Awesome Videos

We already know that cats can be major assholes. As Kaipotainment’s video proves, we really don’t want these deceptively cute furrballs to gain the ability to willfully manipulate metal objects.

The candy artists of Montreal’s La Confiserie Candy Labs demonstrate how they make their amazing hand-rolled hard candies. The arduous 3-hour process has been condensed to 9-minutes by Sterokroma. Order the finished candies here.

“An empty spacecraft. A paranoid vacuum cleaner robot. Some strange invaders. Jeremy Clapin’s animated short film serves as the music video for Hundred Waters‘ dreamlike track Innocent, and also is a great little science fiction story.

Donning Michael Jordan’s number for the 2015 Sprite Slam-Dunk Contest, the Timberwolves’ Zach LaVine channeled His Airness – and possibly outdid him – with this epic dunk. Somebody needs to check his hi-tops for rockets.

At the World Series of Fighting 18, Shane Campbell put Derek Boyle on his knees with a body kick. Then he topped it off like a boss, pulling off either a Street Fighter fireball or Sub-Zero’s iceball.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) continuously takes images of the sun at various wavelengths. These beautiful time-lapse videos are made of images captured by the spacecraft over the last five years.

Google Japan used 300 Android mobile devices and the Androidify app to create a digital beatbox a capella rendition of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. The virtual choir will also perform live in Tokyo. Not to be outdone, Apple China set up a… oh wait.

YouTuber Bill Smith improves upon daytime talk show Dr. Phil by removing the talk part, and just keeping the pained expressions on everyone’s faces. It’s basically the opposite of this video.

Darren Wallace must have had some time (and drugs) on his hands when he decided to take the trailer for Jurassic World and rework it in the weirdest possible way. All we know is that it’s got velociraptors on motorcycles.

José Manuel Hermo Barreiro aka Patelo spent over 2,500 hours to make this miniature hydraulic 32-piston W engine. It’s so balanced and its 850 pieces fit together so precisely that it barely shudders when it runs.

Joe Capra aka Scientifantastic tests the $40,000 Phase One IQ180 medium format camera. Its 80mp sensor can take 10328×7760 images. Joe shows us just how much detail is in a 10k frame by zooming in and out of these time-lapse sequences.

Grant Thompson makes an arc furnace out of a microwave and a lantern battery, then melts metals and rocks with it. His matter of fact delivery is bound to get viewers in trouble. Make lava on our desk? Yeah sure we could do that.

The music video for Siska’s Unconditional Rebel is about 3.5 min long, but all of the action in the background was actually captured in just 5 seconds. La Planète Rouge filmed it at 1000fps to create a “living mural” effect.

Screen Junkies rips into Richard Linklater’s grand (or failed) experiment to shoot a single film in the course of 12 years. It makes you think how the movie would have been received if we weren’t told how it was made.

YouTuber Redtank took video elements from rapper Rick Ross (er RO$$), and replaced the music with Paul Simon’s Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, which should make absolutely no sense, but somehow it works brilliantly.

Former NASA employee Mark Rober has a patent for a microwave with an infrared camera and an LCD display on its door. The idea is for users to see when food is fully heated. Show your support for the project by simply signing the petition here.

In this pitch-perfect infomercial parody, Pleated Jeans introduces us to an amazing invention that every home and business needs. Doors may cause itching, burning, headaches or suicidal thoughts. Ask your doctor if doors are right for you.

“People carry pizzas in here uncooked. When they come out, they have a freshly cooked pizza. And they’re dead.” The Walking Dead star Steven Yeun took Conan O’Brien to a Korean torture chamber spa for a full treatment.

(Gore) The spider-tailed horned viper is endemic to Western Iran. This double dose of nope uses the insect-like growth on its tail to bait prey, as shown in this excerpt from Reptile Wonderland: Iran’s Wildlife. Image by Omid Mozaffari.

(NSFW) Millions of schmucks will be forced to watch Fifty Shades of Grey with their partners. Boo Ya Pictures’ take on the movie would have switched the enforcer and the forced. To those about to do it for love, we salute you.

The latest short film form LBP Stunts Chicago is a bloody good demonstration of their martial arts and fight choreography skills, as a single kung fu disciple must fight his way up the ladder of challenging opponents.

“If you paired this with Oculus Rift, this is like next gen!” The Fine Brothers put iconic late ’80s tech in the hands of today’s youth. While the Mattel Power Glove for the NES never lived up to its promise, we know one person who still uses his.

YouTuber Alex Luthor throws in his take on a sci-fi matchup that’s been discussed and will be discussed billions of times. If J.J. Abrams doesn’t screw up Episode VII, he’s going to be a freakin’ god among geeks.