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Dutch engineering student Esmée Kramer created an incredible exoskeletal mechanical dinosaur costume for herself. The idea for the design came to Kramer one day and she was determined to make it so. She determined what materials she needed, sketched out the design and went forward with the build. Because this was a personal project, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredible Exoskeletal Mechanical Dinosaur Costume first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Skateboarder Matt Tomasello showcased a number of amazing tricks while riding upon different skateboard contraptions of his own invention. Tomasello’s performance so impressed Fancy Lad Skate Company that they captured this remarkable ride footage for Jenkem Magazine and compared him to champion skateboarder “Rodney Mullen on Bath Salts”. Matt’s skating, with all his folding and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Skateboarder Performs Amazing Tricks With Unusual Skateboard Contraptions of His Own Invention first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Russian luthier Artem Mayer of Copper Guitars in Moscow, bought 36 packets of instant ramen noodles, set the noodles in resin and let the mixture set. He then carefully cut out the shape of a guitar, carved in the ergonomic body design. Once the body was done, he skillfully attached the decorated maple neck, added...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Building a Tasty Guitar Out of Instant Ramen Noodles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During what appears to be a company event, office supply company Staples dramatically unbent the namesake L staple in their old logo in a highly theatrical, slightly over the top visual reveal of the new company logo. The old Staples logo: The New Staples logo via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsOver 150 People Try...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Staples Dramatically Unbends Their Namesake ‘L’ in a Highly Theatrical Reveal of Their New Company Logo first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic NBC series Friends, Google created a special Easter Egg for searches each of the seven characters from the show. Phoebe Buffay is represented by a “Smelly Cat” from her song, Monica Geller with soap and sponge (for her undying penchant to clean), Chandler Bing with a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Google Celebrates 25th Anniversary of ‘Friends’ With Interactive Easter Eggs For Searches of Each Character first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable clutch of affectionate baby Cuban crocodiles who were enjoying a lovely swim in the bathtub, emitted a series of wonderful happy noises that sound just like the laser guns from old school video games. These tiny, critically endangered reptiles are residents of the Dragonwood Conservancy, a non-profit refuge for endangered reptiles in Wisconsin...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Affectionate Baby Crocodiles Make Happy Noises That Sound Just Like Old School Video Game Laser Guns first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Keith Xander, who was born without his right hand, who was told that this physical trait would limit his success, has gone on to be an extremely accomplished guitarist with a prosthesis in its place. Xander felt that he had to prove naysayers wrong and did so with a combination of hard work and determination....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post One Handed Guitarist Finds Great Success As Musician first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ukrainian artist Diana Yevtukh uses the natural crevices within trees to incorporate her gorgeous embroidery patterns. One particularly clever, somewhat spooky design portrays an all-knowing eye peeking out of a tree hollow, while another features an embroidered heart to give life back to an ailing tree. Remedying the wounded heart of Nature. via Lustik Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Patterns Embroidered Into Crevices of Trees first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In their quest to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity”, researchers at OpenAI discovered that their virtual AI agents engaged in a simulated game of “Hide and Seek” had learned six distinct new strategies for playing the game outside of the designed environment. Through training in our new simulated hide-and-seek environment, agents...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Virtual Artificial Intelligent Agents Use Previously Unknown Strategies for Simulated Hide and Seek Game first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has created a really funky mashup of “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath, “Master of Puppets” by Metallica and Herb Alpert‘s iconic instrumental “Rise”. It all sounds really good together, however what stands out, is Abraham Laboriel‘s phenomenal bassline punching through. Music used in this mashup: Black Sabbath – War Pigs...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Funky Mashup of Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’, Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ and Herb Alpert’s ‘Rise’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented animator Hideki Inaba, aka kanahebi, has created a truly gorgeous, flowing music video for the song “Tape” by the Swedish band Canigou. The video features animated fish and flowers swimming around endlessly, weaving a mysterious world of mesmerizing quietude. The band was very happy with the video per their Facebook post. Behold...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Fish and Flowers Swim Endlessly in a Mesmerizing Animated Music Video for the Song ‘Tape’ by Canigou first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Over the summer of 2019, the Penguin Books distribution center in Maryland played host to a little African penguin who interned with them for a day. The flightless bird confidently walked into the building, through the lobby and right into the warehouse to do a spot inspection. She then made her way to her office...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Little Penguin Happily Interns at Penguin Books first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, the NZNIWA RV Tangaroa set sail out of Wellington, New Zealand on her way to Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Aboard this ice strengthened, deep water vessel was a team of scientists from both New Zealand and Australia who were studying the resident aquatic life in each section of their journey. The vessel first...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Mysterious Antarctic Creatures From 11,500 Feet Below the Ice first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The folks at Archie McPhee know how much humans love to include their beloved cats in their daily activity whenever they can. With this in mind, they created adorable Kitty Cuddle Costumes that coordinate with one another. The costumes include Chicken and Egg, Squirrel and Acorn, Pumpkin Pals and even an amusing Role Reversal set...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Coordinating Costumes for Cats and Humans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

At some point in 1968, the members of the nascent Deep Purple (Mark 1) were having a great time lip-synching and pretending to play the instruments on their own smash hit “Hush” while near swimming pool, possibly Deeves Hall in Hertfordshire. Singer Rod Evans was clad in a swimsuit and towel while the rest of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Hilarious Footage of the Members of Deep Purple Lip Synching Their Smash Hit ‘Hush’ in 1968 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City artist James Haggerty, who previously made detailed mosaics of Star Wars characters with thousands of colored staples, created a beautiful large-scale mosaic portrait of a beloved dachshund in this very same manner. Who’s a good boy?! Who’s a good boy? I used 75,738 staples to create large-scale mosaic of a dachshund! submitted...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Large Scale Mosaic of an Adorable Dachshund Made Out of Over 75,000 Colored Staples first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Olan Ventura creates highly realistc still life portraits in the style of the Dutch Masters with one big difference. Where the subject of the picture ends in Ventura’s paintings, straight line beams of color continue on, offering a surreal “glitched” element to an otherwise classic genre. via Hi-Fructose Related Laughing Squid PostsA Look Inside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Surreal Dutch Masters Style Glitched Still Life Paintings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nature photographer Lothar Lenz captured intense macro, slow-motion footage of hornets near his home in Eiffel, Germany, as they stopped for a drink of water before taking flight. The buzz made by these busy insects is clearly palpable, especially when in a quiet room or wearing headphones. Nature observations with the camera. Almost every day...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Macro Footage of Hornets in Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Making his first apearance on a late night talk show, actor Nicholas Braun (Cousin Greg on Succession) was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and quite nervously recounted a time when cast member Jeremy Strong (Kendall Roy) took him to a party at an elaborate house in The Hamptons. It was at...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Cousin Greg From ‘Succession’ Nervously Appears on a Late Night Talk Show For the Very First Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hendrick’s Gin, known for its old-timey sensibility, has created Horatio, a rather elegant smart speaker. Horatio is handmade out of antique copper, leather wood and brass and features a Victrola style amplifying horn. The speaker is operated by hand rather than voice and it conveniently offers a place to put down one’s gin martini. Created...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Horatio, An Elegant Old-Timey Victrola Smart Speaker by Hendrick’s That Includes a Gin Martini Holder first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Engineer Mark Ellis created The Playa Crawler, a brilliantly designed kinetic walking chair that he uses at Burning Man. The legs of this chair were inspired by Dutch artist Theo Jansen‘s wind-powered Strandbeest (previously) and is specifically crafted to withstand the alkaline floor of the Black Rock Desert. The Playa Crawler is what’s considered a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Kinetic Walking Chair Crawls Around Burning Man first appeared on Laughing Squid.

International photographer Eric Pickersgill has created a fitting series entitled “Removed”, where he presents individual portraits in beautiful black and white photos. Each of the subjects appears to be looking at a smartphone in their hands, but the personal device has been completely removed from the picture, revealing an isolated and lonely world. Pickersgill stated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Photo Series That Reveals an Isolated World After Smartphones Are Removed From People’s Hands first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1983, WABC Eyewitness News anchor John Johnson and reporter Milton Lewis presented a story (in very New York accents) about the sad condition of street and traffic signs around New York City. Lewis interviewed a number of people on the street, including a doorman who was hilariously had no problem pointing the finger at...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing 1983 ABC News Report Loudly Lamenting the Sad Condition of Street Signs in New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Following the popular trend of knolling, the highly organized contents of emergency services vehicles, including their crew, are being captured in facinating overhead photos. This particular style first started in Geneva, Switzerland but has since spread throughout the world as the Tetris Challenge. The term knolling was first used in 1987 by Andrew Kromelow, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Organized Inventories of Emergency Services Including Crews Lying Next to Their Vehicles in Overhead Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable dog named Ginsburg really wanted to sit on his human‘s lap but was unable to do so. In response, Ginsburg let out a long vocal complaint that made him sound more like a chatty Chewbacca than the frustrated pooch that he is. This is my dog Ginsburg throwing a temper tantrum because I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Complaining Dog Sounds Like a Chatty Chewbacca first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vox producer Bridgett Henwood takes a look at the “Deus Irae” (God’s Wrath), four simple notes within the Dorian minor scale that are arranged in such a way to signal death or danger in films. The meter of this phrase also causes an odd discomfort upon hearing, lending it to be interpreted as ominous. As...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Four Simple Notes Can Sound So Very Ominous first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Faber-Castell produced a wonderful video that offers a behind the scenes look at how their iconic colored pencils are created. The camera captures each step of the process, showing the combination of hand tasks with machine work. This footage, along with the quiet soundtrack, creates a lovely mesmerizing ASMR flow. Producing 2.3 billion pencils a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderfully Mesmerizing Behind the Scenes Look at How Faber-Castell Makes Their Iconic Colored Pencils first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DJ Cummerbund has quite seamlessly stitched together a bizarre but brilliant mashup that combines the musically complex, iconic Rush instrumental “YYZ” with the Kelis R&B pop single “My Milkshake”. While these two songs have nothing whatsoever in common with each other, DJ Cummerbund somehow found a way to make them fit, though he doesn’t seem...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Brilliantly Bizarre Mashup of the Complex Rush Instrumental ‘YYZ’ With the Song ‘Milkshake’ by Kelis first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented students on the award-winning PAC dance team at Walden Grove High School in Sahuarita, Arizona, who in 2018 performed a brilliant Harry Potter-themed halftime homecoming show, returned in 2019 showcasing an absolutely heroic Marvel Avengers theme. The routine ingeniously interpreted the storylines of both Avengers:Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame through dance. The PAC Dance...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Students Perform Marvel-ous Avengers Themed 2019 Homecoming Dance Routine at an Arizona High School first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mac cleaning software CleanMyMac X created an amusing anti-littering campaign to bring awareness of the problem with people littering in Kiev, Ukraine. It features “Junkman”, a guy dressed up as a pile of trash and who realistically crouches in different places around the city. Whenever passersby would discard their own refuse onto his unseen back,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Trash Pile Rises Up to Scare People Out of Littering first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vote for senior year to be over #NFID20 @hederjon pic.twitter.com/r3n7m2FTHj — Dean Alekman (@deanalekman2) September 12, 2019 As they did with seniors in 2017 and 2018, administrators at North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan allowed the members of the graduating class of 2020 to dress up like their favorite characters, role models, historical...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Michigan High School Seniors Dress Up As Their Favorite Characters For Their School ID Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As a part of her ongoing “Horror Film” series, Serbian bodypainting artist Mirjana Kika Milosevic turned her face and body into a surprisingly adorable big-eared gremlin using makeup, contact lenses and other prosthetics. This particular session was done at the request of a fan and with the approval of Milosevic’s little dog. Milosevic stated that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Bodypainting Artist Turns Herself Into a Surprisingly Adorable, Big-Eared Gremlin Who Likes Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Object arranging artist Adam Hillman, who previously arranged brightly hued candy, produce and other items into into color-ordered, visually pleasing geometric shapes, has brilliantly recreated several classic works of art with unusual mediums. Included in this series are the “The Scream” by Edvard Munch with colored paperclips, Katsushika Hokusai‘s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Classic Works of Art Recreated With Paper Clips, Tic Tacs, Peanut Butter and Other Unusual Mediums first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Benjamin Jabe, a rather enthusiastic father has been documenting his journey of trying to teach his absolutely adorable three and a half year old daughter Izzy how to play his favorite game, Dungeons and Dragons. To get Izzy engaged, Jabe set up a campaign with a simple premise, but the potential for a great deal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Enthusiastic Father Teaches His Three and a Half Year Old Daughter How to Play Dungeons and Dragons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On a day with no script, Mario and Fafa the Groundhog of Glove and Boots hilariously engaged in a couple of improvised word games. Fafa started first with “The Word Game”, which required them both to say a word at the same time, figure out what the two words have in common and then yell...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Mario and Fafa of ‘Glove and Boots’ Engage in Hilarious Improvisational Word Games on ‘No Script Day’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Director Ouchhh partnered with a classical music trio and to create “Say Superstrings”, a brilliantly immersive experimental performance for the Ars Electronica Festival. The cellist wore an EEG headset that read his brain activity as he played onstage. The information was then sorted into Delta, Theta, Beta and Gamma waves and sent back to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Changes in Musician’s Generated Brain Activity Visualized In Real Time While He’s Performing Onstage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn writer and beer expert Joshua M. Bernstein, who previously wrote Homebrew World: Discover the Secrets of the World’s Leading Homebrewers, has written Drink Better Beer: Discover the Secrets of the Brewing Experts, a definitive how-to book about enjoying well-crafted beer. For this new book Bernstein spoke with a variety of experts in the field...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Drink Better Beer, A Well Crafted Book Explaining How to Tap Into the Art of Enjoying a Perfectly Poured Beer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Burl of Burl’s Art (previously) found himself an old shovel and decided to turn it into a working guitar. As with previous projects, Burl shared each step of the process. At the end, he acknowledged that while others had come before him, it was a pretty simple straight-forward build. It sounds really good too. I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Turning an Old Rusted Shovel Into a Functioning Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a really fascinating video essay for Quartz, narrator and producer Molly Rubin digs deep into the chronic illness of migraine disease. Rubin looks into what the disease is, what it is not (not a headache), how it has been treated in the past and how it can be treated going forward, despite limited NIH...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post How Ongoing Stereotypes About Women Led to Severe Underfunding of Research for Chronic Migraine Disease first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British vlogger Half-Asleep Chris, a dedicated human to two very handsome black cats named Ralph and Tom, found that the time had come when he finally could let his fuzzy boys go outside on their own. After Ralph disappeared for a long time one night, Chris decided that he would put a GPS tracker on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Concerned Human Puts a GPS Tracker on His Adventurous Cat Who Went Missing Overnight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Gwen Murphy has created Foot Fetish, a wonderfully eclectic surreal series of shoe sculptures. Each pair features a unique set of formed, painted faces that peer out from inside. The personalities appear to come out with the type of shoe. An exotic d’orsay features a long, green face with high cheekbones, while a pair...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Surreal Sculptures Featuring Shoes With Faces first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Shanghai artist Tango Gao,who was challenged by a friend in 2010 to create and post one cartoon a day, has amassed a really wonderful collection of minimalist black-and-white drawings in which one object becomes another, depending on context. In some cases, animals lend their shapes to various human needs, while others are a matter of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Series of Contextual Minimalist Drawings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 2017, photographer Greg Harlow captured absolutely stunning footage of a beautiful waterfall rainbow flowing from Yosemite Falls, shot from Glacier Point inside Yosemite National Park in California. Like the naturally occurring phenomenon that makes flowing water of Horsetail Fall appear to turn into lava as the sun sets, this “rainbow phenomenon” only occurs under...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Footage of a Beautiful Yosemite Falls Rainbow first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Stock footage company Dissolve has created an amusing follow up to their original “Faux Show” which featured a number of generic television show openings created entirely using stock footage clips. The aptly named “Faux Shows 2” is also made up of wonderfully inventive fake television shows made entirely from cleverly arranged stock footage. Titles include...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Faux Shows 2, A Clever Compilation of Fake Television Shows Made Entirely Using Stock Footage Clips first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Star Wars themed band Galactic Empire, who previously performed an out of this world heavy metal cover of the Star Wars main theme song, further embraced their respective dark sides with a gorgeously layered heavy metal cover of the iconic song “The Imperial March”. Being that the band consists of characters from the antagonist side...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Star Wars Dark Side Band ‘Galactic Empire’ Performs a Sinister Heavy Metal Cover of ‘The Imperial March’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Shalaco climbed aboard his Onewheel XR and rode 200 miles around the Playa to capture beautiful images of all the incredible and varying art that was built for the 2019 Burning Man event. He then layered his amazing footage with a bluesy guitar soundtrack that put a finer point on the tour. Got my...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Tour of the Art at Burning Man 2019 Taken While Riding a Onewheel XR Around The Playa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Treasures in the Trash” by filmmaker Nicholas Heller (previously) is a wonderful portrait of a longtime New York City Sanitation Department worker named Nelson Molina. While on his daily routes, Molina found all sorts of treasures in the trash he collected and put them in an unused but active city garage in East Harlem. Molina’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post New York City Sanitation Worker Creates Museum of Found Treasures in the Trash He Collected for 34 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Every day, you get to choose who you’re going to be. We think the best choice is to be the person your dog thinks you are: kind, loving, caring, compassionate.” Actor Wil Wheaton (The Big Bang Theory, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and his wife Anne Wheaton have created “Be The Person Your Dog Thinks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are’ T-Shirt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Wetlands” by filmmaker Persia Beheshti is a beautifully choreographed experimental film about an underground mermaid society in Virginia. In the film, Mermaid Undine mesmerizingly narrates a beautiful ballet of fellow mermaids while explaining her deep-seated connection to water. ‘Wetlands’ is an experimental documentary which captures the world of mermaids in Virginia. The mystical allure of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard and Subscribe by Email.The post Virginia Mermaid Explains Her Deep-Seated Connection to Water in a Mesmerizing First Person Narrated Film first appeared on Laughing Squid.