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Fever the Ghost: Source

Fever the Ghost: Source

This brilliantly offbeat music video from animator Felix Colgrave (the guy behind Man Spaghetti) is the perfect complement to the sonically rich neo-psychedelic rock landscapes of Fever the Ghost. (Thanks Matt!)

A Skyscraper in 19 Days

A Skyscraper in 19 Days

By using prefab modules, a Chinese construction company completed a 57-story skyscraper in just 19 days, sometimes at a rate of three floors per day. Their reduced use of concrete means it’s more eco-friendly as well. Time-lapse at 1:53.

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Under the Dome

Under the Dome

Under the Dome: Investigating China’s Haze looks at China’s severe air pollution problems. Former Chinese news anchor Chai Jing made the report after her daughter was born with a lung tumor. Turn captions on.

Anarcute (Trailer)

Anarcute (Trailer)

F the police coming straight from the playground. Part Katamari Damacy, part V for Vendetta, Anarcute is about amassing masked rioters, who get more destructive as they grow in number. Coming to Xbox One, Windows, Mac and Linux.

Eclectic Method: Terminator Remix

Eclectic Method: Terminator Remix

For his latest edit, sample-master Eclectic Method took sound bites from the Terminator universe, and mashed them up into an edgy electronic track loaded with the sounds of weaponry and futuristic killing machines.

Game of Thrones: Season 5 (Trailer 2)

Game of Thrones: Season 5 (Trailer 2)

“Lannister, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell – they’re all just spokes in a wheel… I will break the wheel.” Apple gloats over its HBO Now exclusivity by hogging the new trailer for Game of Thrones, in which Dani declares world war. HD here.

Chrome Forged Rubber Shoes

Chrome Forged Rubber Shoes

To create its latest sneakers, Chrome Industries dusted off old Slovakian rubber forging machines used to make military boots. The result: a durable, single-piece sole designed to never separate from its canvas upper.

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Tomorrowland (Trailer)

Tomorrowland (Trailer)

The debut trailer for Tomorrowland gives us a good idea of the film’s story. The movie’s title refers to a hidden city where the brightest minds gathered to change the world. Would you kindly stay the heck away from there kid?

PancakeBot

PancakeBot

This single-purpose appliance combines an X/Y plotter mechanism with an electric pancake griddle, allowing you to sketch fanciful pancake designs on your computer, then upload them via SD card to literally print your breakfast.

Office Space with Michael Bolton

Office Space with Michael Bolton

It’s refreshing to know that pop superstar Michael Bolton doesn’t take himself too seriously in this amusing video he’s done with Funny or Die, featuring select outtakes of him playing his eponymous character in Office Space.

Gordon Ramsay’s Crispy Pancakes

Gordon Ramsay’s Crispy Pancakes

Gordon Ramsay shows us how to cook pancakes. All you need are eggs, potato chips and an appliance catalog. YouTuber Yes it’s funny does the actual cooking in this hilarious parody. Watch his Jamie Oliver spoof here.

Marvel’s Daredevil (Trailer 2)

Marvel’s Daredevil (Trailer 2)

From the looks of the latest trailer for Daredevil, it looks pretty great, as the blind, but highly perceptive Matt Murdock takes on the underbelly of New York to rid it of its worst thugs. Season one hits Netflix 4/10/15. (Thanks Jonathan!)

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2015 Apple MacBook

2015 Apple MacBook

At just 2lb. and with a single USB-C port for everything, the new MacBook is as minimal as it gets. It has an insanely small fanless logic board, a 2304×1440 12″ display, 8GB RAM and 256/512GB SSD. Drops 4/10 for $1299+.

LWT: Daylight Saving Time

LWT: Daylight Saving Time

Last Week Tonight chimes in on the frustrating pseudoscientific tradition that has us springing forward and falling back. Germany started it in World War I to conserve coal, but whether or not it still saves energy in the modern era is dubious.

Machine Era Titanium Multi-tool

Machine Era Titanium Multi-tool

Machine Era’s keychain multi-tool is made from a single piece of titanium. It has a Phillips and a flathead screwdriver, a bottle opener, a pry wedge, a 1″ ruler and a large finger grip.

Pac-Man Smash Air Hockey

Pac-Man Smash Air Hockey

This insane variant of air hockey subjects players to a barrage of pucks instead of just a single one. Much like multiball mode on pinball, most of them will drain quickly, but the longer you can hang on, the more you score. For 2 or 4 players.

HBO Now

HBO Now

HBO for cord-cutters finally comes to the U.S. Offering every episode of every HBO show over your broadband connection. It’s an Apple exclusive for launch, compatible with iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. Launches 4/2015 for $14.99/month.

BTTF LEGO Clock Tower Sequence

BTTF LEGO Clock Tower Sequence

A spot-on recreation of the classic clock tower sequence from Back to the Future, painstakingly animated using stop motion by Macro LEGO Universe. It’s so well done that we want to see the entire movie trilogy in LEGO.

Native Hoop Dancers

Native Hoop Dancers

Devin “Supertramp” Graham’s latest video focuses in on the amazing hoop work and artistry of N8TIVE HOOP, a Native American dance troupe, and simultaneously showcases some great camerawork. Go behind the scenes here.

Awesome F18 Fighter Footage

Awesome F18 Fighter Footage

A spectacularly shot reel of 60fps HD footage of U.S. Navy air squadron VFA-27 Royal Maces F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets in action. And this is just a teaser for the team’s full-length video That’s a Shack!, which we can’t wait to see.

Unreal Engine 4: Kite World

Unreal Engine 4: Kite World

An amazingly gorgeous scene rendered using the same engine used in many of today’s video games. The scene was generated entirely in real time, proving that with enough hardware – and 3D artistry – movie quality animations are possible.

as·phyx·i·a

as·phyx·i·a

Digital artists Maria Takeuchi, Frederico Phillips and performer Shiho Tanaka combines dance choreography and motion-capture technology in this hauntingly beautiful work that uses Xbox One Kinect data as its source. BTS gallery here.

LWT: U.S. Territories

LWT: U.S. Territories

Last Week Tonight looks at the plight of the five permanently inhabited U.S. territories whose citizens are not given the same rights as those in the mainland because of an outdated and xenophobic Supreme Court decision.

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