Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

Parkour Style Skiing Through a Neighborhood

Canadian freestyle skier JP Auclair shows off some awesome Parkour style skiing through a British Columbia neighborhood in a clip from the film All.I.Can. by…

Ant-Roach, A Six-Legged Inflatable Robot

Ant-Roach is a fifteen foot long six-legged inflatable robot by Otherlab in San Francisco. The robot’s legs are powered by pneumatic textile-based actuators, in other…

Micro-Lattice, The World’s Lightest Material

Earlier this month HRL Laboratories announced the invention of the metallic micro-lattice, the world’s lightest material. The micro-lattice is 99.99% air, 100 times lighter than…

Jetman Flies in Formation with Two Jet Aircraft

“Jetman” Yves Rossy recently flew in formation over the Swiss Alps alongside two jet aircraft from the Breitling Jet Team. We’ve written previously about some…

Tiny Crime Scene Tape

Design studio Aint Rocket Science have developed Tiny Crime Scene Tape, a small roll of vinyl tape for marking the smallest of crime scenes. Our…

Urine Controlled Urinal Video Games

UK-based Captive Games is beta testing urinal video games that feature a novel hands-free interface. Including such titles as On the Piste and Clever Dick,…

Bicycle Wheel Animations by Katy Beveridge

UK-based artist Katy Beveridge created wonderful bicycle animations that play on rotating bicycle wheels. The animations are only viewable when seen through a video camera…