Awesome Videos

A charming, relatable, and at times downright tearjerking animated short about a cat and dog who plan their lives together as cupcake bakers, and then have to put off their dream in order to earn the money to replace their broken oven. Has somebody been cutting onions in here?

This electromechanical sound maker uses moving turntable arms to select and play grooves carved into an enormous cylinder. The positions of the arms and sounds played correspond to the positions of 27,000 pieces of space junk drifting about over our heads.

Tune in on Friday, 10/27/2017 starting at 11am CDT for Red Bull’s epic annual mountain bike ride. Riders with balls of steel will return to the rugged and rocky cliffs of Virgin, Utah, tearing down 1000 vertical feet of treacherous terrain for supremacy. Watch the Trailer here.

Besides obvious stuff like bad breath, cavities, and gum disease, it turns out that there are much nastier things that can happen to you if you stopped brushing your teeth. Life Noggin digs into the potentially deadly consequences of leaving all that unwanted bacteria around.

The Trinity College Accidentals perform an outstanding a capella cover version of LCD Soundsystem’s classic ode to the Big Apple, New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, with senior soloist Connor Kennedy bringing on the lead vocals.

If you think crabs are adorable little creatures not meant to be chopped up and eaten, look away. Otherwise, check out this fascinating bit of machine porn – a horrifying robot designed for separating the parts of the crustaceans so humans can enjoy the meat inside.

Miami Sound Machine meets Trapt meets Yes meats Incubus meets Meatloaf in DJ Cummerbund’s latest masterpiece of unlikely musical fusion. Seriously, how does the hell does he envision these combinations?

As much fun as carnival games look, they’re designed to steal your dollars, and not to award you that giant stuffed bear. Engineer Mark Rober is here to explore the math and physics behind carny scams, which are the biggest rip-offs, and a few ways to improve your chances.

Unfortunately, the video’s title and still image gives away the surprise, but it’s still cool to watch as artist Yoshihiro Okada carves animals from tangerine peel. Check out his YouTube channel for more citrus creations.

Captured by astronaut Bill Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, Earthrise is not only one of the most iconic photos of all time, but it was the first time humanity was able to see our planet from a distance, providing a humbling sense of our place in the universe.

Pitchfork offers a factually accurate, yet snarky animated look at one of the best bands ever, who despite all efforts to shirk fame, fortune, and conventionality went on to become a huge phenomenon and record the greatest album of all time. Animated by Joren Cull.

Artist, acrobat, and dancer Yoann Bourgeois choreographed this incredible performance art piece at the Panthéon in Paris, France. In La Mécanique de L’Histoire dancers gracefully fall one by one onto a trampoline and then back onto a rotating staircase.

The legendary and inimitable singer/songwriter dropped by the NPR Music offices to turn in a captivating performance, filled with the perfect blend of sardonic wit, sentimentality, and raspy vocals we’ve come to appreciate over many decades. Even at age 73, he’s still got it.

The computer animation scene has enough technology and talent that realism is no longer the ultimate goal. Animator Alan Warburton breaks down some of the ways that commercial, scientific and artistic animators have gone beyond expressing reality.

Serial learner Mike Boyd recently gave himself his easiest and quickest task yet: throw an axe and make it stick to a wooden target three times in a row. If anything, this video is proof of how much he’s learned about teaching and video editing.

(Gross) Frogs begin popping up and exploring an abandoned mansion. As the camera follows the critters, the mood seesaws between slapstick and spine-chilling. Illogic’s critically-acclaimed computer animated short is a hell of a ride.

Model railroad enthusiast Jim Zimmerlin attached a GoPro Hero 5 Session camera to the side of a G-Scale model train, and set it loose on a course that runs through and around his house. The side perspective of the train makes you feel like you’re small enough to fit inside.

ScreenPrism ends its trilogy on Stranger Things’ mind-boggling list of references with the ones related to the show’s young characters. From Stephen King to Chris Claremont, Dungeons & Dragons to Twin Peaks, the kids are defined by geek classics.

Musician Davie504 checks out a crazy bass guitar that has 11 more strings than an ordinary 4-string, and does his best to slap his way across even its ridiculously thin and barely usable fat strings at the edges. More 15-string action here.

(PG-13: Language) A totally average man falls hook, line, and sinker for a cheeseburger, and ends up being interrogated by aliens looking for answers to important questions about carbon-based lifeforms. It doesn’t weirder than Daniel Bracey’s sci-fi comedy short.

Like many of us, voice actor and writer Paul Rugg turns to his dog when he needs to forget the stress of the day. A few pats on the head, and all the tension simply melts awa…….. Gaaaaaaaaaah!!! (Thanks Orion!)

Among the imaging technologies shown off at Adobe MAX 2017 was this tool which works kind of like Content-Aware Fill, but for video. It’s designed to easily remove unwanted objects from moving images. We’re hoping to see this feature in Premiere or After Effects soon.

Dominotrix Hevesh5 teamed up with fellow domino master Kaplamino to create a sequence of unusual domino falls. The chain reactions send dominoes flipping backwards, flying off tables, and generating wind to knock over remote tiles.