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The Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Walks Through the Woods in a New Balance and Movement Test
During a recent presentation, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert showed footage of the Atlas robot walking through a wooded area to test its balance and…
Custom 10,000 Piece ‘Star Wars’ Sandcrawler Built Using LEGO Mindstorms Bricks
Joshua Hanlon of BrickPodcast.com talked with LEGO fanatics Calvin Hartley and Jarren Harkema about a custom 10,000 piece LEGO version of the Sandcrawler from Star…
New Trailer for ‘The Martian’ Features More Astronaut Survival and Tense Debate About Rescue
The new trailer for The Martian features even more astronaut survival as Mark Watney (Matt Damon) works to stay alive long enough to be rescued,…
How to Add Yourself Into Historical Footage Using Adobe After Effects, Just Like in ‘Forrest Gump’
London-based filmmaker Steve Ramsden recently created a fun tutorial video showing how to add yourself into historical footage, just as they did in the 1994…
How ‘Oldschool’ Computer and Video Game Graphics Worked in the 1980s
In part one of his new instructional video series, The iBookGuy explains how “oldschool” computer and video game console graphics worked back in the 1980s.…
The Entire Plot of ‘Jurassic World’ Retold in 90 Seconds as a LEGO Animated Short
Kevin Ulrich of Brotherhood Workshop spent 200 hours creating a funny LEGO animated short of the entire plot to Jurassic World being retold in 90…
‘Go, And Be’, A Beautiful Short Film About Falling In Love With the Scottish Highlands
“Go, And Be” by Josh Brine is a beautiful visual love letter to the Scottish Highlands and the important lesson he learned from spending time…
A College Student Receives an Embarrassing DVD From His ‘MC Mom’ on ‘Key & Peele’
A funny new sketch on Key & Peele features a college student who is embarrassed in front of his friends when they watch the DVD…
An Adorable Hamster Enjoys Some Yummy Snacks While Swinging In Her Hammock
An adorable little hamster named Enoki enjoyed some very yummy snacks while lying on her back, swinging back and forth in her tiny little hammock.…
‘Another Weirdo’ by They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants has released “Another Weirdo”, their new music video for week 33 of their Dial-A-Song Direct series. It’s a beautiful instrumental song…