in Dublin, Ireland. The flying robot captured every inch of the large space including the bar, the restaurant, and the kitchen. The flight also revealed the height of the dormer ceilings,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Drone Flight Through MMA Fighter Conor McGregor’s Black Forge Inn in Dublin, Ireland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an informative episode of Today at Apple, host Anthony Jackson, a Creative Pro at the Apple Carnegie Library gave an informative and collaborative lesson that shows how to draw yourself as one of the Peanuts Gang on an iPad using Apple Pages and an Apple Pencil in celebration of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Draw Yourself as a ‘Peanuts’ Character Using Apple Pages With an Apple Pencil on an iPad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician and inventor Look Mum No Computer found that he had an extra Leslie speaker handy and decided to turn it into a workable guitar. He attached a neck from a Squire guitar, mounted the bridge assembly, and attached the strings. The next step was to check if the body...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Builds Spinning Guitar Out of a Leslie Speaker first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Documentary filmmaker Cenet traveled to Yakutsk, Siberia, the coldest city on record. The city, which sits at the northeastern tip of Siberia, which is only 280 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Once a place for Stalin to send dissidents due to its incredibly frigid environment, there are up to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Life Is Like in the Coldest City on Earth first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an ad for the appropriately named Irish company Driveway Turntables, a woman walks out of her house into a small yard where she parks her car. With the press of a button, her car begins to rotate away from the house and towards the street so that she can...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Handy Turntable Embedded Into a Driveway That Rotates Cars Into the Proper Direction to Exit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable two year old named Benjamin Olson and his 99 year old neighbor Mary O’Neill have become the best of friends. While the friendship seems unlikely, the duo found companionship with one another through a shared fence during the time when the world was stuck inside due to COVID-19....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Two Year Old Boy and His 99 Year Old Neighbor Become Best of Friends Through a Shared Fence first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The brilliant French prankster Rémi Gaillard (previously), after quite a long reprise, quite hilariously took on the subject of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Olympics : The GOAT is back. Gaillard, in his truly presumptuous style, interrupted the work of anyone or anything that resembled an Olympic sport. A beekeeper...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Prankster Rémi Gaillard Hilariously Acts Out With Anyone or Anything That Looks Like an Olympic Sport first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly agile humanoid robot named CUE 4 sunk two perfect basketball shots during the halftime of the USA vs. France basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Of course, the joke of the evening turned to Ben Simmons, the Australian basketball player who seemingly ghosted the Philadelphia...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Humanoid Robot Sinks Two Basketball Shots During Basketball Game Halftime at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amaury Guichon (@amauryguichon) Chef Amaury Guichon (previously) of the Pastry Academy who previously crafted an absolutely stunning miniature replica of the iconic Statue of Liberty out of chocolate, created a very realistic skateboard caramel bar. This tasty candy bar features a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Realistic Skateboard Caramel Bar That Actually Rolls first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ryan Hunnewell, a broadcast designer for FX Networks, put together a compilation of amusing animated shorts that will serve as intros and commercial break bumpers for the fourth season of the series Cake on FXX and FX on Hulu. Each story portrays both the perils and the pleasures of living...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animated Shorts for the FX Series ‘Cake’ Portray the Perils and Pleasures of Living in a World Made of Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of MTV, the folks at AARP (previously) caught up with three of the channel’s original VJs Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, and Alan Hunter, and asked them to look back at some of the most popular videos during their tenure. First up was “Video Killed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Three Original MTV VJs Look Back at Some of the Biggest Music Videos From the 1980s first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cleveland Rock created a remarkable side-by-side comparison of the respective music videos for the Michael Jackson song “Beat It” and the “Weird Al” Yankovic direct parody “Eat It” in order to see the similarities between the two. It turns out that “Weird Al” remained incredibly faithful to the original choreography...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Remarkable Side by Side Comparison of Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ With ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s ‘Eat It’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Moneybags73, a vlogger who studies The Mandela Effect (false memory), posted the video of the now infamous audio of a Derby County Football Club fans shouting “That is embarrassing” that Kegan Stiles previously analyzed. Like Stiles, Moneybags73 found that the audio created an illusion of other possible phrases being heard....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Football Crowd Chanting ‘This Is Embarrassing’ Gives the Audio Illusion of Other Possible Phrases first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by OREO (@oreo) Oreo is releasing a limited run of camouflaged packages for their line of Oreo Thins so that the cookies can be hidden in plain sight. This clever campaign replaces the Oreo name on the side of the package with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oreo Releases Camouflaged Cookie Packages With Other Known Brand Names to Hide Them in Plain Sight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the music video for the remix of the 2020 Paul McCartney song “Find My Way” from the album McCartney III, a younger version of McCartney joyfully dances through the brightly colored halls of a hotel, delighting everyone in his path. Step back in time and onto the dancefloor While...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beck Deepfaked As a Young Paul McCartney in Remix of McCartney’s Song ‘Find My Way’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nomadic Cycling Movement (@cercle_the_world) Inventor Bernhard Sobotta created the Cercle, an inventive concept bicycle with a multifunctional circular frame that provides space for personal camping activities. This includes sitting, cooking, working, resting, and sleeping after a day of cycling. The circle...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Cercle, An Inventive Concept Bicycle With a Multifunctional Circular Frame for Convenient Camping first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Desert” is an intense animated short by Australian filmmaker Michael Dockery that imagines a post-human world in which robots without any purpose are left to make do without any specific purpose or task at hand. Some turn to violence, while others bury themselves in endlessly scanning books. It’s only...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Intense Animated Short Imagining a Post-Human World Occupied by Robots Without Any Purpose first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Czech artist Patrik Proško created an incredible anamorphic portrait of famed inventor Nikola Tesla using parts from home and office electrical appliances such as washing machine machines, microwaves, and televisions. The large-scale piece, which needs to be viewed at a certain angle to see the whole picture, was debuted in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Anamorphic Portrait of Nikola Tesla Made Out of Home and Office Electrical Appliances first appeared on Laughing Squid.

LEGO creator SleepyCow (previously) submitted a LEGO Ideas design for a kit to build functional miniature red bicycle made out LEGO. The bike is incredibly detailed with realistic brakes, handlebars and suspension. It even has a water bottle in an attached clip. The inspiration behind this idea was the popularity...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Functional Miniature Bicycle Made Out of LEGO first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Asaf Wainberg (@asafwainberg) For his final project at The Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem,, Israeli industrial designer Asaf Wainberg has created “The Octav”, a wearable percussive rhythm instrument made out of flexible PVC drainage pipes that bears more than a passing resemblance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wearable Percussive Rhythm Instrument Made Out of PVC Pipes That Looks Like Doctor Octopus first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs who live at the Oregon Zoo (previously) were given a variety of frosty treats that they happily grabbed with their tiny prehensile hands and quickly gobbled up with adorable munching sounds. Both ring-tailed and red-ruffed lemurs enjoyed some frosty snacks. Ring-tailed lemurs aren’t picky eaters...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Lemurs of the Oregon Zoo Happily Gobble Down a Summertime Snack of Frozen Fruits and Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Research camera traps that were placed by PhD candidate Kyle-Mark Middleton at the University of Cape Town, captured amusing footage of a Southern ground hornbill who was guarding the nesting site inside a tree cavity. When the bird suddenly became aware that they were being filmed, the irked bird attacked...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Protective Southern Ground Hornbill Bird Attacks the Research Camera Filming the Hatchling Nesting Site first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Macrofying (@macrofying) Professional macro photographer Macrofying captured absolutely incredible footage by zooming deeply into a honeycomb cell to see what lies below the surface. The view inside is absolutely unrecognizable but fascinating nonetheless. Zooming into a honeycomb! The photographer also shared...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Macro Footage That Zooms Deep Into Honeycomb Cell first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Singer Geoff Castellucci performed a cover of the classic Tennessee Ernie Ford song “Sixteen Tons” in very low bass vocalizations as lead while other versions of himself provided harmony, each at a different part of the scale. Tennessee Ernie Ford is a legend and I hope I’ve done his classic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Low Bass Vocal Cover of the Classic Tennessee Ernie Ford Song ‘Sixteen Tons’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mike MacWolff of Kilted Katana Creations in Hinkley, Ohio has created a very cleverly punny “Bow TIE Fighter”, featuring a bow tie that sports the wings of the Star Wars Imperial Twin Ion Engine Fighter as the bows, and the pilot cockpit pod as the knot. This print comes in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cleverly Punny Bow TIE Fighter Necktie first appeared on Laughing Squid.

2007 World Barista Champion and coffee expert James Hoffman offered a very informative tutorial for beginners about espresso and espresso-based drinks. Hoffman first defines what espresso is, how it is measured, and the variations made according to the amount of water used. Hoffman also explains the ideas behind drinks such...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Informative Tutorial for Beginners Explaining the History of Espresso and Espresso-Based Drinks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@everydayengineering how are interstate highways numbered in the US? ##engineering ##civilengineering ##highway ##interstate ##road ? Jazz Bossa Nova for breakfast, etc.(880466) – NakayamaNorikazu Everyday Engineering, a channel devoted to infrastructure education, explained the logic behind the interstate highway numbering system within the contiguous United States. Of course, there are a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Logic Behind the Interstate Highway Numbering System in the Contiguous United States first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Working with Wildlife, an organization that works with private animal reserves within the Kalahari Desert in South Africa, captured absolutely beautiful 4K footage of endangered African painted dogs returning to the den in order to feed large litters of very hungry puppies. As typical with many canine breeds, the mother...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rare 4K Footage of African Painted Dogs Returning to Their Den to Feed Their Very Hungry Puppies first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Travel vlogger Sam Chiu took a flight from Lisbon, Portugal to the autonomous region of Madeira where the Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport in Funchal sits on a foreland that juts out into the ocean and is known for its extremely short runway, which is surrounded by both high mountains and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Landing on One of the World’s Most Challenging Airport Runways in Funchal, Madeira first appeared on Laughing Squid.