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The Hypnos Hoodie is an innovative zippered sweatshirt whose hood houses a convenient ergonomic air pillow that can be easily accessed and used anywhere on short notice. The design is simple and comes in several different colors – speckled gray, charcoal grey and black. The Hypnos Hoodie is a beautiful, comfortable and practical hoodie designed […]

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” creates a DIY sparkler from steel wool. Kulakov swings the sparkler overhead as sparks and flame go swirling around him. In the video, Kulakov repeatedly tells the viewer not to try this at home before showing them in detail how to try this at home.

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian.

Tsutchi~i captured absolutely adorable footage of a confused little raccoon frantically searching for a piece of cotton candy that disappeared right before his eyes when he tried to wash it. Unfortunately, the sugary sweet left no trace of behind. via RocketNews24

The Parrot DISCO is a new ready-to-fly fixed wing drone that can fly independently with its autopilot software, travel along a preprogrammed flight plan, or operate under manual control. The drone has a built-in 1080p nose camera than can send a live video feed to first person view goggles. The DISCO can fly for up […]

Comedy Central UK has created a wonderful video and blog post that points out the numerous, striking similarities between the Bryan Cranston characters Hal Wilkerson from Malcolm in the Middle and Walter White from AMC‘s Breaking Bad. Halsenberg. They’re the same. THE SAME. images via Comedy Central UK

Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, and Danny Boyle join other directors to participate in the Hollywood Reporter’s Director Oscar Roundtable. Over the course of an hour, the group discusses the state of modern cinema, its challenges, and the future of the art form. The video is part of the Hollywood Reporter Roundtable series, which also includes discussions […]

Love is a new Netflix original romantic comedy series created by Judd Apatow and starring Gillian Jacobs and Paul Rust. Netflix has released the first teaser for Love, and Entertainment Weekly has shared two images from the series which will premiere on February 19, 2016. photos via Entertainment Weekly

On the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop on Break’s AWE me channel, host Vinny Logozio demonstrates how to make a low-budget version of a weighted companion cube from the Portal video game series.

Taras Kulakov (a.k.a. “Crazy Russian Hacker“) and the YouTube channel, Zombie Go Boom, recently teamed up to capture slow motion footage of a katana slicing through plastic water bottles and soda cans.

The Brazilian mattress company Colchão Inteligente Postural that specializes magnetic and vibration therapy, has created a wonderful pet bed that’s built right into the boxspring of their human-sized mattress set. With this cleverly designed set, both animals and humans can have a really comfy night’s sleep in one place. The bed made its debut on […]

Jalopnik has created a new animated video, featuring amazing illustrations by Toronto-based artist Scott Park, that highlights 50 of the most famous television show and movie cars from the last 50 years. We’ve previously written about Scott and his impressive artwork. music by Cookin’ On 3 Burners – “Cars” image via Jalopnik

Las Vegas-based video editor Robert Jones has created a musical supercut tribute to romance in movies featuring the song “Perfect” by The Singularity. Robert features love-filled films like Pretty Woman, The Notebook, Dirty Dancing, and more. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

“Of Oz the Wizard” by filmmaker and directory of photography Matt Bucy is a brilliant re-edit of The Wizard of Oz where clips are presented in alphabetical order of the words spoken in the film. via Metafilter, Neatorama

Fog Cannon is a home security company that offers devices that quickly fill a room with fog to reduce visibility when a burglar breaks in. The Fog Cannon Protect Qumulus can fill a 400 cubic meter room with thick fog in 60 seconds, as demonstrated in a product video. via Contemporist, Neatorama

In 1974, the great Carol Burnett kept her cool as a stage-shaking earthquake hit while she was filming a classroom sketch with guests The Jackson 5 on her her eponymous show. While the sudden shaking could have completely ruined the skit, the ever-professional Ms. Burnett seamlessly incorporated it into the act and kept going. In […]

The Dewulf GKIIISE is a massive harvesting machine designed to quickly pull carrots out of the ground. A product video by Dewulf shows the GKIIISE 3-row harvester in action as it gathers carrots from the field. via Sploid

HowBB8Works.com is a website created by two Star Wars fans from Spain, product designer Carlos Sánchez and CG artist Emilio “EGPJET3D” Gelardo, who have collected facts, made educated guesses, and created handy visuals to explain how the awesome BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens works. Inspired by the Droid Mechanics Lee Towersey and […]

Former frontman for the Dead Kennedys and San Francisco fixture Jello Biafra has posted his official acting reel which shows the various roles he’s played over the years, including a guest spot in a Portlandia episode, a shot-caller in the Hunger Games parody “The Hipster Games“, a cheesy agent named Sid and an FBI agent […]

As part of their historical video series, the film production company Yestervid has compiled some of the oldest known footage of Chicago. The footage dates back to 1896-1935 and goes neighborhood by neighborhood with helpful maps to show the exact location of each clip. The film features places such as the stockyards and Michigan Avenue […]

Renowned performance artist Laurie Anderson, in partnership with Times Square Arts, is putting on a low-decibel concert that only dogs can hear. Humans will have headphones to help them hear what’s going on. The concert is a partner piece to her new film, Heart of a Dog, which benefits 9/11 rescue dogs. The event starts […]

Astonishing Studios has created a coin-operated machine that dispenses a bowlful of Cheerios with milk using a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 31313 kit. The video shows the machine in action, but also breaks the mechanism down to demonstrate how its individual components work. We wrote about a similar project by Astonishing Studios that dispensed McDonald’s chicken nuggets.

A creative group of children recently attended winter camp at the Parts and Crafts resource center in Somerville, Massachusetts and learned how to remove the original paint from Bratz dolls, repaint them, and build costumes to turn the models into Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. More photos are available to view on the […]

Justin Fiddler performs some impressive tricks with his Stiletto Hammer. via YouTube Trending

Supercut Videos has created a new compilation video that features movie characters falling and forcefully landing onto various vehicles. The full list of films can be found in the video description. New year, new supercut. The best way to start 2016 is with a bang and then another band and then several bangs after that. […]

Playback.fm has created an amazing montage using different clips of the late, great Freddie Mercury singing the classic Queen song “We Are the Champions” without the background music. The effect is absolutely mesmerizing and incredibly poignant. This is an exclusive treat from Playback.fm. The isolated vocals have been combined with four sets of different concert […]

At a recent Big Bash League cricket match in Melbourne, a young boy in the stands was spotted eating an entire watermelon, including the rind. via YouTube Trending

Starty Rakiet has created a compilation of 83 rocket launches from 2015. The video includes nearly all of the year’s 87 orbital launches, but is missing footage from four Chinese launches. A full list of the launches seen in the video is available in a post on Pastebin. via Digg

Boomer, a gorgeous gray Bengal and little brother to the amazing Didga, had a wonderful time gleefully rolling around in a big pile of multi-colored balls, first in a cardboard box and then in his favorite blue plastic pool. According to his human Robert, “Boomer (a cat) loves his kiddy pool full of balls.” image […]

A Japanese girl who goes by the name 826aska masterfully played a flawless rendition of the Star Wars theme on her Yamaha Electone organ. This talented girl has shared a number of her performances that includes her version of the theme from Jurassic Park when she was just 8-years old. A performance of Back to […]

Bad Lip Reading has released “Bushes of Love,” a new music video parody with lyrics of wise old Ben “Obi-Wan” Kenobi giving young Luke Skywalker a musical lecture on the many perils of love. The song is available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon. Bad Lip Reading’s music video was created from the hilarious alternate […]

2014 Formula Drift champion Chris Forsberg figured out how to “undecorate” his Christmas tree in the least amount of time possible and in doing so, set a Record Setter world record for this type of activity. Chris Forsberg undecorated a Christmas Tree in 2.70 seconds using his car. Forsberg also shared some behind-the-scenes footage courtesy […]

Fox’s Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) pays tribute to SpaceX and Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk with an upbeat song about his life and his plans for revenge against childhood bullies. The song is performed by Liz Beebe of The Dustbowl Revival and was written by Heather Anne Campbell.

A recent episode of the Mashable Watercooler series, Trailer Mix, reimagines Michael Bay‘s 2007 Transformers film as a low budget monster movie from the 1950s. If we can believe in Shia LaBeouf saving the world from utter destruction, why not imagine Transformers as a monster flick? This convincing remixed trailer pulls out all the stops […]

Derby, the gorgeous husky mix with deformed front legs whom we wrote about last year, received an upgrade to his previous set of 3D printed paws, which allowed him to walk and run but left him in a permanent stoop. In order to bring Derby up to his regular height, 3D Systems (3DS) employee Tara […]

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver gives some advice about managing disappointment when making New Year’s resolution in a web exclusive update during the show’s winter hiatus. Last Week Tonight returns to HBO with new episodes on February 14, 2016.

Photographer Jeff Cremer captured with his drone the amazing splendor of the giant New Year’s Eve fireworks show over Lima, Peru. Cremer, currently based in Tambopata, Peru, humorously likened the spectacle to “the start of the air campaign in Iraq”. Normally Cremer is a wildlife photographer by trade, basing much of his work out of […]

Aviation student Samm Sheperd built a remote control airplane around a centrifugal fan taken from an old electric heater. The engine doesn’t provide as much thrust as a traditional propeller, but as Sheperd demonstrates in the video, it’s more than enough to get his makeshift styrofoam plane into the air. via reddit

Dave Hax shares a handy tip on how to store Christmas lights so that they don’t get tangled up in a knot.

Fashion designer, mixed artist, and cosplay model Kay Pike has created a timelapse video that features Kay painting an incredible Thanos themed costume on her own body at 1,000x speed. Pike captured the footage while she was streaming on Twitch. The full collection of Thanos photos are available on Imgur. kaypikefashion images via KayPikeFashion via […]

In the latest Honest Ads episode by Cracked, spokesman Roger reveals the truth about gyms and their business model just in time for the New Year’s fitness resolution push. Gyms: They’re the only way you can get fit, aside from all the other ways, and the only place you can get juice, aside from lots of others.

Matthew Potter of Budget Videos has created a low budget shot for shot remake of the third official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Potter also released a blooper reel and a side by side comparison with the original trailer for reference. via YouTube Trending

“I’m sick and tired of people putting these logs across the path…” via reddit

University of Utah film student Jordan Hanzon created a wonderful edit of the Pixar film Inside Out where all of the “Inside” scenes have been removed. via reddit

In honor of 2016 being the Year of the Monkey, 10 Cats has posted a ridiculous video of one of their cats wearing a monkey costume and slowly licking a banana.

10 Cats, a website documenting the lives of 10 cats, celebrates the new year by spelling out the words “Happy New Year 2016” using cats eating as letters of the alphabet.

Shonduras joins Dan and Lincoln of What’s Inside? to convert an old refrigerator into a snow sled.

EmperorTigerstar created a visualization showing the year-by-year history of the Ancient Rome.

Mac Lethal sums up the major events of 2015 in a super fast two minute rap song.

In celebration of New Year’s Day, Tito4re takes a look at what happens when molten copper is poured onto a “Happy New Year 2016” cake.