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1966 archival footage from British Pathé spotlights the “Farthing Penny”, a miniature version of the famous penny-farthing bicycle that sported one giant wheel in front and a small wheel in the back. This “donkey bike” had the same design as the original, but was on a much smaller scale and reversed. Additionally, the adjustable handlebars...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Historical Footage of the ‘Farthing Penny Donkey Bike’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Lawrence Scheele, an “aspiring underwater photographer and marine biologist”, captures amazing images of cuttlefish, octopus, squid and other sea creatures in the waters of his native New South Wales, Australia. Among his favorite to photograph are the incredible Sepia apama, aka the world’s largest cuttlefish, who have a special place in Scheele’s heart. I remember...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Underwater Photos Showcasing the Amazing Sea Creatures of New South Wales, Australia first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Maru, the cardboard-philic cat who is known for squeezing his big body into little boxes, happily wore a small box with a rectangular cutout on his head as he wandered around the house. The shape of the box framed Maru’s little face, making it look like he was starring in his own television show as...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Maru the Cat Wears a Cardboard Box on His Head as He Wanders Around the House first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Aquatic vlogger Aquatilis captured absolutely stunning footage of a rainbow sea angel slug propelling through the emerald green waters under the ice of the White Sea during the winter. Still without a plot, but at least the sea is beautiful, Few seconds of our under-the-ice footage at the White Sea in March 2018. The sea...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Hypnotic Footage of a Rainbow Colored Sea Angel Slug Propelling Itself Under the Ice of the White Sea first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Materials artist Elodie Antoine creates “stuffed” felt pieces that when sliced open, reveal a design hidden inside. Some of these hidden designs can be of an anatomical nature, appearing as if a bone or organ was cut crosswise or perhaps fine cuts of meat. Other pieces appear to be more like natural geodes that open...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Sliced Felt Pieces That Reveal Hidden Designs Inside first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The music video for the classic a-ha song “Take on Me” just passed one billion views on YouTube. ?Take On Me has hit ONE BILLION views on YouTube ? Thank you to all our fans old and new for helping us to reach this milestone moment. #takeonme1BN pic.twitter.com/1uAjeggFwK — a-ha (@aha_com) February 18, 2020 Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’ Hits One Billion Views on YouTube first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir of XK Studio (previously) created an absolutely gorgeous tribute to Velcro hook and loop technology. Sirbu and Vojir juxtaposed the natural analogy of the spiky bur plant that first inspired the product with the product itself, creating a visually hypnotic piece that wordlessly calls back to the brilliant biomimicry of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hypnotic Tribute to Velcro Hook and Loop Technology first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable trio of baby beagles turned their breakfast into an amusing puppy pinwheel display. Each of the little dogs rotated around their shared dome bowl in almost perfect synchronization with their siblings. The movement abruptly stopped when there was no more food to be had. 3-month-old beagles, on a Sunday morning eating breakfast in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Baby Beagles Form a Puppy Pinwheel as They Rotate Around a Shared Bowl While Eating Their Breakfast first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very considerate cat decided to accompany her beloved human out into the yard to help him with his gardening chores. She rode out comfortably upon his back and cleaned herself a bit before launching into the real work. Unfortunately, the video cuts off right before that happened. Our cat ‘helps’ me with the gardening...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Considerate Cat ‘Helps’ Her Human With Gardening first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Playing card company Elephant is selling a beautifully detailed deck of hand-illustrated cards that feature a printed circuit board in a variety of designs, including bright green like the Laughing Squid logo! The cards are available for purchase through Elephant and Amazon. Circuit PCB (Printed Circuit Board) cards feature intricate designs, crafted with an authentic...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautifully Detailed Hand-Illustrated Playing Card Decks That Feature a Printed Circuit Board Design first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jamie Goode of Wine Anorak traveled to the Cork Supply Company in Portugal to see how these spongy wine stoppers are made. The multi-step process is fascinating, particularly when they go through the optical sorter to look for imperfections. Have you ever wondered how wine bottle corks are made? Cork Supply takes their corks seriously,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Wine Corks Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the short, first-person narrated film “Present Imperfect” by filmmaker Kyle Stebbins, woodturner Bill Karow opens up about how he learned to accept imperfections within himself much in the same way he accepts imperfection in the wood with which he works. He shares his experience of accepting feedback more constructively by allowing himself to learn,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Woodturner Learns to Embrace His Own Imperfections Just Like the Pieces of Wood That He Shapes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Modern Rogue invited mixologist Nick Fisher from Cocktail Chemistry (previously) to demonstrate his method for making crystal clear ice with regular tap water. The key is directional freezing, which uses gravity to pull all the sediment and gasses to the bottom. Nick used an inexpensive cooler to show how it’s done. So what we...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Making Crystal Clear Ice Using Directional Freezing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Simon Buxton, the owner and operator of NAD Lembeh Resort captured absolutely gorgeous footage of a gray blanket octopus who unfurled a brilliant butterfly-patterned web while swimming away from the camera. The Blanket Octopus, shot in the Lembeh Straits on a Blackwater Night Dive with NAD Lembeh. Footage shot on RED Gemini with 50mm Zeiss...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Footage of a Blanket Octopus Unfurling a Brilliant Butterfly Patterned Web While Swimming Away first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Here’s a joke about a Walter White shirt I bought, and all the confusion that came along with it pic.twitter.com/QhX9HpkydB — Zak Toscani (@zaktoscani) February 18, 2020 While doing a live performance, stand-up comedian Zak Toscani told a rather funny story about a t-shirt featuring the Breaking Bad anti-hero Walter White designed by graphic designer...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stand-Up Comic Tells an Amusing Story About What Happened After His Walter White T-Shirt Faded first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal showed off his quick wit and comedic timing skills as the colorful, rather pretentious and incredibly inept Mr. Music in the quirky Netflix variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch. The show, which stars comedian John Mulaney and a group of really smart kids who “tackle existential topics for all...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Jake Gyllenhaal Plays a Pretentiously Inept Music Teacher in ‘John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Mortuary Assistant” by Dark Stone Digital is a fascinating but somewhat macabre video game in which the player is asked to take over for the regular mortician who was called away on an emergency. Armed only with a list, the player must take over all the essential functions of embalming a departed soul. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Player Takes Over Embalming a Body When Mortician Is Called Away in ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ Video Game first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist and comedienne Bec Hill (previously) created a hilarious flip chart with pull-tab illustrations of foods from deliberately mininterpreted lyrics in songs to specifically promote the BBC One show The Hit List. Aptly entitled “When You’re in the Club and You’re Hungry…”, Hill shows how hunger takes over everything. A follow up to “When you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pull-Tab Flip Chart of Song Lyrics As They Might Be Misheard by Someone Who’s Hungry While at a Club first appeared on Laughing Squid.

CodyDon Reeder carefully filled a tub full of mercury and then set a heavy iron anvil on top. Despite the anvil’s substantial weight, it floated easily above the shimmering liquid. Reeder even tried to sink the anvil, but it just kept popping up again. This is due to the varying density between the two metals....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Floating an Iron Anvil in a Tub Full of Liquid Mercury first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A couple of very clever cats named Kisrita and Velvet (previously) learned a long time ago that they would get treats whenever they rang a nearby little bell. Both felines were very quick to the draw, keeping a close eye to ensure that the other didn’t get more. At one point, however, Velvet decided that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Trained Cats Competitively Ring a Bell for Treats first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alasdair Martin proudly shared a cake that his mother Jane made for an office Valentine’s Day party. This amazing cake features a bloody, beating heart that pops up from the text of the chilling Edgar Allen Poe short story “The Tell-Tale Heart”. All cake, all edible, all pumpy. My mom whipped this together for the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Bloody, Beating ‘Tell-Tale Heart’ Cake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor ezryderx47 has made a frighteningly realistic deepfake video that replaces actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in their respective roles as Marty McFly and Doc Brown in Back to the Future. In their stead, Tom Holland (Spider-Man) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) take on the the iconic roles. Thanks Chip Beale!...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Frighteningly Realistic Deepfake That Inserts Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. Into ‘Back to the Future’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bertolt Meyer, a German psychology professor who was born without a left arm, very cleverly created a specialized converter called the “Synlimb”, with the help of his husband Daniel Theiler and Koma Elektronik. This brilliant hack channels the electrical current from his own body into a measurable voltage, sends it through to his synthesizer, allowing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Professor Hacks His Arm Prosthesis to Plug Into a Synthesizer to Control the Music Using His Thoughts first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Danielle Baskin, a designer in San Francisco who “makes trendy dystopian products”, has created a line unique N95 respiratory masks that work with facial recognition software. Rather than attempting to work around the safety masks, they custom-print the bottom half of the user’s face onto the mask itself. This idea lends an ingeniously simple answer...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Respirator Masks Custom Printed With the User’s Face to Work With Facial Recognition Software first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Liz Sexton creates wonderfully bold, realistic animal masks out of hand-molded papier mâché. These playful masks feature fauna from both earth and sea and are large enough to accommodate the average human head. Sexton had initially made these masks as Halloween costumes but soon expanded her work to include both large and small replications...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Realistic Papier-Mâché Animal Masks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Sequino by architect ekaggrat singh kalsi is a cylindrical robotic clock that uses a short pen to control the movement of sequined material to continuously write and rewrite the time. Kalsi stated that he was inspired to use this material by his daughter’s shirt. This project is a continuation of my quest to build...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Sparkling Cylindrical Robotic Clock Made With Sequined Cloth That Continuously Rewrites the Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Andy Lambert has created The Mute Series, a hilarious independent web series with short, single-shot episodes that feature neither dialogue nor camera movement. Each of the episodes is about two minutes long with very subject-focused stories shot in deadpan film minimalism. The MUTE Series is a collection of single-take miniatures that report on the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hilariously Deadpan Web Series Featuring Single Shot Episodes Without Dialogue or Camera Moves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

3D animator Jared Owens virtually dismantled an oscillating fan to see how it works. Every piece of the fan was removed and examined to show how each part and mechanism cooperates with others to create a nice cool turning breeze when requested. The table fan sitting next to you is more interesting than you think!...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post 3D Animation Showing How an Oscillating Fan Works first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cheddar explains why the incredibly modern buildings of New York City still sport old looking water towers on their respective roofs. One reason is that these wooden tanks are far more efficient, less expensive than steel tanks and far easier to maintain. Additionally, the wooden water towers have become a de facto cultural icon of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Why NYC Buildings Still Have Wooden Water Towers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

NASA Astronaut Christina Koch was excitedly greeted at her front door by the family dog. Koch had been away for the past year working on the International Space Station. Despite Koch’s faraway extended absence, her beloved dog had clearly not forgotten her. Not sure who was more excited. Glad she remembers me after a year!...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Astronaut Christina Koch Reunites With Her Excited Dog After Year on the International Space Station first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Accidentally Wes Anderson is a wonderful collection of photos taken at architectural sites all over the world that look like they were featured in a Wes Anderson film. Like the films, each site is distinctly colorful, geometric and tends towards the symmetrical mid-20th century ethos. We’re gearing up to explore the unique, the symmetrical, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorful Real Life Locations That Look Like They Were Featured in a Wes Anderson Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.

For for Christmas 2019, Adam Savage (previously) of Tested received his very own Boston Robotics Spot Robot (previously). Upon reciept of the quadroped robot, Savage wasted no time in taking his Spot for a test run. Now that he’s got Spot all warmed up, Savage attached a custom made rickshaw carriage to ride in while...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adam Savage Builds a Custom Rickshaw Carriage So His Boston Robotics Spot Robot Can Give Him Rides first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Food investigator Curiosityandbeyond, who quite cleverly reverse-engineered canned corn to see how many ears were inside the can, decided to calculate the total length of the noodles in a pre-packaged serving of instant ramen noodles. After 5,543 centimeters (2,282 inches), however, he decided to stop as his point had already been made. How Many centimeters...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Calculating the Total Length of the Cooked Noodles in a Pre-Packaged Serving of Instant Ramen Noodles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a seaside clip from the BBC series Life, legendary host Sir David Attenborough (previously) talks about the amazing mudskipper, an amphibious fish that not only can, but prefers to walk on land. Attenborough explains how the mudskipper is able to live outside water, how they keep cool during hot days, how they seek out...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Amazing Mudskipper, A Fish That Walks on Land first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Electronicos Fantasticos, the highly inventive band fronted by electronic artist Ei Wada known for their highly inventive musical instruments, have utilized a bar code scanner hooked up to a speaker to create a variety of rhythmic electronic, scratching and percussive sounds. Barcoder: generates sounds by connecting scan-signals of a barcode scanner directly to a powered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Musical Instrument Made Out of a Bar Code Reader Hooked Up to a Speaker first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A talented engineer with The Q handily demonstrates how to build a decorative change purse out of a rock. As the rock, zipper, coins and the various accouterments were being cut and shaped into position, a couple of subject appropriate songs were playing in the background. In today’s video I show you how to make...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make a Decorative Rock Change Purse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In anticipation of the arrival of their RS6 Avant onto North American shores in 2020, Audi USA released a first-person narrated ad that spans 25 years over the course of one boy’s life. As the boy grows into a man, the dream of owning his own Audi is constantly looming in the background. His voice...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post 25 Years of a Boy’s Life Captured Through His Love of Audis in a Touching Ad for the Audi RS6 Avant first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a spanning Ted-Ed (previously) lesson written by Alex Gendler (previously) and animated by Jeremiah Dickey, narrator Addison Anderson shares the history of the beloved Brooklyn Bridge. He tells of the initially outrageous idea put forth by engineer John Roebling, the ingenious design that kept the bridge safe from the fate of other suspension bridges,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated History of the Beloved Brooklyn Bridge first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable clip from the PBS series Nature takes a look at the incredibly fluid physiology of ferrets. They examine, through slow motion footage, the instantaneous switch these furry mustelas can make from moving above ground with an arched back to burrowing down underground with their spine stretched low. This is due to the specific...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Ferret’s Fluid Physiology Captured in Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A team of scientists made up of Ian Nesbitt, Austin Carter, John Andrew Higgins, Jenna Epifanio, and Peter Neff who are in Antarctica studying the effect of climate change, decided to record what happened when they dropped a nine inch glacier core sample down a 450 feet hole in the ice. What they captured were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Nine Inch Ice Sample Makes Cartoon Laser Sounds When Dropped Down a 450′ Antarctic Glacier Hole first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger, aka Guldies (previously), created a quick, sparkling stop-motion test that shows how he sources his beads for making jewelry. This was more of a quick test I animated this week. I didn’t have time to plan or edit forever, and it was good practice. It was so much and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Sparkling Stop-Motion Animation Showing How Guldies Sources His Beads for Making Jewelry first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vlogger markhacks (previously) created a magnetic pendulum that moves rather randomly and in a rather chaotic fashion due to reversed polarity magnets sitting below said pendulum. I made another pendulum of cardboard. Using multiple magnets with reversed polarity causes chaotic motion. Related Laughing Squid Postscrt mgn, Art Installation That Makes Magnetic Fields VisibleHow to Make...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Magnetic Pendulum Randomly Moves in a Chaotic Way first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Today You, Tomorrow Me” is a touching short film by Chris Neal about a man who was driving along a deserted highway when all of a sudden, one of his tires goes flat. He tries calling his wife, but his phone goes dead. He tries waving down passing cars but no one would stop to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Touching Film About How a Man With a Flat Tire on a Desert Highway Was Saved by Mexican Migrants first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The French Dispatch, the 10th film by director Wes Anderson, is about a weekly magazine in 1968, loosely based on The New Yorker magazine. The film is made up of three different stories all centering around the May 68 uprising in France. As with all his films thusfar, Anderson has recruited a star-studded cast. THE...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The French Dispatch’, A Wes Anderson Film About a Weekly Magazine Loosely Based on ‘The New Yorker’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Music essayist Noah LeFevre of Polyphonic takes a look at the music career of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a child prodigy who began performing in Gospel bands. As she grew older, Tharpe strayed slightly from Gospel into what’s now known as rock music. Her sublime guitar skills, her full rich voice and her natural ability to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Pioneering Godmother of Rock Whose Sublime Guitar Skills Influenced Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineer Justine Haupt of the Cosmology Instrumentation Group at Brookhaven National Laboratory has created an incredibly novel cellphone that uses a rotary dial. The dial came from a classic Trimline telephone while the body was built with an Arduino interface and Adafruit parts. Haupt stated that she built this to be her primary phone so...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Enginner Creates a Novel Cellphone With a Rotary Dial first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Project tinkerer dina Amin has created “What’s Inside”, a stop-motion animation in which discarded household electronics are disassembled and then reassembled in an orderly fashion. This fascinating process allowed Amin to showcase the number of parts that make up these otherwise common items. Here is a stop motion animation I made to show people what’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stop-Motion Animation That Neatly Displays All the Parts Inside of Discarded Household Electronics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Scott Lazer has created “Commute”, a thoroughly immersive video essay about the overwhelming daily crush of humanity anxiously waiting for their trains at New York City’s Penn Station. The frenzied soundtrack, the rhythmic narration and the incredible images of the crowds capture the circular sense of Manhattan workers going home at the end of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post The Overwhelming Crush of the Daily Commute Out of NYC’s Penn Station Captured in a Short Video Essay first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor Aaron Paul (previously) and his beautiful wife Lauren graciously opened the doors to Architectural Digest and invited them in to tour their beautiful, serene riverside cabin in Paul’s native Idaho. This gorgeous, oversized cabin was built from the bottom up and features an amazing bar, a media room, a giant backyard and lots of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Actor Aaron Paul and His Wife Lauren Graciously Give a Tour of Their Serene Rustic Riverside Idaho Cabin first appeared on Laughing Squid.

We previously wrote about the whimsically designed Flying Spaghetti Monster Colander, inspired by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Since that time, Ototo Design created a perfect accoutrement to go with the Pastafarian strainer – Pasta Monsters Serving Spoons. This set of spoons features the same bright yellow color and bulging eyes featured on the colander. From...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Flying Spaghetti Monster Pasta Serving Spoons first appeared on Laughing Squid.