Japanese Restaurant Employs Masked Monkey Waiters
Kayabuki, a Japanese restaurant in a city about 100km north of Tokyo, employs two monkeys wearing schoolgirl clothes, life-like wigs and creepy masks that serve…
Cookies Sold by String Dangling From San Francisco Apartment Window
San Francisco entrepreneurs Eve, Kathleen and Clem of Fat Cookies deliver their oven fresh product (baked in their second story apartment) to their customers below…
Humanoid Robot Taught to Clean Whiteboard
Robotics Researcher Petar Kormushev has posted a video of a Japanese robot learning to clean a whiteboard. Using “Upper-Body Kinesthetic Teaching,” the robot is guided…
First Ever Aerial Footage of an Uncontacted Amazon Tribe
In January Survival International released the first ever aerial footage of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe. The film (and a series of astonishing aerial photographs) are…
A Clever Response to Aggressive Charity Canvassers
Fed up with aggressive charity canvassers in their neighborhood, creative workers at Portland ad firm Wieden + Kennedy (makers of the infamous Old Spice commercials)…
A Look Inside a the Castiron Carousel Marionette Troupe Workshop
“Process: Marionettes With Geahk Burchill” by Eric Bueg takes you to a Portland, Oregon workshop where Geahk Burchill hand crafts intricate puppets for his Castiron…
Bionic Arm Controlled by Thoughts
The prosthetic arm being demonstrated in this video is controlled entirely by the mind of the man wearing it. Developed by Todd Kuiken and a…
Short Film Reveals Old Poland Chapel in HDR Time Lapse
“The Chapel” by Patryk Kizny is a beautifully shot short film of a crumbling 18th century chapel in Poland. Beginning at the minute and a…
Custom Suitcase Holds Bourbon and Brass Knuckles
Tyler Riewer received a most remarkable hand-made birthday gift from his friends Karen and Curtis this January: a suitcase specially fitted for a bottle of…
Popin’ Cookin’, A Japanese Gummi Sushi Kit
This strangely mesmerizing Japanese video of Popin’ Cookin’ shows the process of making gummi sushi from a store-bought kit that costs about three dollars. While…