An original spacesuit from '2001: A Space Odyssey' is up for auction
Julien's Auctions has an original "nearly complete spacesuit" from 2001: A Space Odyssey up for auction. The starting bid is $50,000 and they expect it to go...
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Wheee: The multi-terrain off-road 'Not-a-Wheelchair'
An entrepreneurial YouTuber has designed an off-road "wheelchair" with his partner that he's calling Not-a-Wheelchair. It's fully electric and can reach 12mph with a range of about...
Boston Dynamics Spot robot wearing horse head mask
Somebody put a horse head mask on one of those Boston Dynamics Spot robots and the result is...creepy? Cute? I honestly can't even tell anymore. I'm surprised...
10-year time lapse of the Sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory put together this time-lapse of the Sun using 425 million high-resolution images (over 20 million gigabytes of data) which it gathered from over...
The rise and fall of Blockbuster Video stores from 1986 to 2019
V1 Analytics put together this visualization of Blockbuster Video store locations in the United States between 1986 and 2019. At its peak there were 9000 Blockbuster stores...
Floating cardboard sculpture using tensegrity
YouTube channel Things Made out of Cardboard designed this simple cardboard sculpture based on tensional integrity (tensegrity for short) to create the impression that part of it...
Guy plays railway station melodies on his calculators
Calculator musician @atarimae_400 noticed that Japanese railway stations sound similar to certain calculator tones and started playing some of the melodies on his own calculators. I received...
Nurse demonstrates that wearing a mask doesn't affect oxygen levels or cause carbon dioxide poisoning
It's pretty ridiculous that this is even an issue, but people have been refusing to wear masks because they think it'll lead to suffocation or carbon dioxide...
Stop motion 'Super Mario' level made using fridge magnets
Twitter user @phi6 used fridge magnets to make this Super Mario stop motion animation with their 4-year-old son over the weekend. The result is pretty impressive for...
3D printing a functional life-sized LEGO go-kart
YouTuber Matt Denton used a 3D printer to create this life-sized LEGO go-kart. It would've been more impressive if he had used actual LEGO pieces instead of...
Creating temperature illusions using smells in virtual reality
Researchers from the University of Chicago's Human Computer Integration Lab have developed a way of simulating temperature in VR by using smells. We explore a temperature illusion...
Lamborghini wrecked 20 minutes after purchase
According to the West Yorkshire Police, a $250,000 Lamborghini was wrecked just 20 minutes after purchase. The driver had stopped in the outside lane due to a...
Pokemon Grandpa's insane 64 phone 'Pokemon Go' rig
When we last wrote about Pokemon Grandpa in 2019 his bike rig was a measly 30 phones. And before that in 2018 it was a pathetic 9...
Stop-motion Thanos sculpture turned to dust
Artist Steven Richter filmed this time-lapse of him sculpting a Thanos sculpture from scratch and then turning it into dust. This sculpture didn't last very long, 4...
Russians replace rear wheels on car with metal legs
The Russian auto engineers at Garage 54 decided to replace the rear wheels of an old Lada sedan with metal legs because, hey, why not? Eventually the...
Probably the worst hold music of all time
I'm on hold with my bank and this is the shit they are playing 😐😐 pic.twitter.com/fIobus2a38— hsky the god (@jkmb) June 24, 2020 Twitter user @jkmb posted the...
The SlothBot is a slow-moving energy-efficient observation robot
Robotics engineers at Georgia Tech have built a SlothBot for use in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, which mimics the low-energy lifestyle of real sloths for extended continuous...
This sand drawing robot draws in the sand
YouTuber Ivan Miranda built a 30 pound robot using 50 miniature servos that writes messages in the sand. I made a sand drawing robot with 50 miniature...