Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Slow Motion Video of 150 Mousetraps Being Triggered In a Chain Reaction
Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys carefully set up 150 mousetraps then filmed them at 2500fps with a with a Phantom…
The Gregory Brothers Show How To Make A Happy Song Sad And A Sad Song Happy Just By Changing The Key
The Brooklyn-based band The Gregory Brothers has reversed the intention of popular songs by switching major keys to minor keys, making a happy song sad…
Woman Creates An Amazing LEGO Themed Résumé To Make Herself Stand Out To Potential Employers
Leah, a redditor who goes by the name Pastlightspeed, created this wonderfully unique LEGO-themed résumé to ensure she would stand out and above the competition.…
Looking Glass, A Mesmerizing Montage of Hundreds of Eyes
“LOOKING GLASS” is a fast-paced, mesmerizing montage of hundreds of human eyes. Filmmaker Benjamin Lebeau recorded the experimental film at UCLA. A word of warning—Lebeau…
A Fantastic 3D Illusion Space Invaders Street Painting
Artist Leon Keer designed this fantastic anamorphic space invaders painting for installation in a plaza at the EPFL technical university in Lausanne, Switzerland. He painted…
An Incredible Super Slow-Motion Video of a Ball Cracking Glass Filmed at 10 Million Frames Per Second
In this 2013 video from precision instrument manufacturer Shimadzu, a ball cracks glass while being filmed at 10 million frames per second by Shimadzu’s HyperVision…
Hubble Space Telescope Accidentally Creates Modern Art Thanks to Tracking System Error
In this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released by the European Space Agency, the telescope appears to have created some kind of…
MINTcondition Issue #3, A Comic Book Inspired Art Show Presented by Ltd. Art Gallery and Emerald City Comicon
The Dark Knight by Guillaume Morellec Ltd. Art Gallery and Emerald City Comicon have joined forces to host MINTcondition Issue #3, the third annual comic…
Aros, A Smart Air Conditioner That Is Controlled by an App That Can Be Used To Update Settings Throughout the Day
Aros is a smart air conditioner created in partnership between Quirky and GE that uses the Wink app to control the unit and update settings…
A Series of Visualizations Comparing the Relative Orientations of Urban Road Networks
On and Off the Street Grid: Relative Distributions of Road Orientations Portland, Oregon-based scientist Seth Kadish created a series of graphics comparing the relative directions…