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World’s Fastest Backhoe

World’s Fastest Backhoe

Unless you need to move quickly between construction sites, we can see no practical reason to build a backhoe that can drive 73mph. But that didn’t stop JCB from proving it could be done, with pro driver Matthew Lucas at its controls.

Quirky PowerShell

Quirky PowerShell

Invented by Peter Goncalves and the Quirky community, the PowerShell is a power strip that doubles as a lamp. It has six LEDs, three outlets, a thick and durable 8ft. power cord and a built-in handle.

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How to Draw Your Hand in 3D

How to Draw Your Hand in 3D

DIY site Handimania shows off a fun and simple way to take the outline of your hand and turn it into a simulated 3-dimensional image. We suppose this would work with your foot too if you can bend over to reach it.

Secret Cinema BTTF Screening

Secret Cinema BTTF Screening

Secret Cinema turned part of London into Hill Valley for its time-traveling Back to the Future screening. The screening itself was accompanied by live action scene reenactments. The show will be coming to Los Angeles in 2015.

Conan & Jordan Go Coffee Tasting

Conan & Jordan Go Coffee Tasting

“Im picking up strong hints of coffee.” Conan O’Brien takes his associate producer and snotty robot Jordan Schlansky to a popular coffee shop chain to sample coffee. Conan ended up horrifying the staff and Jordan got rekt.

JWC III: Love Drinks

JWC III: Love Drinks

If Belle & Sebastian make sad bastard music, John Wesley Coleman III makes drunk bastard music. Love Drinks is from the self-proclaimed trash poet’s new EP The Love That You Own. His mixtape is worth crying along to as well.

SNL: Back Home Ballers

SNL: Back Home Ballers

The ladies of Saturday Night Live rap about one of their favorite holiday pastimes – visiting their parents and livin’ large under Mom and Dad’s roof once again. Really, what is it with Moms and their obsession with putting out bowls full of things?

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Ball to the Face

Ball to the Face

“His face is like a brick wall! A brick wall that feels pain and cries a lot.” A hilariously painful comedy sketch from Studio C in which a soccer goalkeeper manages to stop each and every penalty shot kicked his way… with his face.

Sony α7 II

Sony α7 II

The newest version of Sony’s 24.3MP full-frame mirrorless camera adds 5-axis optical image stabilization for both still images and video. The α7 II also has up to 30% faster autofocus than the α7. Hits Japan & Europe 1/2015. U.S. TBD.

Semi Truck Jumps F1 Car

Semi Truck Jumps F1 Car

If there’s one thing that you never really want to do, it’s drive your car underneath a big rig. But that’s exactly what EMC and the Lotus F1 Team did, as they jumped a semi tractor trailer right over a moving F1 racer. BTS footage here.

Playmute

Playmute

An Android media stick that plugs in between your cable box and HDTV. Switch between live TV and digital content by snapping, clapping, whistling or by shaking your phone. A small window shows live TV when you’re on Playmute.

Transparent Banking

Transparent Banking

“They chose me because I’m more handsome than their real CEO.” Norweigan bank Nordnet’s metafictional commercial pokes fun at banking commercials. Imagine if they hired Archer instead. Norway. Norway! Norwaaaay!!!

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Impressions in Traffic

Impressions in Traffic

Lauren O’Brien makes the most out of being stuck in traffic by impersonating celebrities. She nails Angelina Jolie’s look without any makeup or costume, mimics Taylor Swift without singing and mocks Kristen Stewart without talking.

Folding the Perfect Paper Airplane

Folding the Perfect Paper Airplane

A couple of years back, John Collins broke the world’s record for the longest paper airplane flight. Earlier this year, John revealed how to make the same sort of plane for ourselves. Now, just try to break his 226 foot world record flight.

Magnetic Driftwood Boards

Magnetic Driftwood Boards
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Magnetic boards made from planks and poles found along European and West Asian beaches, as indicated by the geographical coordinates branded on each board. Each board even comes with a photo taken when it was found.

Floyd Utility Set

Floyd Utility Set
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Floyd’s flagship detachable table legs are ideal for making small to medium tables. Now the company has the Floyd Utility Set for larger surfaces. The 29.5″ legs have rubber feet and are reinforced with adjustable cross-bracing straps.

Tie Fighters

Tie Fighters

Nope, this isn’t another Star Wars video clip. Freddie Wong runs into Jimmy Kimmel in the men’s room, and get into an argument about who knows how to tie a tie better. Things escalate quickly from there.

3-Axis Handheld Gimbal for GoPro

3-Axis Handheld Gimbal for GoPro

This handheld gadget from Feiyu lets you shoot professional quality smooth video with your GoPro Hero 2, 3 or 4 action camera. It uses three motors and gyroscopic sensors to continually stabilize your shots like a real Steadicam.

Key & Peele: Aerobics Meltdown

Key & Peele: Aerobics Meltdown

(NSFW: Language) An aerobics contest finalist receives bad news while performing live on TV. Key & Peele director Peter Atencio declared this as his favorite K&P sketch because it’s a technically polished dark comedy.

Flux Capacitor Watch

Flux Capacitor Watch
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Wait a minute. Doc, are you telling us ThinkGeek built a time-telling machine…out of a flux capacitor? This officially licensed Back to the Future watch displays the date on an LCD screen, while 12 dots of light show the time.

If Pac-Man Was Released Today

If Pac-Man Was Released Today

The Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man is one of the worst ports in video game history. Would it have been better if it was released today? Something Awful creator Lowtax thinks not. We bet the HD graphics are in-app purchases.

4K Sun Time-lapse

4K Sun Time-lapse

JamesTyrwhitt-Drake – who made the color-enhanced time-lapse of Earth – made this 4K animation of the Sun from over 17,000 images taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The sound is based on the sun’s magnetic activity.

Smart Pipe

Smart Pipe

Adult Swim follows up Too Many Cooks with another pitch-perfect parody. This time it takes aim at consumer technology companies, with their buzzword-heavy pitches, frivolous social features and disregard for customers’ privacy.

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