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Adam Savage Builds a Custom Rickshaw Carriage So His Boston Robotics Spot Robot Can Give Him Rides
For for Christmas 2019, Adam Savage (previously) of Tested received his very own Boston Robotics Spot Robot (previously). Upon receipt of the quadroped robot, Savage…
Calculating the Total Length of the Cooked Noodles in a Pre-Packaged Serving of Instant Ramen Noodles
Food investigator Curiosityandbeyond, who quite cleverly reverse-engineered canned corn to see how many ears were inside the can, decided to calculate the total length of…
The Amazing Mudskipper, A Fish That Walks on Land
In a seaside clip from the BBC series Life, legendary host Sir David Attenborough (previously) talks about the amazing mudskipper, an amphibious fish that not…
An Amazing Musical Instrument Made Out of a Bar Code Reader Hooked Up to a Speaker
Electronicos Fantasticos, the highly inventive band fronted by electronic artist Ei Wada known for their highly inventive musical instruments, have utilized a bar code scanner…
How to Make a Decorative Rock Change Purse
A talented engineer with The Q handily demonstrates how to build a decorative change purse out of a rock. As the rock, zipper, coins and…
25 Years of a Boy’s Life Captured Through His Love of Audis in a Touching Ad for the Audi RS6 Avant
In anticipation of the arrival of their RS6 Avant onto North American shores in 2020, Audi USA released a first-person narrated ad that spans 25…
An Animated History of the Beloved Brooklyn Bridge
In a spanning Ted-Ed (previously) lesson written by Alex Gendler (previously) and animated by Jeremiah Dickey, narrator Addison Anderson shares the history of the beloved…
A Ferret’s Fluid Physiology Captured in Slow Motion
An adorable clip from the PBS series Nature takes a look at the incredibly fluid physiology of ferrets. They examine, through slow motion footage, the…
Nine Inch Ice Sample Makes Cartoon Laser Sounds When Dropped Down a 450′ Antarctic Glacier Hole
A team of scientists made up of Ian Nesbitt, Austin Carter, John Andrew Higgins, Jenna Epifanio, and Peter Neff who are in Antarctica studying the…
A Sparkling Stop-Motion Animation Showing How Guldies Sources His Beads for Making Jewelry
Swedish sculptor and filmmaker Alexander Unger, aka Guldies (previously), created a quick, sparkling stop-motion test that shows how he sources his beads for making jewelry.…