Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Simple Trick Creates an Expanding Rainbow of Skittles
A cool trick where hot water is added to a circle of Skittles candy creating a colorful rainbow that expands into the middle of the plate.
New Technology Allows Projected Images and Video to Move With Their Targeted Surface
New dynamic projection mapping technology developed at Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo allows projected images and video to move with their targeted…
Creative Dad Turns His Son’s Wheelchair Into the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 With Working Lights and Siren
Each year Ryan Scott Miller creatively converts his son Jeremy‘s wheelchair into a different form of “cinematic transportation” for Halloween. In 2015, Miller converted Jeremy’s…
New Experimental Computer Project Reanimates the Cast of ‘Friends’ as Video Chatbots
A team of researchers at the University of Leeds have created an experimental computer project that is capable of reanimating the cast of Friends as…
Stutterer, A Brilliant Film That Channels the Thoughts of a Man Who Has Difficulty Communicating
Stutterer, written and directed by Benjamin Cleary, is a brilliant, multi-award winning film that tells the story of Greenwood Carsen (Matthew Needham), a lonely but…
The Stomp O Matic, A Waste Squeezer Stompy Thing by Eccentric Inventor Colin Furze
Eccentric inventor Colin Furze created the Stomp O Matic, a “waste squeezer stompy thing” that is essentially a motorized pair of mannequin legs used to…
A String of Colorful Planetary Holiday Lights Representing Our Solar System
ThinkGeek has created a colorful string of planetary holiday lights that represent our solar system. The set of glowing lights include the Sun, Earth, Mercury,…
Eclectic Method Remix of Clinton and Trump Debating to Hip-Hop Version of ‘Hail to the Chief’
Eclectic Method remixed clips from the second and third presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over a hip-hop version of “Hail to the…
Clever 3D Printed Earrings Specifically Designed to Catch an Apple AirPod Falling Out of an Ear
Maker Steve 3D has created the M3D Twisty Earbud Catchers, a very clever pair of earrings that are specifically designed to catch a falling Apple…
Beagle’s Bark Sounds Like a Star Wars TIE Fighter
Andrew Saunders thinks that the bark of Geraldine, a beagle belonging to Sam Schirmer, sounds an awfully lot like a Star Wars TIE fighter.