Brian Heater
Helicopter Video of UK Police Locating a Man Who Shined a Laser Pointer Directly at the Aircraft
The West Midlands Police in Birmingham, England have posted thermal-imaging video of a partygoer shining a laser pointer directly at a department helicopter. Over the…
Florida Man Breaks a World Record by Opening 18 Beer Bottles With a Chainsaw in One Minute
Floridian John Nicholson scored his place in the Guinness Book of World Records (previously) by opening up 18 beer bottles with a chainsaw in the…
The Hemingwrite, A Retro Word Processor Shaped Like a Typewriter With Cloud Backup and Google Docs Integration
The Hemingwrite is a writing device styled after 1990s word processors that features built-in syncing to contemporary technology, letting writers back up to the cloud…
Mother, A Connected Home Device That Uses Sensors to Monitor Life Statistics
Mother is a connected home device by French company Sen.se that uses a series of adaptable sensors (or “Motion Cookies”) that can be applied to…
Anura, A Smartphone-Controlled Drone That Is Small Enough to Fit in a Pocket
The Anura is a portable quadcopter created by San Francisco-based photographer Jason Lam that folds down into roughly the size of a smartphone. The drone…
Vintage Time-Lapse Video of Braces Straightening an Extremely Crooked Set of Teeth
In “Straight Teeth in Under 60 Seconds,” a vintage time-lapse video posted to YouTube by Ernest McCallum in 2009, braces straighten an extremely crooked set…
‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers Played Solo on a Cello
Microsoft employee and Seattle podcast producer David Chen has followed up his solo cello performance of “With or Without You” with a rendition of “Mr.…
Interesting Facts About 432 Park Avenue, The Tallest Residential Building in the Western Hemisphere
Mashable has created a short video exploring some interesting facts about 432 Park Avenue (previously), the incredibly tall Manhattan apartment tower set to become the…
Amazon Fire TV Stick, An HDMI Dongle That Streams Video, Music, and Games to a Television
Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Stick, an HDMI dongle that connects to the back of an HDTV, allowing users to stream video, music, and…
An Attempt to Find as Many International Sandwiches as Possible in the Los Angeles Area
In “Sandwiches Around The World” by BuzzFeed, actress Lynn Chen travels around Los Angeles to find as many international variations on the sandwich as possible,…