Awesome Fails

Inventor Colin Furze has created some wild and wondrous things over the years, and his Rhino tank build looks awesome. But as you’ll see in the video for the hemispherical-wheeled tank, good looks don’t necessarily mean capability, and beauty is only skin deep.

The Red Bull Soapbox Race is known for its madcap mix of creative, over-engineered, and downright oddball gravity-powered cars. In this video, the catalog seven of the worst designed vehicles, which were destined to fail spectacularly on race day. Who in their right mind thought rear-wheel steering was a good idea?

(PG-13: Language) Hydro-dipping is the process of adhering a film to the surface of an object by floating it in a bath of water and adding an activation agent. We’ve seen it done to shoes, guitars, and helmets, but the guys at Russia’s Garage 54 tried to dip an entire car. Unfortunately, even the best-laid plans can go very wrong.

Modern cars are made up of thousands of individual parts, and the result of millions of hours of engineering and design. While there are lots of checks and balances to ensure safety and reliability, sometimes mistakes slip through. Donut Media looks at nine automotive engineering mistakes, from the ridiculous to downright deadly.

Don’t you hate when the toothpaste falls off of the toothbrush into the sink? SlivkiShow documents this and a number of other everyday annoyances in this incredibly frustrating video. Enjoy more of of life’s little disappointments in part two.

Launching rockets – even small ones – requires lots of precision math, engineering smarts, and attention to detail. So we appreciate this clip from BPS.space which shows off some of the many ways in which they screwed up, not the least of which being those first few launches in populous locations.

A vandal attempted to break into an employee’s pickup truck parked outside of Seattle’s KIRO Radio, and learned quickly why Toyota trucks are said to be indestructible. The station then decided to add some commentary to the bumbling criminal’s futile efforts.

“The Soup Robot is as if the Beer Robot got the Breakfast Machine really drunk, and then they had a child.” For her latest build, the Queen of Sh*tty Robots Simone Giertz created a machine that’s designed to lift up a bowl of soup, and spoonfeed her. Naturally, it sucks.

A guy approaches an ATM to take out some cash, but the machine is clearly having some sort of technical glitch. Regardless of its problem, he decides to try and follow the on-screen directions as well as he can anyhow. (Thanks Stirling!)

We’ve all laughed at fail videos, but why is it that we get pleasure from watching the misfortune of others? Nerdwriter1 explores the nature of schadenfreude, the psychology that drives humans to bask in the glow of other’s foibles, and thoughts on where to draw the line.

Runner Nigel Talton aka “The Freeze” has been kicking butt and taking names of fans at Atlanta Braves games recently. The fan gets a massive headstart, but The Freeze can catch them all. This fan thought he had him beat, but his early celebration killed any hopes of a win.

People are Awesome put together this hilarious “wins vs. fails” compilation which compares some praiseworthy human feats against their groanworthy counterparts from FailArmy. We’re giving the official booby prize to the guy with the broomstick on the trampoline.

These guys seem hell-bent on pulling this tree out of the middle of a desert path with their SUV, but the tree is having none of it. But this plant isn’t merely interested in staying put, it wants revenge.

This cat is very excited at the prospects of a delicious dinner of fish, though one small obstacle stands in its way. Will kitty find a way to get the tasty sea creatures inside the aquarium, or will the fish have the last laugh?

Ever ride one of those tilting, spinning amusement park rides? Now imagine the same idea without seats or harnesses. The Tagada not only look horribly unsafe, we can only imagine that its riders leave with bruises, broken bones, and their lunch anywhere but in their stomachs.

Useless Duck Company shows off another ridiculous contraption they built. This one performs a basic kitchen chore. But unlike other single-task robots, this one actually has three distinctive operating modes.