Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Sculptural Seating Made of Recycled Propane Tanks
Artist Colin Selig transforms scrapped propane tanks into remarkably beautiful benches and chairs. The seating sculptures have a number of advantages thanks to their propane…
Tom Cruise Plays Egg Russian Roulette on His Head on ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’
In April, Tom Cruise was a guest on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to promote his new movie, Oblivion, and while in the studio took…
Microscopic Crystal Flowers Sculpted by Chemistry
Harvard researcher Wim L. Noorduin molded crystals into beautiful microscopic flowers using chemistry as his artistic tool. Noorduin manipulated the chemical gradient of the liquids…
The Various Varieties of Fruits by Pop Chart Lab
(larger) Pop Chart Lab has created a lovely chart of over 300 luscious fruits “from Berries like Huckleberry, Gooseberry, and Boysenberry to more exotic crops…
Wake, An Alarm App For iOS That Asks Users to Slap, Shake, and Flip Their Phones
Wake is an alarm clock app for iOS created by Tiny Hearts that lets users snooze by slapping their phone or turn off the alarm…
Cat Boarding, A Cat in a Box on a Skateboard Drifting Down a Hall
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, like Cat Boarding, a cat is placed in a box and then sent down the hallway on a…
Incredible Animal Defense Mechanisms Explained
Kevin Lieber, also known as Vsauce2, shows and explains a number of incredible animal defense mechanisms in his latest Facts and Knowledge (FAK) video segment,…
Homemade Remake of the Clock Tower Scene in ‘Back to the Future’
The memorable clock tower scene scene in Back to the Future (1985) has been given a homemade remake in this new Cinefix episode of Homemade…
Return of the Cicadas, An Educational Documentary About 17-Year Periodical Cicadas
Filmmaker Samuel Orr is working on an hour-long documentary about 17-year periodical cicadas, and has already completed a short educational video about the insect’s life…
Othermill, A Small Precision Mill for Desktop Manufacturing
Othermill is an small computer-controlled mill that allows the user to precision cut small objects like circuit boards. The mill is encased in a 10″…