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Henry Reich takes a look at the physics behind car crashes on the latest episode of MinutePhysics. How is the chemical energy of gasoline transformed into kinetic energy of a moving car? And where does that kinetic energy go when the car crashes into something and stops moving?

Wearable technology company Electric Styles has created a fun hooded zippered sweatshirt with electroluminescent wire (EL wire) piping that lights up in the dark. The hidden controller has three different strobe settings and an optional sound pack that “blinks with the beat”. Available in 5 El Wire colors, watch your normal hoodie light GLOW with […]

Household Hacker shows an inexpensive way to make any glove work with a touchscreen device. Make any glove work with a touchscreen! This will work with Android phones, iPhones, Tablets etc… All you need are a few basic items and you can turn your favorite pair of gloves into a touchscreen reactive set. You can […]

True Love Tinder Robot is an art project by Nicole He, a graduate student at the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program. The project features a talking robotic hand that senses how one person truly feels about someone else’s Tinder profile and then swipes left or right for them. The True Love Tinder Robot will find you love, […]

Firebox has released a fantastic wax dinosaur egg candle that melts away to reveal an adorable baby raptor inside. You’re likely under the impression that bringing dinosaurs back to life is a fiddly affair. You didn’t get your GCSE in cloning using paleo-DNA from either bones or the guts of mosquitoes in amber and John […]

Temptations Cat Treats took the opportunity of their amusing holiday commercial to offer a blanket apology to all cats everywhere for the horribly inane, but well-meaning, things their humans do to them such as putting them in silly costumes, wrapping them up as presents and/or dressing them in ugly sweaters for family photos. The apology […]

Taras Kulakov, aka Crazy Russian Hacker, and howtoPRANKitup demonstrate several unique ways to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew, including using a blowtorch, an air compressor and a shoe.

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated series “Blank on Blank“, humorist Garrison Keillor opens up about how his religious upbringing affected his outlook on life. The conversation took place in 1994 with journalist George Plimpton in front of a live audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. I grew up […]

Rooster Teeth has released the second trailer for Lazer Team, their upcoming sci-fi action comedy film directed by Matt Hullum and starring Burnie Burns, Allie DeBerry, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, and Colton Dunn. The movie will follow four dorks who are forced to save planet Earth from aliens. Lazer Team is scheduled to invade select […]

A moving spec commercial for Johnnie Walker titled “Dear Brother” features two brothers sharing one last drink after roaming the countryside together. The project was directed by filmmakers Dorian Lebherz and Daniel Titz from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. via reddit

Wanting to see the magnificent Eiffel Tower from his bed, Parisian builder Lucas Bergesson of La Fabrique DIY crafted a handmade periscope using two facing mirrors firmly bolted to opposite sides of the window. Bergesson generously shared the instructions for making the periscope, but warns to be very careful about recreating the project. My window […]

Ice Age: Collision Course is the fifth film in the Ice Age series of animated features. In the film’s official trailer, the character of Scrat chases an acorn into outer space, setting off a series of cosmic events the other characters will have to contend with. The film stars Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, […]

The stick figures from animator Alan Becker‘s series Animator vs. Animation go mad with power after they find a Minecraft block and realize its potential in “Animation vs. Minecraft.” The animation builds into an epic battle as the other stick figures have to team up to stop the red stick figure from destroying their computer desktop […]

Stuntman Ronnie Shalvis recently teamed up with a talented group of athletes to create “Star Wars Parkour Battle – The Flow Awakens,” a wonderful video where Jedi and Sith perform powerful free running stunts while fighting to the death with lightsabers. The video was filmed by Boston McConnaughey and Eric Pasternak with visual effects by […]

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a film about the magical creatures of the Harry Potter universe. The film is based on the book of the same name by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, inspired by a textbook mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Set […]

“Never underestimate the horsepower of the dark side.” – Bryan Benedict On a recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Hot Wheels senior staff designer Bryan Benedict and car builder Billy Hammon met up with Leno to explain the creative process behind making an incredible life-size version of the Hot Wheels Darth Vader character car. Jay […]

“#ELFED” is a fun Christmas parody by The Holderness family and Greenroom Communications of rapper Kendrick Lamar‘s 2014 song “i“. The family danced around New York City dressed up as joyous elves while spreading happiness to friends and random strangers. We loved surprising friends an strangers dressed as Santa’s elves in New York City and […]

On a recent episode of Ellen, actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and host Ellen DeGeneres chatted it up and tried to sell Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie tickets to fans on the side of the road. The two awesome ladies put on amusing Princess Leia ear muffs and offered up tickets, outside of Warner […]

The Prank Pirates gave a series of shocking surprises to guests at YouTube Space Tokyo during a staged prank. Guests at the shoot were first treated to an armed monster climbing out of their make-up mirror before witnessing a staged violent attack during the shoot itself. via RocketNews24

Videographer Eddie Codel had a bit of fun sending his trusty DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter in repeating circles high above the abandoned housing barracks on Treasure Island, a former naval outpost near San Francisco.

KQED Science takes a look at the fascinating manner in which beetles and other insects are able to breathe underwater. The insects use the principles of surface tension to capture the necessary oxygen to carry with them. Surface tension is the property of any liquid that describes how its particles stick together. In the case […]

JK Brickworks has created the EV3 Cookie Icing Machine, a clever machine that ices cookies with festive designs built using LEGO Mindstorms EV3 building set. The instructions and relevant software for the machine can be downloaded through the JK Brickworks site. An infomercial parody demonstrates the device in action as it ices a series of […]

The lovably frisky feline duo of Cole and Marmalade celebrate the holiday season by effectively demonstrating how they make decorating the house a very challenging feat for their ever embattled human Chris. In 2014, Chris showed how to make a very simple “cat proof Christmas tree“. Do you dream of having a Christmas tree that’s […]

Retro Report looks back on the story of little boy named David Vetter who suffered from a horrific immune deficiency condition known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which forced him to live in a sterile plastic environment the entirety of his short life. His unique situation earned him notoriety as the “Boy in the Plastic […]

All I Want for Christmas Is a Goat is a festival album of goats singing popular holiday songs. The album was put together by ActionAid Sweden to raise awareness about the important role goats play in fighting poverty. The album is available now on iTunes and Spotify with proceeds going to benefit ActionAid. submitted via Laughing Squid […]

While walking around NYC’s Central Park today I came across a curious clock that has a face that rotates counter-clockwise as the minute hand moves forward and the second hand ticks to the vertical position. The clock, located in Doris C. Freedman Plaza, is an art project titled “Against the Run” that was created by […]

20th Century Fox has released a fun new video where Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) tries to sip on some eggnog while announcing the 12 Days of Deadpool, a 12-day event featuring new Deadpool movie posters and clips being dropped everyday from various sources and ending with an official trailer on Christmas day. The Deadpool film adaptation […]

Alpha 1s by Ubtech is a programmable humanoid robot that sings, dances, and does kung fu, or whatever other moves its human master can think of. The robot comes with 3D editing software for programming its movements, and can be controlled with an app. Alpha 1s can serve as an educational tool as the user learns to […]

image via 93Fangshadow Earlier this year, cosplayer 93Fangshadow posted an official set of knitting instructions for recreating the distinctive scarf worn by the 4th incarnation of the beloved Gallifreyan Doctor Who. My mom got them after her older brother’s girl-friend (BACK IN THE ’80s) wrote for them and had them sent to her. Then he […]

In 2013 YouTuber Nestor Bonilla captured the wonderful sight of a vendor on Crash Boat Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico demonstrating how he teaches local pelicans to dance and perform tricks in the air, upon request. In 2011, radio broadcaster Raquel Calero also captured footage of “Harry y los pelicanos” (“Harry and the pelicans”). via […]

Chris Hardwick and host James Corden teamed up to perform a wonderful Star Wars themed parody of “The Christmas Song” during a recent episode of The Late Late Show. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to hit theaters this week on December 18th, 2015.

Inspired by the renowned “NYC Pizza Rat“, the staff of New York Magazine conducted a random taste test of the City’s most famous pizzas amongst the discerning local rat population. Pies from Lombardi’s, Grimaldi’s, Motorino and Williamsburg were set out in a Chinatown park in order to determine which pizza was the local favorite. At […]

Photographer Leo Rosas, a member of the Cooperative of Photography, efficiently documented the history of camera equipment in 11 portraits featuring a model whose looks were matched to each era. Take a historical journey with COOPH photographer Leo Rosas through the evolution of the camera & portrait. One shoot, one model and some mad Photoshop […]

Vietnamese artist Ho Anh Dúc has created a very amusing video that proves once again how photos that are posted online don’t really tell the entire story. Live Virtual technique – Actually not necessarily a virtual living technique, I want to show that behind every picture on social networks are not exactly as you think. […]

Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics & Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, provides an animated TED-Ed lesson on the ethical dilemma of self-driving cars and their need to make life or death decisions. The lesson compares how humans instinctively react to dangerous situations while driving with the way a computer would be […]

The Enterprise and its crew are under attack in the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third film the rebooted Star Trek film franchise. The film was directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious) and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba, and Zoe Saldana. It will be released in theaters on July 22, 2016.

This past Saturday, a talented group of fans calling themselves the “Mary Mobsters” dressed as chimney sweeps and performed a coordinated dance from the classic Disney musical Mary Poppins for a very pleased Dick Van Dyke on his 90th birthday. Later on, Mr. Van Dyke joined the group for a rousing a cappella version of […]

In a new star-studded sketch by Funny or Die, they feature a hypothetical Star Wars holiday special that is based solely on trailers and rumors about J.J. Abrams‘ upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens film. The Force Awakens will be landing in theaters this week on December 18th, 2015.

Reality Editor is a new app designed by Valentin Heun at MIT to easily program smart devices to interact with each other in a wide variety of ways. For example, the app could be used to connect the lights in a person’s office to their desk chair, so when they stand up to leave the lights will […]

Batman 66 Labels is a clever blog, created by Ottawa-based Aaron Reynolds, that features a fantastic collection of silly labels found in the live-action Batman television series that aired from 1966-1968. The entire series of labels are available to view on the Tumblr blog and on Twitter. BATSCILLOSCOPE VIEWER pic.twitter.com/oSFuHI9H6K — Batman 66 Labels (@BatLabels) […]

Fadi Saleh of Baracksdubs created a clever edited video that makes it look like President Barack Obama is singing ‘Hotline Bling’ by Drake using various video clips of Obama speaking.

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital have created a new special effects-filled video of a cat and dog engaging in an insane kung fu battle when their owner leaves the house. Things get broken and, of course, the dog ends up taking the blame.

Vox gives a brief history of Kilroy, the World War II doodle that traveled the world with American GIs in, “The World War II Meme That Circled the World.”

Bottle Boys performing the classic Christmas song “Winter Wonderland” on beer bottles.

Software engineer Dave Stein of the AT-AT Project recently brought a vintage Kenner AT-AT Walker toy to life with the use of an Arduino Uno board and an Xbox 360 controller. According to the Arduino Blog, “the AT-AT walker toy updated by Dave is controlled by a wired Xbox 360 controller that interfaces with a […]

John Oliver gives some tips on how to regift underwhelming holiday presents on Last Week Tonight.

You can prepare for Friday’s premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by watching all 6 of the Star Wars films at the same time in HD with this handy video created by Michael McNulty. via reddit

A new Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV spot reminds us the film premieres in 5 days on December 18th.

GradeA UnderA goes on a hilarious rant about how the naming of animals is stupid.

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to the 1996 sci-fi disaster movie Independence Day. The film, which will be released June 24, 2016, is directed by Roland Emmerich with cast featuring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie […]