Awesome Videos

Silo is one of today’s best TV series. Since most of the show takes place inside giant underground bunkers, its makers invested heavily in physical sets. This calm and quiet video takes us on an extensive tour of the impressively detailed sets from Silos 17 and 18. Oddly, they skipped the stairwell where many of the most dramatic scenes occur.

Superheroes with the ability to move at super speeds can quickly get the jump on bad guys. But as Film Junkie explains, it’s also a challenging superpower to represent consistently on screen, and often results in these characters being sidelined. But he also points out some ways to depict speedsters effectively.

This animated series imagines what the world would be like if it didn’t have something we’ve taken for granted. A World Without… doesn’t take itself seriously when it comes to the consequences of our loss. Watch what might happen if we didn’t have sound, names, maps, wood, and more. Created by Matias Sinay and Santiago Perez Silva.

While it’s not quite as terrifying as xenomorphs landing on our planet, gigantic crabs could do some damage. North of the Border created this tiny sculpture of Earth, then crafted a pair of continent-size crustaceans to battle it out in the Northern Hemisphere. He floated the whole scene in a bath of clear epoxy resin.

If you used a computer in the 1990s or early 2000s, you’re likely familiar with that screensaver that turns your screen into an aquarium. LGR dives into the deep end of the aquarium with a history lesson on the popular screensaver and how it evolved over the years. The first time we saw digital fish swimming around was using After Dark on an early Macintosh.

Because Steve Price can’t be trusted to roast marshmallows, the Sprice Machines host built a complicated chain reaction machine to do the work for him. The camping-themed Rube Goldberg contraption starts with a toy car rolling down a hill and ends with a marshmallow spinning above a heat gun. Now he just needs to expand it to make S’mores.

Artist Tomasz Woźniakowski has made numerous surreal and imaginative animation loops. This 7-minute-long compilation showcases some of his best and most captivating clips, from an ashtray that walks on cigarette legs to a twisty-turny house that can’t seem to settle down. Stick around to the end for some behind-the-scenes wireframes.

Balls are essential – and not just the ones between your legs. This educational video from New Mind delves into the physics of ball bearings and how critical they are to modern life. The rolling efficiency of spheres is unparalleled, making them perfect for all sorts of machines and manufacturing applications.

Looking for a unique desktop plaything? How about a miniature escalator? Alex Yu makes these 3D printed models with steps that ascend and descend with the twist of a knob. Fully-assembled mechanical models are available in two sizes on Alex’s Etsy shop or you can download the files to DIY on Printables or MakerWorld.

After building a V16 engine from chainsaws, the madmen at Garage 54 returned to their workshop to make another crazy engine. They built the engine by securing 50 cordless drills to a frame, fitted them with pulleys, and connected them to a driveshaft with belts. After wiring them to a single power switch, they jammed it into a heavily modded Lada.

Brick Machines is back with another awesome LEGO Technic and Mindstorms creation. He shows how he built a fully functional LEGO laptop with a working keyboard and a mouse that uses a magnetic X/Y track and a hall-effect sensor to detect its position and button clicks. Both the keyboard and mouse pad have programmable RGB backlighting.

Meltio makes machines that use wire-laser technology to 3D print objects out of various types of metal. The additive manufacturing process uses a high-power blue laser to weld thin metal beads to form shapes. This time-lapse video footage gives us a glimpse into its capabilities, starting with a spherical tank that we hoped would be a Death Star.

There’s something so satisfying about making old, tattered objects as good as new. MW Restoration did an amazing job taking a distressed early pinball game and bringing it back to life. The restoration of the basketball-themed table included a full disassembly, sandblasting, rust removal, a fresh coat of paint, and a brand new playfield graphic and hoop.

In this award winning stop-motion short, a lonely woman lives locked away in the middle of an epic storm. When she steps outside of her house, her keys get sucked into the vortex, and she finds herself swept away in the chaos. But she also discovers the world she’s been missing as a recluse. Directed by Maria Tomazou and written by Marius Scholtz.

YouTuber Brutalmenace shows off an awe-inspiring Hot Wheels track that starts inside his kitchen, runs around his living room, out into his backyard, and into the neighboring park. What makes it more thrilling is how fast the car goes in the POV footage, thanks to accelerators along the track. He’s since extended the track and even added a fire effect.

The DEEPRobotics Lynx is one of the most agile robots we’ve ever seen. The wheeled quadruped can balance on 2, 3, or 4 wheels while zipping around on rugged terrain. In this brief demonstration video, it dances around in the snow, splashes in a creek, and finishes things off with a fireworks show. Here’s another clip showing the Lynx in warmer weather.