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The FormBox, A Desktop Vacuum Former Powered by a Home Vacuum Cleaner
The FormBox is a desktop vacuum former created by Mayku Industries. The modestly sized device fits easily on a desktop or table and is powered…
Rescued Lions Leap Surprisingly High While Playing With a Durable Homemade Teaser Toy
A group of African lions who have been rescued from poachers by the Oregon Zoo excitedly look forward to playing with their “Leaping Lions” teaser…
The Food Surgeon Performs a Thorough Dissection of a Luscious Red Pepper
Opting for something a little healthier this week, the Food Surgeon doubled up on scalpels and doubled down to perform a very careful and thorough…
A Well-Mannered Alligator Attempts to Ring the Doorbell of a Suburban South Carolina Home
A home in Moncks Corner, South Carolina had a very unusual polite alligator at their front door who seemed to be trying to ring the front doorbell.
A GoPro Camera Attached to a Rocket Captures Its Launch and Separation in Near-Space
A GoPro HERO4 camera was attached to a SpaceLoft-10 rocket launched by UP Aerospace on November 6, 2015. The camera captured the rocket’s launch to…
Banjo Guy Ollie Performs a Multitrack Cover of the Turrican Video Game Song ‘Shoot Or Die’
Galway, Ireland musician Banjo Guy Ollie recently performed a multitrack cover of “Shoot Or Die” — Chris Huelsbeck‘s fantastic song from the 1990 video game…
Bad Internet, A CollegeHumor Series About Ways Technology and the Internet Can Go Wrong
ad Internet is a new CollegeHumor original series on YouTube Red that will include 10 stories about the ways technology and the internet can go wrong.
Tilt Brush, A Tool for Painting and Creating Stunning Art in Virtual Reality
Tilt Brush is a tool developed by the Data Arts team at Google for painting and creating stunning art in virtual reality. The team invited…
How the Most Iconic Sherlock Holmes Identifiers Developed Outside of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Stories
In a wonderful new Ted-Ed lesson written by scholar Dr. Neil McCaw and animated by Lasse Rützou Bruntse of The Animation Workshop, narrator Addison Anderson…
Conan Associate Producer Jordan Schlansky Reviews a Darth Vader Replica Helmet
Conan associate producer Jordan Schlansky recently reviewed a Darth Vader replica helmet, created by eFx Collectibles, in the latest installment of the show’s Jordan Schlansky’s…