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Los Angeles filmmaker Aaron Benitez (a.k.a. “VFX Bro“) has created “Iron Cat 2,” a special effects video where the heroic cat named Prince Michael suits up again to save a feline who is stuck in a tree. Although it takes Iron Cat a while to figure out his high-tech suit, he finally saves the day. […]

Japanese artist Akinori Goto created Toki, an amazing threaded 3D printed spinning zoetrope wheel that forms images of people walking and dancing using a clever play of light. Toki premiered at the 2016 Spiral Independent Creators Festival (SICF), where it won both titles of Runner-up Grand Prix and the Audience Award. Thanks Scott Devaney! Help […]

“American stuffmaker” and talented film editor Mac Premo sat down with Radiolab host Jad Abumrad and spoke with him about the meaning and function of music in a standard interview form. Premo later added in his own creative editing to form a gorgeously multi-layered short film that captures how strongly both artists value the art […]

“Stringless Yo-Yo!” is a recent Veritasium video, edited and animated by Daniel Joseph Files, where host Derek Muller uses science and amazing tricks performed by Ben Conde to explain how someone can successfully yo-yo without a string attached. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Megan N documented a game of beer pong being played using two Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners. via reddit Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Science presenter Steve Mould demonstrates polyethylene oxide, the liquid that pours itself. Polyethylene oxide is made up of very long chain molecules that pull on each other, causing the liquid to behave in peculiar ways. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

In partnership with the British supermarket chain ASDA, toy manufacturer Hasbro has created a limited edition “wonky” version of their iconic Mr. Potato Head that is being auctioned on eBay through Sunday, July 3rd. The proceeds of the sale will go towards FareShare, a non-profit British food charity that seeks to redistribute surplus food, including […]

“Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” is a new short story by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling that focuses on the history of the North American wizarding school. The story is accompanied by a gorgeous animated tie-in video. Fans will also see what the wizarding world in North America is like in Fantastic Beasts and Where to […]

The Japanese brand, Turn Over, has released a series of delicious backpacks that look like realistic pieces of sushi. Each of their three sushi backpack options (tamagoyaki, salmon, and shrimp) are available to purchase from the Rakuten Global Market. images via Rakuten Global Market via Pouch, RocketNews24 Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge […]

Online movie reviewer, video personality and comedian Garcatch stepped away from film critique and used his humorously analytical skills to review a common everyday item – the basic domestic house cat. Using diagrams, projections and photos, Garcatch humorously explained all the available handy features available all models of cat. Let’s take a look at what […]

Paris, France graphic designer Gabriel de Laubier recently created an interactive 3D version of a classic Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, originally created by Bill Watterson. Gabriel’s 3D Calvin and Hobbes scene is available to view on his website and Sketchfab. images via CYN Prod via prosthetic knowledge Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly […]

Pharrell Williams joins Elmo and Cookie Monster to sing “B Is for Book” on Sesame Street. The song focuses on all the ways readers can explore the world and their imaginations through books. B is for book. A book can take you anywhere or make you anything. So grab a book and join Pharrell on […]

“Professional mad scientist” Drake Anthony (aka “styropyro“) recently created an amazing 200-watt laser bazooka. Drake’s high-tech bazooka was “built from scrap metal, a pile of broken ‘hybrid’ DLP projectors, and runs on a stack of lithium polymer batteries.” He used his bazooka to shoots through a computer case, ignites titanium infused gunpowder, blasts through balloons, […]

President Obama partnered with BuzzFeed to demonstrate five things that are harder to do than registering to vote. Obama tries to name all the characters who have died on Game of Thrones and makes Joe Biden a friendship bracelet among other challenges. The video encourages viewers to visits Buzzfeed.Turbovote.com to find all the information they […]

Director James Cunningham and a group of 43 other students at the Media Design School in Auckland, New Zealand spent 15 weeks creating “Accidents, Blunders and Calamities,” a short animated film about a father opossum who reads his kids a bedtime story featuring an alphabet of innocent animals being accidentally killed in various ways by […]

“Cats, Categorized” is an art print by Pop Chart Lab that spotlights and organizes specific breeds of domestic house cats by such traits as hair-length, body size and where they were orignally bred. Meow hear this—we’ve scratched together a chart for pet lovers of a certain purr-suasion: those with a keenness for cats! Wondering what […]

A photo posted by Pejac (@pejac_art) on Jun 22, 2016 at 12:00pm PDT Pejac, the talented Spanish artist who makes amazing illusory street art, sculptures, and paintings that combine elements of minimalist fantasy with realism has created “Downside Up“. Consisting of four different East London locations, the project is fascinating series of outdoor installations consisting […]

Simon Whistler, host of the informative video series “Today I Found Out” explained what causes lactose intolerance. Reasons include genetics (primary lactase deficiency) and illness (secondary lactase deficiency), both of which impede the body’s ability to digest lactose. Lactose intolerance is simply the body’s inability to digest lactose. Lactose is a disaccharide, or a molecule […]

In 2014, Czech artist David Cerny created a giant mirrored rotating sculpture of author Franz Kafka‘s head and installed in front of a shopping area in Prague across the street from City Hall. In a style very similar to his 2011 Metamorphosis project, the 45 ton sculpture is divided into horizontal slicesthat slowly rotate out […]

MinutePhysics explains how galaxies are formed and where they came from. The video also quickly covers how humans are able to observe things like stars and galaxies forming over millions of years even though telescopes have only been around for a few hundred years. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The Golden Section Finder is a transparent viewfinder available in yellow or blue that is used for observing the golden ratio out in the world. Perfect proportions observed in nature often follow the theory of the golden section. The golden section is the ratio between the dimensions of natural and geometric forms. Historically, artists, designers […]

“Seems like a girl who needs to get her life sorted out.“? Writer Caitlyn Staples and producer Brendan Wan of Hit By A Blimp have created “Shame of Thrones,” a comedy sketch that gives us a look at what daily life is like for people who do not watch Game of Thrones. It features cinematography […]

YouTube creator CaptainSparklez (Jordan Maron) demonstrated a working cellphone capable of making video calls and browsing the web created in Minecraft. Maron demonstrates how to construct the phone and the required in-game cell tower before using the virtual device to browse the internet and make video calls from inside the game out to the real […]

In an episode of his Things You Might Not Know series, Tom Scott revealed that nobody is exactly sure how much a kilogram weighs right now. That’s because the system used to measure things internationally is based on a physical standard, but as Scott explains, scientists are working towards a better and more absolute solution. […]

The American Chemical Society series Reactions took a close-up slow-motion look at the chemistry of sparklers for the Fourth of July. The video shows a sparkler in action while the narrator explains the different chemicals at work in the reaction. Compound Interest created an infographic that shows the different chemicals used in sparklers as metallic fuels, […]

In a new episode of the informative trivia series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how medical prescriptions came to be abbreviated as Rx. While there are a few commonly put forth explanations as to how we ended up with the ? symbol, it’s generally thought that it has medieval roots as an […]

As a very creative way to promote his new memoir “Porcelain“, renowned DJ and songwriter Moby offered up an abbreviated version of his life by way of a simple animation that he created himself. While the animation only summarizes many of Moby’s victories and tragedies, it gives a juicy glimpse into the more details that […]

Los Angeles-based writer, comedian, and “man of a kajillion voices” Brock Baker recently released a fantastic video where he does hilarious impressions of classic Nickelodeon characters from the 1990s. Fans of Brock can help support his future work on Patreon. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Play Noggin is a new web series, created by Pat Graziosi of Life Noggin and science enthusiast Julian Huguet, that explores the science behind popular video games. Julian has looked into if it is possible to bend space and time like Tracer from Overwatch, what if time stood still like in Superhot, and more. Help […]

In his wonderfully authentic culinary video series, Jas. Townsend, an 18th Century reenactor and proprietor of Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc. reenactment supplies, demonstrates how to prepare food as it was prepared in the Colonial period of the United States between the years of 1750 to 1840. Recipes include such items as 1794 Roast Beef, […]

On a recent episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provides a step-by-step guide on how to make a chocolate shark cake with “Italian meringue buttercream and fishy fondant features.” There’s a ripple in the water. A fin pokes out of the surf. And then there’s that ominous music! But this is one […]

The Awamoko 3D Foam Pen is a 3D-printing pen that uses soap bubbles to create fluffy art. The kit comes with a set of decorations, different heads for creating shapes with the foam, as well as tools for shaping the bubbles. The pen is available now for preorder through Japan Trend Shop and is expected […]

Beat Down Boogie has created a new cosplay music video from Colossalcon 2016 at the Kalahari Waterpark in Sandusky, Ohio. The video features lots of people wearing their creative costumes based on comic books, anime, video games, and more. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can help support their future videos on Patreon. Help […]

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, a fresh faced 20-year old Bob Dylan talks about his past, his harmonica, smoking and his songwriting process in a 1962 interview on WBAI FM. Oh, yeah, but then sometimes I write a lot of stuff. In fact, I wrote five […]

Vox video contributor Joss Fong explains how the technology behind SnapChat filters is able to recognize and manipulate faces. If you’ve been seeing selfies enhanced with dog noses and flower crowns lately, and you wondered where they all came from, the answer is Snapchat, the social network preferred by people born during or after the […]

Sochi, Russia video editor Zurik Marziev (a.k.a. “Zurik 23M“) has created an powerful video montage that is filled to the brim with epic scenes from seasons 1-6 of Game of Thrones and set to the heavy metal song “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath. via reddit Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A lively little black dog named Rosie bounced her little heart out amongst the tall green crops of a beautiful field in the east English countryside. Rosie’s human, Adam Buxton of The Brothers McLeod stated that he first made the field safe for his beloved dog. Rosie is half whippet, half poodle. She likes to […]

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin interviewed Stephen King for his End of Watch book tour at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 16th, 2016. George asked Stephen “How the fuck do you write so fast?,” they talked about when they used to play poker together back in […]

Auctioneer Beats is a Vine account that drops rap beats behind videos of fast-talking auctioneers. Bringing the heat to the auction All content here is produced and owned by me unless said otherwise in captions via Waxy Links Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Every morning at the Houston Zoo, a very playful llama named Fiesta seeks out the accommodating human with the leaf blower, rolls over and gleefully positions herself to enjoy the warm breeze blowing all over her body. Each morning, we clean out the stalls in the Children’s Zoo with a leaf blower. Our llama Fiesta […]

Los Angeles YouTuber and Marvel fan Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced recently built a functioning flamethrower welding helmet that allows him to shoot real flames out of my face. Allen modeled the dangerous contraption after Cyclops‘ visored mask from the X-Men. music by Kevin MacLeod – “Furious Freak“ Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly […]

Pro skater Tony Hawk pulled off his first amazing 900-degree aerial spin 17 years ago at the 1999 X Games. To prove that he still has it, the RIDE Channel documented the 48-year-old skater digging deep and pulling off his iconic stunt once again. Here is footage of his first “900” from 1999. Help Laughing […]

The official trailer for the highly anticipated second season of the sleeper hit Mr. Robot features the members of FSociety stewing in the aftermath of the financial takedown featured in Season One and the tenacious FBI agent who is close on their heels. About: MR. ROBOT follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a young cyber-security engineer […]

Inspired by Theo Jansen’s remarkable Strandbeest, artists at the industrial design collective CARV have created a Strandbeest Walking Bike, which employs the same glorious principles of physics found in Jansen’s creatures. The Exploratorium in San Francisco has since invited the the bike to be a part of their upcoming Strandbeest show “After Dark: BYOBeest” on […]

British comedian vagabonds has made a parody video of the Boston Dynamics SpotMini demonstration video that shows incredibly foul-mouthed, four-legged, long-necked robot complaining about the smell in the room, challenging Stacey’s ex-boyfriend to a fight, cleaning the kitchen and slipping on a banana peel. In other words, he’s having a bad day. via Tastefully Offensive […]

In a new music video, Insane Cherry has taken the classic Joan Osborne song “One of Us” and recut it to dub in the vocalizations of various popular animal videos for a unique rendition of the song. Needless to say, the original version is far more melodious. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge […]

A video shared by RecordSetter shows 100 balloons lined up and popped using a Wicked Lasers’ Spyder III Krypton laser by Scott A. Stevenson for the title of “Most Balloons Popped Domino-Style With a Laser.” Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

To celebrate The Championships, Wimbledon this year, The All England Lawn Tennis Club teamed up with Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer for “Open String” a chap hop ditty about the history of the Wimbledon tournament. In the song and video Mr. B explains a number of key moments from the tournament’s history as school children dance […]

Drone hobbyist ajw61185 created a flying miniature SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and successfully landed the model on a tiny floating barge in a swimming pool just like its life-size counterpart did earlier this year. via The Verge Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Unequal Scenes portrays scenes of inequality in South Africa from the air. South African photographer Johnny Miller has created Unequal Scenes, a drone-centered project that takes a look at inequality from above. In one such project, Miller flew his drone over the Cape Town neighborhood of Masiphumelele and the smaller, wealthier Lake Michelle. What the […]