Rally champion Wyatt Knox of Team O’Neil Rally School offers up an instructive five minute lesson showing how to safely drive a car with manual transmission for the very first time. Knox very patiently goes through the process in a helpful step-by-step fashion in order to ensure that the student/viewer is first comfortable with the…
Why Certain Sections of the Manhattan Skyline Are Completely Void of Skyscrapers
In an altitudinous episode of the Cheddar video series “Cheddar Explains”, the reasons why certain sections of the Manhattan skyline are completely void of skyscrapers is examined. For a long time, it was believed that underground bedrock prevented building in these areas (which would actually make it ideal), yet further research explains that it was…
OSU Engineers Dress Their Bipedal Ostrich Inspired Robot as a Star Wars AT-ST for Halloween 2018
The researchers at the Dynamic Robotics Lab at Oregon State University (OSU) hilariously dressed up their incredible two-legged ostrich-inspired agility robot Cassie as an AT-ST Walker (All Terrain Scout Transport Walker) from Star Wars for Halloween 2018. It was the perfect costume for a bipedal robot without a face. Who has two legs and just…
Comedian Michael Rapaport Insults a Frowning Big Eyed Persian Cat in a Profanity Laced Voice Over Video
When comedian Michael Rapaport came across this adorable video of Wilfred Warrior, a beloved big eyed, frowning chinchilla Persian, he provided a fantastically profanity laced voice-over. Throughout the short video, Rapaport insults Wilfred, calls for his mother and talks sweetly to a cat sitting in the window while Wilfred remains (obviously) blissfully oblivious to Rapaport’s…
A Unique Kinetic Wall Clock That Gradually Expands and Contracts With Each Passing Hour of the Day
London design studio Animaro has created the Solstice, a beautifully unique kinetic wooden hanging wall clock that interacts with the environment. The petals that surround the clock face gradually expand and contract with each passing hour of the day and in accordance with the movement of the sun. This same calming opening and closing effect…
What Fall Looks Like
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How John Coltrane Constructed Complex Key Changes in His Iconic ‘Giant Steps’ Using the Circle of Fifths
In a snappy episode of the Vox series Earworm, video producer Estelle Caswell takes a look at the iconic John Coltrane jazz instrumental “Giant Steps”. In order to do so, Caswell recruited musicians Braxton Cook and Adam Neely to help her understand and deconstruct the complicated key changes and ricocheting tempo that kept legendary pianist…
An Early Prototype of Apple Pay
Early prototype of Apple Pay. pic.twitter.com/zlLK6AL7WZ — Per Buer (@perbu) November 8, 2018 Per Buer shows off an early prototype of Apple Pay. via Miss Cellania