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Stretch Armstrong Gets Shredded

Stretch Armstrong Gets Shredded

The goo inside of Stretch Armstrong is some nasty stuff, so we certainly wouldn’t want to subject an expensive piece of machinery to it. But that’s what PressTube did, as they stuffed a couple of the stretchy dolls into the jaws of their industrial shredder. Clean up video here.

Hydraulic Press vs. Battery Pack

Hydraulic Press vs. Battery Pack

The Hydraulic Press Channel first crushes a tablet playing their hilarious mobile game, then things get really explosive as they turn their attention to a large lithium ion battery pack, one of the last things you should ever put under extreme pressure.

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DIY Pocket Oscilloscope

DIY Pocket Oscilloscope

Keystone Science shows us how to build a nifty bit of old school tech – an analog oscilloscope, made using the tiny CRT viewfinder from an old camcorder. If you’d rather build something bigger, he’s got you covered too.

Crazy Powerful Mini Cannon

Crazy Powerful Mini Cannon

Because he hasn’t made enough dangerous things, Giaco Whatever teamed up with builder Kevin Lizotte to create a tiny cannon that’s ridiculously powerful for its size. The audio and slow-mo add to the drama, but we wouldn’t want to be on the business end of this thing.

Nigel Sylvester: GO! Dubai

Nigel Sylvester: GO! Dubai

As he makes his way around the world, Nigel Sylvester makes quite an entrance as he drops in for a visit in the scorching hot desert of Dubai. We’re surprised that he didn’t figure out a way to ride his BMX bike around the top of the Burj Khalifa.

Dominoes and Fire

Dominoes and Fire

Domino fanatic Kaplamino’s latest run doesn’t feature thousands of tiles falling down, but it does offer something pretty different – a series of chain reactions which kick off using matches, fireworks, and other pyrotechnic devices – and a bit more waiting around than usual.

How IMAX Film Projectors Work

How IMAX Film Projectors Work

Watching movies in a true IMAX theater can be an overwhelmingly amazing experience. Projectionist John Ruddock shows us that preparing the expensive equipment can also be intense. There’s a surprising amount of manual setup involved in playing a 70mm IMAX film.

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Power Drill Animation

Power Drill Animation

While testing out on a flipbook animation to be driven by a handcrank, artist wolfcatworkshop decided to give his swimming squid a spin on the end of his power drill, and the result was pretty awesome if you ask us.

Chinese Spouting Bowl in Slow Motion

Chinese Spouting Bowl in Slow Motion

The Slow Mo Guys bought a Chinese spouting bowl, aka a resonance bowl. By rubbing the bowl’s handles, you can make parts of the bowl vibrate. Place water inside it and the vibrations will cause droplets to jump out. It’s intriguing in real time, and fascinating in slow motion.

Kurzgesagt: Life & Size Pt. 1

Kurzgesagt: Life & Size Pt. 1

Kurzgesagt kicks off a multi-part lesson that explains how an organism’s size drastically affects its evolution. For instance, droplets of water could be lethal to insects. So some of them evolved to repel even tiny particles of water.

FoodFilms

FoodFilms

Filmmaker and food artist David Ma creates videos of simple food recipes – shot in the style of famous movie directors. So far, we’ve got Quentin Tarantino’s Spaghetti & Meatballs, Michael Bay’s Waffles, Wes Anderson’s S’mores, and Alfonso Cuaron’s Pancakes.

Gimme Chocolate: Jazz Cover

Gimme Chocolate: Jazz Cover

Vocalist Tara Louise leads off one of our favorite Postmodern Jukebox covers yet, with a vibrant 1920’s jazz style version of Japanese Kawaii metal group Babymetal’s cult hit Gimme Chocolate. If you’re unfamiliar with the original, here ya go. You’re welcome.

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Copzilla

Copzilla

When your city is under siege by thugs and punks, you want a real hero. It’s time to call in the big guns. It’s time to call in COPZILLA. AOK dedicated their silly animated short to actor Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed Godzilla in the classic Kaiju films, and recently passed away.

The Lion’s Blaze

The Lion’s Blaze

“I’m okay with dying of fun!” A group of gamers have been magically stuck in a medieval RPG arcade game for more than 15 years. One of them wants out, but his buddies pull him back in with a glorious quest. And the ability to slap NPCs.

Pickle Rick Remix

Pickle Rick Remix

If you haven’t watched last week’s episode of Rick and Morty yet, drop what you’re doing and tune in for an ample dose of Pickle Rick. Then, watch Chetreo’s awesomely songified take on Rick’s most insane incarnation yet.

Brilliant Western Films

Brilliant Western Films

Before Master Chief, before Superman, there was the cowboy. CineFix presents its picks for the best Western films of all time. You probably won’t agree with the list, but it’s a great reminder of the genre’s timeless relevance and appeal.

Mastodon: Sultan’s Curse

Mastodon: Sultan’s Curse

Hey Beautiful Jerk and illustrator Skinner created about an hour of footage for heavy metal band Mastodon’s recent world tour, and have boiled down some of their epic animated nightmare fuel into a 4-minute video for the band’s track Sultan’s Curse.

Death of a Notebook

Death of a Notebook

A group of minifigs go from master builders to master destroyers in animator Reto Hochstrasser’s amazing stop-motion short, in which LEGO anarchists demolish his laptop using fire and explosions. Forget Batman and Ninjago, we want The LEGO Destruction Movie.

Stephen Colbert vs. Hot Wings

Stephen Colbert vs. Hot Wings

While Hot Ones host Sean Evans wasn’t able to persuade Stephen to leave the Ed Sullivan Theater, he did manage to get him to participate in an abbreviated version of his interview show, and put the normally stoic Colbert on the ropes with Da Bomb and Blair’s Mega Death Sauce.

Floppin’ Alive

Floppin’ Alive

Paweł Zadrożniak’s retro-mechanical orchestra The Floppotron is back with another great cover. Listen up as it performs a Bee Gees’ disco classic. If you prefer something a bit more modern, he also dropped a cover of Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger this week.

The Shins Live

The Shins Live

“A kid in class passed me a tape, a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain…” The Shins’ James Mercer dropped by NPR Music to play acoustic versions of Mildenhall and The Fear from their new album Heartworms, then closed with Young Pilgrims.

The Comedy of Key & Peele

The Comedy of Key & Peele

Wisecrack’s Jared Bauer explores the writing, comedic structure, and performance style of comedy duo Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele, and how their deft blend of silliness and social satire makes for some of the smartest and most gutbusting comedy out there.

Shipwreck Kayaking

Shipwreck Kayaking

Get a unique perspective on a rusted out shipwreck, as a kayaker takes us on a slow float through the submerged innards of the Evangelia Shipwreck, which rests on Romania’s Black Sea coast. It’s surprisingly relaxing, but we can only imagine how creepy it would be in the dark.

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