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Hexagonal Cake Knife

Hexagonal Cake Knife

Carpenter Matthias Wandel decided that there’s no reason that cake needs to be eaten in wedges or rectangles, and created a special cutter that makes hexagonal slices of cake instead. We’d expect no less from the guy who built this.

Naive Melody (Swing Cover)

Naive Melody (Swing Cover)

Postmodern Jukebox is joined by vocalist Sara Niemietz, as they turn in a swing jazz cover of one of our all-time favorite Talking Heads’ tracks. Nothing will ever be better than the original, but we appreciate their unique arrangement.

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Chatroulette Zombie Game

Chatroulette Zombie Game

(PG-13 Language) Realm Pictures set up a live-action zombie FPS and then let anonymous people on Chatroulette and other chat programs control their actions. It’s the evolution of text-based games. Behind the scenes here.

Elders React to 3D Printers

Elders React to 3D Printers

The Fine Brothers put the desktop fabrication tech in front of our elder generations. While most of them were familiar with the concept, they had no idea how one worked. Like most of us, the underwhelming speed is the biggest letdown.

3M Rube Goldberg Machine

3M Rube Goldberg Machine

3M spent 1,400 hours creating this sophisticated Rube Goldberg machine. The result is a wonderful maze driven by physics, chemistry and 25,000 Post-it Notes. The pendulums were both exciting and relaxing.

Go, and Be

Go, and Be

Filmmaker Josh Brine and his wife recently went to the Scottish Highlands and fell in love with the place, so much so that he was moved to create this poetic tribute. You can license clips from the film here.

Hearing Colors

Hearing Colors

“I don’t feel that I’m wearing technology. I feel that I am technology.” Neil Harbisson has an inability to see in color, so he had an antenna implanted into his skull which produces sounds which represent the colors around him.

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Seal of Disapproval

Seal of Disapproval

Several years back, British researchers on an exploratory mission in Antarctica came back to their inflatable boat to discover an unwanted guest had taken over, and he didn’t seem to want them to leave.

ESPN’s New Security

ESPN’s New Security

The next big thing is now ESPN’s big gate guard. Wrestler Brock Lesnar surprised the sport’s network’s employees and visitors when his hulking frame met them at the entrance. We’re surprised he fit in the booth. Mirror here.

Freerunning Illusions

Freerunning Illusions

Red Bull freerunners Jason Paul and Pasha Petkuns combined their athleticism with a variety of optical illusions, camera tricks and an upside down house to make this fun stunt video. Behind the scenes here.

Republican Debate Bad Lip Reading

Republican Debate Bad Lip Reading

Based on Bad Lip Reading’s version of the first Republican presidential debate, we vote Ben Carson and Ted Cruz as co-presidents, Scott Walker’s hair stylist as vice-president and Mindy as Treadmill Pooper. America!

Elevate: 360º Cycling

Elevate: 360º Cycling

Lexus worked with pro cyclist Christian Vande Velde to capture in 360º surround what goes through his head and eyeballs as he rides his bike. View with Google Chrome, YouTube mobile, Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR.

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Cat vs. Foot

Cat vs. Foot

If your cat isn’t fazed by tinfoil or the mystical knot, YouTuber 郭恩劭 offers a last resort: a smelly foot. Watch as this cat tries to attack the source of the smell, causing it to be poisoned further with each attempt.

Earth Porn

Earth Porn

Discover some natural wonders of North America WeWannaGoTV’s series of short films, which take us into British Columbia, through the waters and badlands of Alberta, culminating with the eye-popping beauty of Alaska’s mountains.

Potato Parcel

Potato Parcel

USA Today reports on 24-year old Alex Craig, creator of Potato Parcel. It’s an anonymous messaging service where he handwrites your message on a potato. He claims he now earns ~$10K a month. Dreams really do come true.

asdfmovie 1-9 Collection

asdfmovie 1-9 Collection

Need a break from the trials, tribulations, and daily grind of everyday life? Take the next 16 minutes of your day, and let the world slip away with the madcap insanity of every episode of TomSka’s asdfmovie so far.

How to Summon a Blue Whale

How to Summon a Blue Whale

“You know they’re here, you just can’t find them.” While filming a BBC special on Monterey Bay’s wildlife, host Mark Carwardine was explaining how hard it can be to spot a blue whale. How hard? As hard as this owl is calm.

Evening Run

Evening Run

Outdoor adventurer Sebastien Montaz-Rosset takes a run along a perilously narrow mountain ridge with an action cam strapped to his head so we can witness the thrilling view from his vantage point without the fear of actually falling.

Kingsman Honest Trailer

Kingsman Honest Trailer

(Spoilers) Screen Junkies takes one of the past year’s most surprisingly fun movies. Manners maketh man, Mark Millar giveth pop culture a twith. But despite its shortcomings Kingsman is a good brainless action movie.

Winding Roads

Winding Roads

This motion graphic by Nejc Polovsak aka Twistedpoly is just 22 seconds long, but we’re totally transfixed by the tiny cars driving around this impossibly twisted coil of roadway. Also watch his twisted lamps and flipping skateboard.

Improbable Weapons

Improbable Weapons

YouTuber Burger Fiction made a supercut of weapons made of or concealed in various objects from movies like First Strike, Undercover Brother and Goldfinger. You could make a dozen of these from Jackie Chan’s films alone.

Halloween Meets Gasoline

Halloween Meets Gasoline

“If the thing runs, and it’s unlikely to kill bystanders, then bring it out.” Marcus Ubungen’s short documentary features some of the cars and teams behind 24 Hours of LeMons, where absurdity and challenge trump speed and polish.

Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan

Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan

Bearing the Native American name for what is now Greenwich Village, this epic single from Joanna Newsom’s upcoming album Divers references Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry and contemplates intention, ambition and legacy.

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