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Hand-Cranked Marble Machine

Hand-Cranked Marble Machine

This flat-packed wooden toy will keep you occupied for hours as each turn of the crank unleashes an endless cascade of ball bearings. Its maker also offers another configuration, and expects them to go on sale soon.

Robofornication

Robofornication

Sorry, this video doesn’t involve robots getting it on. Instead, TeamDARE’s robotic band plays a cover of The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ classic Californication. The pan flute lead is just as intoxicating as Anthony Kiedis’ vocals.

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Classic Batmobile Cufflinks

Classic Batmobile Cufflinks
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These official DC Comics cufflinks put a tiny version of the classic 1960s Batmobile on each of your wrists. Perfect for those times when you’re throwing parties dressed up as your billionaire alter ego. Packaged in a handsome Bat-box.

Firefly Time-Lapse

Firefly Time-Lapse

Photographer Vincent Brady made these time-lapse clips of fireflies at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri as well as in Grand Ledge, Michigan. One of the more unusual uses of the technique we’ve seen. You can buy stills on Vincent’s site.

Bell & Ross B-Rocket

Bell & Ross B-Rocket

To arrive at the design of its B-Rocket watches, B & R first designed a custom aviation-influenced Harley-Davidson motorcycle which served as inspiration for the watch faces. Seems like a roundabout route, but both look great.

The Expert

The Expert

Anderson is an expert at drawing red lines. His bosses ask him to meet with a client who wants red lines. Or at least they think they do. Lauris Beinerts’ short film illustrates a frequent dilemma that engineers and designers can relate to.

Happy Trombone Cover

Happy Trombone Cover

Christopher Bill covers Pharrell’s hit single Happy using only his trombone and his own body as a percussion kit, layering and looping both through Ableton Live. You can download the cover on Christopher’s SoundCloud page.

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Most Influential VFX Reel

Most Influential VFX Reel

Digital compositor Roger Serrabassa put together this eye-popping compilation of over 200 of the most stunning visual effects sequences in films since the 1980s. While not every film is a classic, the effects are impressive.

Raid 2: Berandal Deleted Scene

Raid 2: Berandal Deleted Scene

(NSFW: Language, Gore) Director Gareth Evans shares one of the action scenes that they had to cut from The Raid 2: Berandal. It took them six days and a lot of money to shoot this bloody scene that ended on the cutting room floor.

Microsoft Office for iPad

Microsoft Office for iPad

Microsoft finally released full featured versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint made for the iPad. The free download lets you read Office docs; subscribe to Office365 to get the full apps plus the desktop versions of Office. More here.

Star Wars x Theater Pipe Organ

Star Wars x Theater Pipe Organ

Jelani Eddington stands in for half an orchestra with this cover of the Star Wars Main Title. Jelani performed using the Sanfilippo Foundation’s Wurlitzer theater pipe organ, which might as well be the Death Star’s control panel.

Sony Digital Paper

Sony Digital Paper

The Sony DPT-S1 Digital Paper is a thin and light 13.3″ e-ink reader that lets you view and annotate A4 (8.5″x11″) documents in full size. It only supports PDF files for now though. Also it costs over $1,000. Japanese demo here.

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SkaterTrainer

SkaterTrainer

A great tool for newbie skateboarders. SkaterTrainers are rubber covers for skateboard wheels. Put them on your board and it won’t roll or slide off. It’ll help you focus on learning tricks without falling off or wrecking your house.

Action Movie Kid

Action Movie Kid

DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto adds visual effects to candid clips of his 3-year-old kid James, giving life to his and his son’s imagination onscreen. James’ kids will think their dad is a god.

19th Century Painting in 3D

19th Century Painting in 3D

Gyula Benczúr’s The Recapture of Buda Castle in 1686 painstakingly recreated in 3D by graphic artist Zsolt Ekho Farkas. It took him a total of about two months to complete. Learn more about how he made it on Behance.

Juggernaut Fat-Tire Trike

Juggernaut Fat-Tire Trike
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Rungu’s fat tire mountain trike has a dual forks, wheels and brakes up front to help it tackle the worst sand, snow and other loose riding surfaces. It’s been geared low for even better traction, and built from durable, lightweight aluminum.

Cardboard Dragon

Cardboard Dragon

Artist CHAé46 created this epic dragon sculpture using nothing but cardboard. It doesn’t even look like he used any glue, and just slotted all the pieces together. Sadly, due to its flammable composition, it won’t be breathing fire.

Bomboard Modular Waterkart

Bomboard Modular Waterkart

The BomBoard is a gas-powered personal watercraft. It disassembles into four separate pieces that are small and light enough to fit in the trunk of a car. It has a top speed of 40mph and will sell for $3,495 in 2015.

Bookman Bike Cup Holder

Bookman Bike Cup Holder

A clip-on cup holder that attaches to bicycle handlebars. Switch between the two rings depending on the size of your cup. You’ll still need to use a lid though. It also comes with a cube to help flatten it for storage.

Em Harriss: One Night Stand

Em Harriss: One Night Stand

Em Harriss’ sultry voice and creative covers have been capturing the hearts of Viners everywhere for some time. Here she plays an original called One Night Stand that’s just as good if not better than its six-second earworm version.

Mike Tyson x Street Fighter

Mike Tyson x Street Fighter

YouTuber Vogel reminds us why Mike Tyson used to be called The Baddest Man on the Planet, adding sound effects from Street Fighter II to an Iron Mike highlight reel. Come for the gimmick, stay for the knockouts.

Goat Simulator (Launch Trailer)

Goat Simulator (Launch Trailer)

We still wouldn’t pay a cent for Goat Simulator, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate Coffee Stain Studios’ humor. The studio parodied the dramatic Dead Island trailer to launch their intentionally broken ragdoll physics game.

Stratolith (Trailer)

Stratolith (Trailer)

Stratolith is an “electronic warfare simulator.” Defend your ship by hacking enemy drones through an interface lifted from software synthesizers and digital audio editors. Coming to Windows, OS X and iPad this winter.

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