Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Competitive Rob Scallon and a Silent Davie504 Face Off in Separate Battles of Bass and Guitar
The very creative (and competitive) Rob Scallon and a silent, laid back Davie504 took turns on both the bass and the guitar while facing off…
A 4K Virtual Moon Tour Using Nine Years of Footage Compiled by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA has compiled an absolutely magnificent virtual tour of the moon, revealing incredible details in 4K footage from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft over…
Thirsty Street Art Murals Shimmy Up City Buildings to Pursue Their Goal of a Refreshing Coca Cola
In an absolutely wonderful ad, three thirsty street art murals came to life, stealthily shimmied up and around buildings of Buenos Aires, Argentina, hitched unlikely…
How to Make a Cardboard Mechanical Robot Hand
SKM released a great tutorial where they demonstrate how to make a mechanical robot hand out of cardboard. The use of clever cardboard gears and…
A Fully Articulating Kinetic Video Camera Robot That Is Positioned Using an Xbox Controller
Marques Brownlee of MXBHD traveled to Portland, Oregon to meet with the folks at Motorized Precision. While he was there, he learned about KIRA, their…
An Updated Informative Animated Timeline of Major Historic Events That May Affect the Future
In the highly informative, if not slightly ominous new version of “Time: The History & Future of Everything“, the very insightful design house Kurzgesagt offers…
A Crocheted Infinity Gauntlet for Ruling the Universe
To celebrate Avengers: Infinity War hitting theaters on April 27th, UK crochet designer Liz Ward of Amigurumi Barmy created a crocheted Infinity Gauntlet. The pattern…
The Extreme Devastation That Could Occur Should the Magnetic North and South Poles Reverse
In a slightly unnerving video essay, host Joe Avella of Tech Insider explains what geomagnetic poles are, what they do, and how they are being…
A Heavy Metal Cover of the Fortnite Theme Song
Guitarist Eric Calderone (a.k.a. "331Erock") performed a heavy metal cover of the Fortnite theme song.
Inventor Builds a Hilariously Complex Rube Goldberg Machine That Serves Cake
Inventor Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines spent 3 months building The Cake Server, a hilariously complex Rube Goldberg machine that serves him cake to “streamline…