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Adam Savage of Tested loves the M2019 Blaster carried by Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in the original Blade Runner film and has even created his own beautiful replica. On an episode of Inside Adam Savage’s Cave, he revealed that the Elfin Knights Project in Japan created a water gun version of the iconic pistol. Adam...

Stormhenge is a gorgeous timelapse by filmmakers Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic. This film captures the rare sight of the infamous Carhenge sculpture in Alliance, Nebraska, which also happened to be in the path of totality during the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse. Carhenge was built by artist Jim Reinders in 1987 as an automotive...

In a truly tantalizing teaser trailer for the fourth season of the truly sublime Charlie Brooker series Black Mirror, the titles for each of the six episodes are revealed with only a tiny visual glimpse into each. Variety has listed out the information for each episode. Bit more info here:https://t.co/Ouk3zxqyAs — Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) August...

On a handy episode of Odin Makes, host Odin Abbott demonstrates how to make Hellboy‘s stone Right Hand of Doom equipped with articulated fingers. How to Make a Portal Gun From the ‘Portal’ Video Game SeriesHow to Make Spider-Man Web ShootersThe Odin, A Modern Modular Interlocking Puzzle Treat Toy for Dogs

For their upcoming album of previously unreleased cover songs aptly entitled “Under Cöver“, the surviving members of Motörhead released their truly incredibly version of the iconic David Bowie song “Heroes“, featuring the sorely missed vocals of the late, great Lemmy Kilmister. Loud and proud as always, Motörhead’s new album Under Cöver is the ultimate raucous...

Japanese entertainment company Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. has created a kit that allows anyone to make their own giant gummy squid. It is available to purchase from Amazon and the Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. website. images via Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. via Technabob Enormous Transformers Optimus Prime Snow SculptureSushi Ferris WheelMustached Mr. Gurefuru ChuChu Device Churns Out Fresh...

A post shared by EME Tools (@emetools) on Apr 22, 2017 at 11:11am PDT EME Tools has created the Rotablade Pendulum MK2, a fidget toy based on the theories of double pendulum and random movement (chaos theory). It is available to purchase from the EME Tools shop. This is not a conventional spinning toy it...

Kenny Keller of Helicopter Online Ground School posted impressive footage of one of his former students, named Jed, flying a helicopter equipped with a giant multi-blade aerial saw to trim trees near power lines. Helicopter Cuts Back Overgrown Trees Next to Power Lines With Giant Dangling TrimmerSureFly Personal Helicopter That Looks Like a DroneRepairing a...

Kuma Films captured awesome footage of world champion juggler Josh Horton demonstrating his incredible assortment of tennis juggling skills. Josh Horton and Florian ‘Venom’ Kohler Perform Magnificent Juggling Pool Trick ShotsJosh Horton Juggles Basketballs While Sinking Insane Trick Shots on the CourtA Confident Little Otter Practices His Juggling Skills In Front of an Appreciative Audience

Storyful has created a captivating compilation of some of epic building, bridge, and stadium demolitions. A Montage of Epic Moments That Took Place at the Star Wars Celebration in OrlandoA Montage of Some of the Most Beautiful Multicolor Scenes in Movie HistoryA Montage of the Most Iconic Chase Scenes in Film

Without the use of tutorials, determined Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd of the Learn Quick series quickly taught himself how to throw playing cards with deadly precision. A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on Aug 23, 2017 at 9:09am PDT A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on Aug 24, 2017 at 8:36am PDT A...

While attending the 59th annual Air and Water Show in Chicago, Brendan Peterson captured a crowds’ reaction when one of the Blue Angels pilots, known for their top-notch navigation skills, sneaked up behind them with a surprise flyby maneuver in their jet. Two Wingsuit Pilots Performing a Flyby of the Christ the Redeemer Statue in...

In a highly informative yet somewhat terrifying animation, design house Kurzgesagt explains the concept of black holes (see previous video), the destructive nature of black holes and how information (i.e. the universe) could be swallowed up by a black hole if the black hole information paradox holds true. Information tells us how things are different...

A post shared by Kristofer Hivju (@khivju) on Aug 24, 2017 at 12:35pm PDT In a very candid behind the scenes video, actor/musician Rory McCann who plays the very dour character The Hound on Game of Thrones, broke out his guitar from behind the trailer window and began singing a cheery song with the lyrics...

In a breathless episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko explains what allergies are, what happens inside the human body during an allergy attack and possible explanations as to why allergies exist. Allergies are a serious problem for millions of people but how and why do they develop and what’s so different between...

In 2009, vocal coach Chris Beatty explained why one’s own voice sounds different to other people than to oneself and offered a simple and inexpensive trick to hearing exactly what they hear. The answer is found in something as simple as this. I’m going to use these file folders as sound deflectors …that will block...

To celebrate hitting his 5 million subscriber milestone on YouTube, British inventor Colin Furze built a custom bicycle that can hold up to 1,000 firework rockets. After putting protective foam on his backside, Colin launched all 1,000 rockets at once off the back of the bike while riding it. Inventor Colin Furze Blows His Socks...

In September 2015, YouTuber Andre F put together a giant 33,600 piece Educa jigsaw puzzle entitled “Wildlife” over the course of nine months and captured the entire process in an incredible timelapse. Once the puzzle was finished, Andre filmed another timelapse of how it was framed, sealed and installed. via Digg Graffiti Archaeology, Documenting The...

A adorably plump black and white kitty half-heartedly played with an interactive exercise track with a ball to chase. This cat, however, was clearly not in the mood to do any chasing. Instead, she implemented a better way to keep the ball moving without having to do so herself. According to her human, she’s lazy....

Kentucky Fried Chicken has created a bizarre Oculus Rift virtual reality employee training video game that helps to teach new hires how to make chicken in a fraction of the time that it takes them to do in the real world. While being instructed by Colonel Sanders voice, the trainee must finish all his or...

“Visual Sounds of the Amazon” is a beautiful video by the talented Australian mixed media artist Andy Thomas, which features colorfully animated, gracefully moving visualizations of the bird sounds he recorded during a 2016 trip to the Amazon Rainforest in and around Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil. This first installment video will be screened at the Render...

YouTuber Cheese on Toast posted a video of a man in Japan using a clever toilet paper holder that easily allowed him to change the roll with one hand. It features a prong on each side of the holder that move inward an upward when a roll is being replaced and then snaps back into...

Upon hearing his human tap upon a toy drum, a really cute pink-cheeked cockatiel named Mr. Inko (translated) walked right over to the drum and began tapping out a beat with his beak. The rhythmic bird kept perfect time, only occasionally looking up to his human for guidance. (translated) I tried tempting Mr. Inko to...

The Dorothy Collective has released “Stamp Albums“, two beautiful lithographs that reimagine the most seminal albums of the post-punk and post-rock eras as colorful postage stamps. Included on the post-punk version of the print are such bands as DEVO, Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche Mode. Included on the post-rock version...

Cambridge, UK self taught artist Zenia Kli Zafska (a.k.a. “The Lady Moth“) has created an adorable collection of needle felted animal sculptures, brooches, and decorations. They are available to purchase from The Lady Moth Etsy shop. A post shared by The Lady Moth ART (@theladymoth) on Feb 26, 2017 at 3:12am PST A post shared...

Filmmakers RalphGM and RandyFX of iVideoMaking created TimeLAX, a series of beautiful timelapse videos showcasing the mesmerizing sights and congested traffic of Los Angeles. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Beautiful Timelapse of 4th of July Fireworks Going Off All Around the City in Los AngelesTime-Lapse Video of Downtown Los Angeles During a SupermoonDrivelapse Route 66,...

A post shared by Coconut Rice Bear (@coconutricebear) on Aug 14, 2017 at 12:36am PDT A rather well spoken Samoyed named Coconut Rice Bear (Coco) who lives in San Francisco, California, took to her Instagram pulpit to vent her frustrations about the way the humans of the United States have been treating one another as...

B. Co Creative Agency posted footage from 2017 Silicon Valley Comic Con of former MythBusters co-host Adam Savage explaining why the long running Discovery Channel television series ended after its 14th season. Adam Savage of MythBusters Builds an Elaborate Fart MachineThe Epic Grand Finale and Reunion of MythBustersA Wonderful Tribute to 14 Seasons of MythBusters

Ototo industrial designer Lior Bartal has created the Space Masher, an out of this world potato masher. It is available to purchase from Ototo. Potatoes beware! We’re on a mashing mission to make mashed potatoes that are out of this world. A post shared by OTOTO Design (@ototodesign) on Aug 2, 2017 at 8:05am PDT...

A retired father celebrated the 2017 total solar eclipse by creating his own hilarious version of the “eggclipse” with an egg, some toast, and string. Make sure to wear your special glasses, those tasty ultraviolet rays are no yolk. via ViralHog Explaining What Happens During a Total Solar Eclipse and the Precautions to Take Viewing...

Agility Customs drove their custom rear steering Jeep Wrangler Unlimited SUV straight down a vertical cliff at the challenging Double Sammy trail going through Utah’s Sand Hollow State Park. They also posted footage of the Jeep climbing up the wall. Most people go up the obstacle, but we have never seen anyone go down it,...

Hello In Elephant is a really wonderful project by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust that seeks to connect humans with elephants by way of an online tool that translates simple human speech into a language that elephants will understand. Once a message is recorded, a video with an elephant communicating the translation appears and can...

Poko, a beautiful cockatiel with a very good ear, skillfully whistled a beautiful tune alongside the graceful accompaniment of his piano playing human. via reddit A Musical Tabby Cat Gazes Lovingly at His Musician Human Whenever They Play Piano TogetherSpikey the Cockatiel Skillfully Whistles the First Few Bars to the Game of Thrones Theme SongGerman...

Using a ping pong paddle and ball, a dedicated Japanese team set in motion a truly impressive Rube Goldberg machine that demonstrated very clever engineering for approximately four minutes. One of the remarkable features of this machine is that it used a single side of a whiteboard before employing the gaining momentum of the marbles...

Photographer wildwingsla captured absolutely amazing footage showing a charm of thirty hummingbirds partaking in their daily ablutions together in a bubbling bird bath. The photographer made particular note of the peaceful co-existence of the bathing birds, particularly since they are known to be a bit territorial. A record 30 hummingbirds bathe together at one time...

In 2015, we wrote about the short film “Covers” by German visual artist Henning M. Lederer who animated the geometric patterns of 55 vintage book covers. Two years later, Lederer has followed up with “More Covers“, which presents 36 additional covers from vintage psychiatry books that were animated so that they would move in a...

An adorably hungry dog who was watching his human enjoy a cup of yogurt, stared longingly at the sweet dairy treat as it went from spoon to mouth, never looking away, that is until his human tried to return the gaze. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Hungry Dog Generously Offers to Trade His Toy for...

In 2003, filmmaker Edgar Wright directed a very clever music video for the Mint Royale song entitled “Blue Song“. In the video, a car pulls up, three men exit to go rob a bank while the driver (Noel Fielding) was left behind to keep watch. In order to keep himself entertained, the driver put on...

America’s Funniest Home Videos has compiled some really funny clips of different kitties who were slightly impaired by the effects of catnip. Each cat reacted a bit differently than the others, but a great deal of them were just happy to lay back and enjoy the high. Catnip! Cats roll in it, rub their faces...

London artist and filmmaker Guy Larsen of the Penny4 production company created a fascinating video where he uses the shadow from a crumpled up piece of paper to draw a series of strange faces. By simply turning the wad of paper or moving the light source, Guy can quickly illustrate an all new portrait. via...

Talented Korean musician Luna Lee, known for playing popular songs on her Gayageum instrument, has returned to perform a beautiful version of the Game of Thrones theme song. Here is the original song. Game of Goats, A Yelling Goats Version of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme SongA Haunting Cover of the David Bowie Song ‘The...

On a life and limb episode of the PBS presented series Deep Look, created by KQED, they explain how daddy longlegs have a defense mechanism where they purposely release their limbs to help them escape from predator attacks. Daddy longlegs’ appendages don’t need to be pulled off because these arachnids, related to spiders, drop them...

A post shared by Damon Belanger (@dmn.belanger) on May 21, 2016 at 11:19pm PDT Graphic designer and street artist Damon Belanger traveled to Redwood City, California and painted fake shadows under random objects that confused and surprised people as they walked by them. He turned the shadows of a bike racks into flowers, a mailbox...

While on location in the Salish Sea for an fascinating episode of “Beyond the Tide“, the inquisitive Coyote Peterson peered under rocks in the tide pools along the coast of Doe Island in Washington to see what kind of intertidal marine life he could find. Along the way he found all sorts of fascinatingly creepy...

A post shared by Emma Ward (@emma_the_ward) on May 1, 2017 at 11:20am PDT Character designer and illustrator Emma Ward posted a very funny tweet in which she noted the hilarious willingness of Olive, her beautiful Jackson’s horned chameleon to wield any kind of weapon handed to her. Knowing she likes to grasp anything that...

Super Deluxe series For The Gram visits Los Angeles artist Brandon Bird to check out a custom memorial art car that he had made as a tribute to the late Law & Order star Jerry Orbach. Brandon was able to bring the memorial car to fruition thanks to supporters of his successful Kickstarter campaign from...

The hi-tech Ukrainian neon and LED dance group, Light Balance, returned to the America’s Got Talent stage during the quarter finals to perform a spooky and exciting glowing dance number to the songs “Swalla” and “If It Ain’t Love” by Jason Derulo. Show host Tyra Banks awarded the dance crew with a golden buzzer back...

Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day traveled to Crowheart, Wyoming with photographer Trevor Mahlmann and Matt Whitman of The Ten Minute Bible Hour to film and capture photos of the International Space Station passing in front of the sun during the 2017 total solar eclipse. A post shared by Trevor Mahlmann (@tmahlmann) on Aug...

In Pennzoil synthetics‘ “Terrakhana,” rally driver Ken Block of Hoonigan Racing hops into his 600 horsepower Ford Fiesta ST RX43 and races through a dirt playground in Swing Arm City, Utah. The terrain was extreme. The goal was pure domination. With Pennzoil synthetics under the hood, Ken Block was free to bring his vision of...

Eclectic Method has created an adventurous remix using only sound effects from Indiana Jones films. I made a house music video remix using only sound effects clips from the Indiana Jones movies. The sound design is made by Ben Burtt who also made the iconic sounds for Star Wars. So some of the sounds are...