We’re not sure the TSA would approve this clip, but it’s still pretty entertaining to watch Deadmau5 lie down and take a ride through an airport X-ray machine – though it’s not as cool as Total Recall.

A sound system with a vacuum tube amplifier and Bluetooth connectivity. It also has RCA and 3.5mm ports for direct inputs and a USB charging port. Amp and speakers also sold separately. Demo here.

And now for something completely different. Well, depending on how familiar you are with Paul F. Thompkins’ offbeat humor this rather impressive cover of Adele’s Skyfall might not be too surprising.

The latest E-Class 2-door and drop-top have a redesigned front with larger air intakes and new headlamps. They also have new assistance systems such as radar sensors and steering assistance.

ASAPScience provides a good excuse to get drunk – not that you needed any – points out a trick “fact” about the brain, and makes the term “data transfer” dirty in this compilation of amazing trivia.

A short film that also serves as a benchmarking tool for Windows PCs. Made by Plastic and Platige Image (the folks behind the Witcher 2 intro). Download link and instructions at ALLBenchmark.

Hankook Tire held a competition challenging designers to look at tires from a whole new angle. Ben Zavala’s innovative Tiltread design won, but any of these finalists could change the tire paradigm.

Etsy artist Robert Locke handcrafts these clever liquor platters from chestnut beams salvaged from dismantled Appalachian barns and homes; includes cutting board, salt bowls, paring knife and spoon.

Check out Compressorhead kicking out the robot jams in their cover of Motörhead’s Ace of Spades. When the Country Bear Jamboree is in ashes, you have my permission to rock. (Thanks everyone!)

A Japanese preview of the fourth game in the beloved third-person shooter series. Earth Defense Force 2025 has new soldiers, new weapons and huge insect enemies to topple. EDF! EDF! EDF!

Unlike high end self-tuning guitars that have motors on their tuning pegs, the AT-200 uses pitch correcting software to digitally adjust the sound coming from its strings. A great kit for beginners.

Aside from their own very cool and affordable selection, May28th offers the option of easily customizing the dial of your own unique timepiece with one of your cherished Instagrams.

Visual effects experts Industrial Light & Magic share their contribution to one of the most memorable scene from The Avengers: the long continuous shot showing each member fending off the aliens.

Fraser Davidson made this wonderful animated short to accompany an excerpt from a BBC interview with physicist Richard Feynman, about how a scientist appreciates the “beauty” of a flower.

These amazing sculptures are constructed entirely out of driftwood by artist Abdul Ghofur. It’s amazing how well the wood works to represent the subjects and especially their muscle structures.

It isn’t too late to blast into the new year. We won’t even hold it against you if you don’t do it in a way that is as epic (or literal) as proximity flyer Alexander Polli did. Talk about precision.