Awesome Videos

This student animated film reminds us a bit of the wonderful Scavenger’s Reign, as a robot wanders a scary planet filled with strange creatures. Accompanied by an adorable sidekick, our hero does what it takes to protect the last of a species. Directed by Christopher Woods, Doryan Beauvillard, Paul Gressier, Nadia Miller, and Thomas Doussineau.

We’ve always enjoyed listening to Luna Lee’s interpretations of popular songs played on the gayageum. Her nuanced performance of Prince’s 1984 hit Purple Rain gave us chills like the original, milking the vibrato and adding a modern edge to the ancient Korean string instrument with a heaping helping of distortion.

Dani Clode specializes in the design and development of prosthetics and robotic augmentation. As part of her work with the Plasticity Lab and UCL, she created an extra digit that almost anyone can control, providing a new way to grip and interact with objects. Her third thumb project also included an analysis of how the brain adapts to having extra body parts.

Flavor Lab shares this straightforward tutorial for making Red Bull. It doesn’t look and taste exactly like the energy drink, but the key ingredients are all here: caffeine, ginseng, and taurine. It’s probably only the first one that matters, but that’s what Red Bull has. At least they’re all fairly easy to get. Now go out there and sponsor the kids at your local skate park.

Look Mum No Computer enjoys making music with analog audio gear like modular synthesizers. In this video, he goes even further to avoid digital technology by making a reverb device out of a spiral of copper tubing. By placing a small speaker at one end of the tube and a microphone at the other it produces some interesting audio delay effects.

This guitar will self-destruct in 10 seconds. Lingling Guitar shows off her fingerstyle acoustic skills with an energetic performance of Lalo Schifrin’s classic theme song from Mission Impossible. Check out her similarly impressive versions of Misirlou and Axel F for more delightful ear candy.

It’s not something anyone wants to think about, but someday humans may go extinct. xkcd’s What If? contemplates how long it would take before the last artificial source of light went out if no humans were around to tend to electrical systems or replace light bulbs. While some power sources would stop quickly, others could keep running for years.

There’s no question that opossums are strange-looking critters. But it’s not just their appearance that’s weird. Nature show host Ze Frank educates us on these marsupials’ most remarkable attributes, including their strange body parts, unusual reproductive process, and ability to freeze and play dead to evade predators.

Enjoy the suspension travel of a UTV but prefer watersports? Custom built by Shadow Six Racing, the Typhoon combines a Polaris RZR off-road vehicle with a pair of supercharged jet skis for high-speed thrills on the water. Despite its $250,000 price tag, its maker already has more than 250 reservations for the 800-horsepower titanium and carbon fiber beast.

While this miniature Winnebago won’t take you cross-country, it is still totally awesome. Built by Travis Moore of Toy Factory Fabrication, the Minibago was built atop a Yamaha G29 golf cart and has fun features like remote-controlled water cannons and trucker air horns. Kathryn from the YouTube travel channel Mark & Kathryn got an up-close tour of this adorable thing.

As you wander the streets of Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto V, you’ll run into all kinds of quirky characters. But in all of our hours of gameplay, we have never come across Ace Ventura. eli_handle_b․wav edited Jim Carrey’s pet detective into the game, weaving his obnoxious antics into the storyline, presumably to rescue the LS Pounders’ team mascot.

When Mark Rober isn’t taking down thieves and melting stuff with lava, he likes to play around in his CrunchLabs space. To kick off his 2024 Camp CrunchLabs series, he taught kids about friction and the slippery properties of spheres. After an intro about his STEM toy system, he poured 3.5 million Airsoft BBs onto his warehouse floor and went for a ride.

Alanis Morissette and Joan Jett are two of the most badass women of music. They’re even touring together. Now, DJ Cummerbund brought the collab to a new level. Crank the volume up to 11 and get ready to rock out to this perfectly angry mashup of I Hate Myself for Loving You and You Oughta Know.

A while back, we saw a bass guitar made from LEGO bricks. Musician BERNTH built a LEGO acoustic guitar. Other than the neck, strings, and bridge, his guitar is pure LEGO goodness. Rather than focusing on the build process, his video showcases his new song, Memories. We’re impressed he was able to such a rich sound from its plastic body.

Not that anyone was asking, but the Waterjet Channel just answered the question of whether you can make a transparent circular saw blade that can cut wood. After trying to cut a blade from glass, they moved on to versions made from plastic wrap, laminated glass, and Lexan. Needless to say, there’s a reason they make saw blades from steel.

Artist Eric Warren offers a glimpse into the process of creating an awe-inspiring glass sculpture. The orb looks like a miniature ocean filled with fish, coral, anemones, and other marine life. The finished piece weighs 21 pounds and measures 7.6″ across. It took many hours to complete with the help of fellow artist Jimmy Bayse and the facilities at Hot Glass Alley.