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Making a Glass Shark

Making a Glass Shark

The artists of Martin Gerdin Glass create incredible glass sculptures inspired by nature. Much of what their studio produces are blown glass fish. In this clip, we get a brief look at the finishing touches going onto a glossy, great white shark. Check out their Instagram channel for more footage of their production process.

Mechas from a Human Perspective

Mechas from a Human Perspective

MetaBallStudios offers a fun take on size comparison videos. By putting viewers in the body of a virtual human, we get to see how mechs might look roaming around Earth. They start with Emmet’s diminutive Constructo-o-Mech from The LEGO Movie and work their way up to the massive, city-stomping Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann.

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Flying Like Thor on a Motorized Zipline

Flying Like Thor on a Motorized Zipline

Gravity makes it easy to glide down a zipline, but traveling uphill requires additional energy. The guys from Hacksmith Industries built a motorized ziplining rig that allows riders to fly up to 81 km/h up the line. To make it look like Thor’s mighty Mjolnir, they hid the mechanism inside a machined hammer shell and connected a harness to its handle.

Apple Vision Pro Teardown

Apple Vision Pro Teardown

We’ve seen a bit of how Apple builds its Vision Pro headset; now we’ve got a detailed look at its insides thanks to iFixit. In this video, Lead Teardown Expert Sam Goldheart painstakingly disassembles the $3499 gadget, carefully prying off its glass front and removing countless screws, brackets, and cables. Check out more detailed photos in iFixit’s blog post.

The Paradox of Time

The Paradox of Time

We always thought about time in very linear terms. However, scientists have theorized that the past, present, and future simultaneously exist. Kurzgesagt explores the theory that the entire history of the universe has already happened, and we’re just experiencing our tiny sliver of it. Warning: your brain might hurt after watching this.

The Chameleon Rock

The Chameleon Rock

The Action Lab shows off the unusual optical properties of Ulexite, a mineral that looks semi-opaque but shows objects it’s placed on top of. Also known as “television stone,” the rock transfers light through tiny tubes that act like organic fiber optics. You can find chunks of the stuff on Etsy if you want to try it yourself.

The Unseen Ski Cameraman

The Unseen Ski Cameraman

Some skiers shoot first-person video using action cameras, but for a third-person view, you need a camera operator on skis. Alexander Rydén is a professional action sports photographer who follows his subjects down the slopes at speeds up to 117 km/h. In this video, he talks about some of the gimbals and rigs he uses to capture the perfect shot.

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Building Leonardo DaVinci’s Crossbow Machine Gun

Building Leonardo DaVinci’s Crossbow Machine Gun

While best known for his paintings, Leonardo DaVinci also invented many imaginative machines. Among his ideas was a crazy weapon that could fire 16 crossbows in a row. How to Make Everything took DaVinci’s drawings and built a real-world replica of the weapon. It works surprisingly well, but loading the thing seems like a precarious process.

AI Learns to Climb Stairs

AI Learns to Climb Stairs

AI Warehouse has used machine learning to train figures to walk and run. This time, they’ve given Albert the bot a much more significant challenge – climbing stairs. Before the blockhead can work on that, he must learn to plant his feet on a step without falling down. After the staircase, things get more complex with uneven terrain and an escalator.

LEGO Golden Dragon Sculpture

LEGO Golden Dragon Sculpture

Donny Chen, aka SleepyCow, is a master at making seemingly impossible LEGO creations. We’ve been wowed by his LEGO bicycle and LEGO Ideas grand piano. Donny’s latest creation is a mind-blowing golden dragon covered with 1300 scales and assembled from more than 6500 pieces. LEGO fan Ben Cossy takes a look at this artful dragon and explains how it was built.

Dark Side of the Clown

Dark Side of the Clown

Puddles Pity Party takes on two prog rock classics from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. The sad clown’s back-to-back covers of Brain Damage / Eclipse are dark, brooding, and every bit as intense as we hoped they would be. Credits to James Beaton for the arrangement and piano, Tim Delaney on the bass and drums, and Derek Ennis on guitar.

3D Printing a Giant LEGO Minifig

3D Printing a Giant LEGO Minifig

If there’s one thing we know about LEGO minifigures, it’s that they’re mini. It’s right there in the name. Maker Fabien Pohl wanted a bigger minifig, so he supersized the little dude using his Creality K1 Max 3D printer. After printing and sanding all the parts, he spray-painted them to a shiny gloss finish. He also made a dapper banana outfit for his minifig.

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EDC Carried Away Podcast: Techwear

EDC Carried Away Podcast: Techwear

When we think about our daily loadout, we think of wallets, pocket tools, knives, and other accessories. In this episode of Everyday Carry’s Carried Away podcast, the crew teamed up with fashion aficionado This Is Antwon to talk about technical clothing and how it’s as essential as the gear you carry. Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify.

True Facts About Butterfly and Moth Defenses

True Facts About Butterfly and Moth Defenses

Insects are weird, so we’re not surprised by some of the strange things we learned about butterflies and moths in this video from Ze Frank. Lepidoptera are attractive prey for birds, reptiles, wasps, and other animals. To help survive against these threats, these insects have evolved defenses, including unpredictable flight patterns, toxins, and mimicry.

Morf Shape-Shifting Fidget Worm

Morf Shape-Shifting Fidget Worm

This fidget toy from Humango Toys is made from interlocking plastic ovals, which can stretch and squeeze from an oblong shape to a palm-size puck. Its tactile interactions help provide sensory stimulation and can reduce boredom and stress. It comes in small and large sizes. Beware of knock-offs. This is the original.

Taekwondo Tile Breaking

Taekwondo Tile Breaking

Talented taekwondo artist minsungimdang shows off his power and precision as he jumps into the air and breaks four ceramic tiles with his feet while performing a backflip. He got a boost from his teammates, but that doesn’t make the feat any less impressive.

Restoring a Creepshow Puppet

Restoring a Creepshow Puppet

Tom Spina Designs performs expert restorations of movie props and costumes. They were asked to restore the fluffy monster puppet from George Romero and Stephen King’s Creepshow. This time-lapse shows how they freshened their faces and hands with help from VFX masters Greg Nicotero and Tom Savini and built it a wooden display crate.

CD / Shutter Speed

CD / Shutter Speed

Captain Disillusion’s latest educational video about video explains how the speed and way a shutter opens and closes affects still and moving images. You’ll learn how shutters work in film cameras, CCD camcorder sensors, and modern CMOS-based digital cameras. Plus, why rolling shutters cause image distortion and the tech that can minimize it.

The History of Zip Ties

The History of Zip Ties

There are a few items every maker, mechanic, and technician needs in their repair kit – duct tape, WD-40, a hot glue gun, and zip ties. If you’ve ever wondered where these sturdy plastic ties came from, New Mind is here with the history of this versatile item. While their primary use is bundling cables, they’re helpful for holding many other items together.

Making a Denim Damascus Table

Making a Denim Damascus Table

Cam from Blacktail Studio built a coffee table out of denim. Now he’s back with an even more impressive fabric table with patterns typically found in damascus steel. He started by cutting abstract wooden forms that he added to his mold. Then he layered denim, poured epoxy, vacuum-infused it, and ran it through an industrial planer to reveal the patterns.

Skating with Computers

Skating with Computers

Inline skating expert Ilia Savosin previously showed us how he gets around on office chair wheels. Now, he’s back and rolling on some other office equipment. In this brief but entertaining video, Ilia grinds some rails with computer keyboards, an LCD screen, and a laptop beneath his feet. Here’s a closer look at his keyboard skates.

Robot Prosthetic Arm Demo

Robot Prosthetic Arm Demo

For many years, prosthetics have been primitive, static objects. Thanks to modern biotechnology, people facing lost limbs can look forward to devices like this brain-controlled robotic arm from Esper Bionics. It has independently-moving fingers, a swiveling wrist, and the ability to perform fine-grained actions like picking up a knife and cutting with it.

Emitter: Fluid Art Machine

Emitter: Fluid Art Machine

We’ve featured the hypnotic fluid creations of artist Roman De Giuli before. In this video, he demonstrates the Emitter – a custom-engineered machine that uses stepper motors to pump and drip colorful pigments into water. The resulting designs are still organic but exhibit a rhythm and repetition not seen in De Giuli’s earlier works. Shot in 8K HDR at 60 fps.

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