For most of us, it’s rare to see even a single hummingbird. But check out this fun footage of a whole mess of the speedy little birds splashing about in a fountain. The sound of these little guys buzzing about never gets old.

Great Big Story spent some time with stop-motion animator Phil Tippett, who worked on films like Star Wars, RoboCop, and Jurassic Park. For the last 30+ years, Phil has also been working on his passion project, Mad God, a film which he acknowledges he may never finish.

“I wanna have fat hands and I wanna dance.” Tom Cruise sat down with BBC Radio 1 to talk about some of his funniest scenes, his favorite fight sequences, the movies that blow his mind and more.

A seriously powerful electric bike, handbuilt with a durable, lightweight aluminum frame wrapped in carbon fiber panels, shocks that offer up to 9.5″ of frame travel, and a crazy fast top speed of up to 60 mph in off-road mode when equipped with its highest power option.

Seventeen years ago, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan bamboozled us with their breakout film, Memento. If the film’s alternating backward and forward stories still puzzle you, imagine the mental gymnastics that the Nolan brothers had to go through to bring it to life.

While shooting pics to promote illustrator Jon Burgerman’s new book It’s Great to Create, photographer Bas Berkhout decided to turn some of the leftovers into a wonderful documentary about the inspiration behind his whimsical, googly-eyed style.

We’ve seen several objects that use magnetic levitation. This floating pillow lets you show off the precious items that you already own. It’s strong enough to lift jewelry, watches and other small items. The base comes in wired and wireless models, and three colors.

LEGO makes regular size bricks, and larger Duplo bricks for little kids. But the bricks in Matt Denton’s awesome build are way bigger. He used a Lulzbot 3D printer to render all 98 pieces from a classic LEGO Technic go-kart kit, resulting in a 5x larger version of the original.

Fitbit’s first full-featured smartwatch may not be a looker, but it’s packed with practical features. Its battery lasts up to four days per charge and it’s water-resistant down to 164ft. It also has NFC and space for over 300 songs for its music player.

It took quite a bit of trial and error for The Slow Mo Guys to get two paintballs to hit each other in mid-air, but the final result was more than worth it. After all, explosions of paint always look sweet in slow-motion.

(PG-13: Language) After the recent teaser, we now have the 7-minute concept short film based on Charlie Human’s novel about Baxter Zevchenko, a strange young man who finds himself pulled into a underworld filled with supernatural forces. We want more!

Now You See It suggests how you can tell if a plot twist is good: watch or read the story again and see if you still enjoy it. Because unlike reality, fiction has to make sense. Instead of being a complete tangent, the twist has to fit in with the rest of the tale.

The Orrery Lamp is a beautiful dimmable light inspired by its namesake. Although it’s not to scale, you can move the Earth and Moon models around the lamp to mimic the celestial bodies’ positions at any point in time. Available as a desk lamp or a floor lamp.

These days, your daily loadout doesn’t just consist of tools, a wallet, and a watch, but mobile devices, cables, battery packs, headphones, and other electronic gadgets. Everyday Carry showcases some of the useful tech they won’t leave home without.

AsapSCIENCE compared the health, habits and consumption of the average American with the rest of the world to see what would happen if we all behaved similarly. The average global lifespan would increase, but we would also need much more food and create more waste.

An all-terrain, modular, open source remote-controlled exploration vehicle inspired by NASA’s rovers. The Turtle Rover has waterproof modules, a 2MP camera with a wide angle lens, and a robot arm. It has a universal mount so you can add an airsoft gun, a flashlight, etc.

Made from rust-proof, dishwasher-safe pure titanium this extremely durable water bottle won’t impart any undesirable chemicals or taste into your drinks. Its screw-top lid has a built in carrying handle, and offers a removable gasket for easy cleaning. Holds appx. 14oz.

“Let me tell you who we got for our black guy with a cockney accent…” Two well-dressed criminals puts together their caper crew wish list to pull off a big robbery in this parody of the Hollywood heist genre, and films like the Oceans’ series and The Fast and The Furious.

The HP Omen X laptop can be equipped with a Core i7-7820HK CPU, up to 32GB RAM and GTX 1070/1080 GPU that can all be overclocked. It also has tons of cooling and vents, a 1080p or 4K G-Sync display and a programmable backlit mechanical keyboard. Drops 11/2017 for $1200+.

(PG-13: Language) NPR Tiny Desk Concert chose the perfect guest for its first DJ set. DJ Premiere and his live musicians The Badder Band performed some of the producer’s best hits, including tracks from KRS-One, his buddy Royce Da 5’9″ and of course Gang Starr.

Esbit’s folding titanium cutlery weigh only between 12g to 18g apiece, and they can be folded in half so you can pack them even in cramped backpacks. Until 8/31/17, you can get all three as a set from Massdrop for just $30. After that, check Amazon for individual pieces.

We recently were given the unique opportunity to fly to Japan to visit Tohoku Pioneer Corporation’s factory. We learned how they design, engineer, and build some of the world’s best sounding speakers, from affordable car speakers to high-end audiophile equipment.

While at UK effects and fabrication shop FBFX, Tested’s Adam Savage had the unique privilege of having his body 3D scanned, then replicated at life size using a 5-axis milling robot which carved his entire body from foam. We only wish they included footage of the robot at work.