…is not the Big Wind because it isn’t a truck. This big boy is a T-34 tank that had its gun turret replaced with a contraption made of two MiG-21 fighter plane engines and six water nozzles. Its blasts of air and water helped put out the 1991 oil well fires in Kuwait, achieving in seconds what would otherwise take days to achieve. Real Engineering has the story.

FSP’s CUT593P is mostly a standard gaming-oriented mid-tower PC case. But it has one feature that we wish would take off more than RGB on everything. It comes with braided power cables for the motherboard and CPU that are already pre-routed and organized with combs. A simple but much needed convenience for PC building and maintenance.

Imagine, if you will, that Mother Nature focused her energy on a single location and hit it with all of her electrical fury. xkcd’s What If? takes on another hypothetical question, exploring what might happen if every lightning bolt struck a single spot on Earth and whether we could harvest the power from the mega-storm.

While you can get Mod Bikes’ Easy 3 electric cruiser as a standalone bicycle, we think it works and looks best in its sidecar configuration. The Easy SideCar 3 can carry up to 150lb. It has a handbrake, D-rings, and a removable seat and seatbelt. The bike itself has a new smart display, torque sensing assist, and preset ride modes.

Abandoned Films is back with another trippy, AI-generated movie trailer. This time, they took the 1997 sci-fi classic The Fifth Element and applied a 1950’s big-screen aesthetic to Leeloo, Corbin Dallas, Vito Cornelius, Ruby Rhod, Zorg, and their retro-futuristic world. Will our heroes find the stones and save us before the Ultimate Evil swallows the universe?

This slimline flashlight won’t bulk up your pocket and is small enough to carry on your keychain. It outputs a crisp white 100-lumen beam and also has a red light mode for nighttime reading or navigation. It’s just 8mm thick, and its 800 mAh battery and built-in USB-C connector provide an emergency power source for your phone.

NightHawkInLight made the rare DIY video that’s so straightforward even kids can follow it. Even better, it’s about something that is actually useful in daily life. He figured out that a mixture of paraffin and mineral oil is a great waterproof coating for fabric. The hardest part is ironing the mixture into the fabric, but even that step is practically idiotproof.

This numeric keypad from MelGeek pairs perfectly with their Mojo68 and Mojo84 mechanical keyboards. Its clear plastic body and white, grey, and orange keycaps with crisp graphics look straight out of a Ground Control center. It connects via USB-C or 2.4GHz wireless and comes with Gateron Pro Brown, White, or Kailh Box Plastic switches.

(PG-13: Language) “Take a rolling pin. Dice it up. Put it into a bowl.” Videogamedunkey once again proves that humans hallucinate better than AI with this hilarious supercut of Gordon Ramsay rattling off cooking steps. If you miss the days when YouTube was random, and Vine still existed, inject this video into your veins.

In our bizarro universe where Barbie conquers Hollywood and discovers gynecology, Star Wars gets a comedic redo in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, a 4-part animated special for Disney+. Good guys turn bad (enter Darth Jar Jar) and vice versa until an ordinary Nerf-herder saves the day. Drops 9.13.24.

Intent on breaking the world record for the longest ski jump, Ryōyū Kobayashi and his team realized there was no ski jump long enough to make it happen. So they flew to Iceland and carved a massive ramp into a snowy mountain, enabling the Olympic medallist and FIS World Cup Champion to fly 291 m (954.7 ft) and stay airborne for 10 seconds.

This heavy-duty 20-quart cooler from Pelican has a deep bin that can hold up to 15 cans or four wine bottles. It has a built-in carry handle and four self-draining cup holders on top and is insulated to retain ice for up to two days. Plus, it includes Pelican’s exceptional lifetime guarantee. Note that some colors may be less expensive than others.

Inspired by the car launching mechanism on Hot Wheels tracks, Stuff Made Here made a precision-guided disc launcher. He thought it would be a simple matter of making more and bigger launchers, but fate and physics had other plans. Watch him suffer but soldier on in one of the most entertaining DIY videos we’ve ever watched.

Kill time, literally and figuratively, in Hades II. A direct sequel to one of the best games ever made, Hades II sees you playing as Melinoë, the Princess of the Underworld and Zagreus’ sister, as she enlists the help of Olympus against the Titan of Time. The Early Access version is meant to give PC players a peek at the new story, gods, weapons, spells, and more.

CJRB’s folding tactical knife features a 3.5″ cleaver-style steel blade with a black PVD coating. Its handles are made from grippy layers of G10 in blue and black, with red accents on its ceramic ball-bearing pivot and lanyard hanger. The knife features a liner lock mechanism and a built-in pocket clip.

This pocket-size stainless steel tool has a slimline adjustable wrench, along with several other functions. It can turn bolts up to 24mm or 15/16″, and has a knife blade, a bottle opener, slotted and Phillips screwdrivers, and a sleeve that converts two of its blades into a 1/4″ bit driver. Available with orange, blue, black, or red handle scales.

This handsome and structured leather pouch from Shulga Studio provides the perfect home for pocket tools and accessories. Its main compartment is great for compact multitools, while its side pocket is just right for a flashlight or a short pen. Available in a variety of colors, with optional personalization available.

All Process of World takes on a tour of a steel factory in Korea that produces rebar, plates, I-beams, and other large metal parts for construction. The vast, mechanized facility takes piles of scrap steel, melts it down in an enormous cauldron, then extrudes the molten metal into shapes. Plasma cutters then slice parts into shorter pieces before hardening.

This gorgeous specimen is a coachbuilt open-top grand tourer. Limited to just 16 examples, the Batur Convertible is a dramatic 2-seater powered by Bentley’s revered W12 engine, producing 739 hp and 738 lb-ft. of torque. The prototype looks incredible with its Vermillion gloss and satin paints and 22-inch wheels in Dark Titanium and Vermillion paint.

After doodling a sketch of a motorized bike that runs on a tank tread, maker Jake Carlini was inspired to build a version of his creation that he could actually ride on. He started by removing the sidewalls from a tire and figured out how to drive it with electric skateboard motors. We love how Jake builds his projects using wood and off-the-shelf hardware.

The Daft Punk hit Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger owes its funktastic sound to Edwin Birdsong’s Cola Bottle Baby. Instead of using samples, Josh Plotner performed the groovy dance track on soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones. A robot was still involved – in the form of a drum machine.

“In a nutshell, every single one of your organs is highly stressed and suffers some kind of permanent damage.” Kurzgesagt lays out the good, the bad, and the ugly about smoking. Watch the educational channel’s usual adorable creatures turn into all sorts of monsters and die horrible deaths, all thanks to one of the most dangerous legal substances.

“You will no longer be beloved celebrities. You will be wrathful gods.” Homelander grows even more powerful within Vought and decides that he and The Seven are done playing nice. Meanwhile, Butcher thinks he’s found a hell of a weapon. But if you watched Gen V, you’ll probably be as conflicted as The Boys are about it. Season 4 premieres 6.13.24 on Prime Video.