Laughing Squid
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NASA Astronaut Terry W. Virts Uses a Laptop as a Virtual Reality Display Onboard the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Terry W. Virts recently posted a photo to his Twitter account showing him using a laptop as a virtual reality display to train…
‘Steal My Kill’, A Video Game-Themed Parody Music Video of One Direction’s Song ‘Steal My Girl’
“Steal My Kill” is a parody music video by The Warp Zone (previously) of the One Direction song “Steal My Girl” where a group of…
SciShow Explains the Leidenfrost Effect, Which Causes Water to Levitate on Pockets of Gas Due to Extreme Heat
SciShow host Michael Aranda breaks down the Leidenfrost Effect (previously), a phenomenon that causes droplets of water to essentially levitate over pockets of steam when…
A Short Documentary Focusing on Mukbang, The Popular Korean Trend of Watching People Eat on Camera
In a short documentary for the Vice series Munchies, Charlet Duboc travels to Seoul, South Korea to explore mukbang (or Meok-Bang), the popular Korean phenomenon of…
Adam Savage Demonstrates How to Assemble and Detail an Extremely Intricate Cosmonaut Model Kit
In the latest episode of One Day Builds by Tested, Adam Savage (previously) demonstrates how to assemble and detail an extremely intricate and beautiful 1/6th…
Whiteboard Clock, A Robotic Clock That Writes the Time on a Dry-Erase Board at Regular Intervals
The Whiteboard Clock is a robotic clock built by Zurich-based engineer Maurice Bos that erases a dry-erase board and then writes the current time using…
The Cullinan, A Rolls-Royce All-Terrain Luxury Vehicle Due to Be Released in 2018
The Cullinan is an upcoming luxury all-terrain vehicle by long-time English luxury car manufacturer Rolls-Royce due out in 2018. The car, named for a giant…
An Interactive Site Designed to Create Visual Remixes of the Video for the Skrillex Song ‘Doompy Poomp’
Production studio UNIT9 Berlin has teamed up with Skrillex to design an interactive site that lets users create their own visual remix of the Fleur…
The Tomatan, An Humanoid Tomato-Dispensing Robot For Runners Designed to Combat Fatigue
The Tomatan is a small tomato-headed humanoid robot made by Japanese vegetable juice company Kagome that holds six medium-sized tomatoes to help runners harness the…
Googlifier, A Chrome Browser Extension That Adds Crazy Cartoon Eyes to Website Photos
Googlifier is a Chrome browser extension by Brooklyn developer Steve Wozniak (a different Steve Wozniak) that locates images of real eyes in website photos and…