Entries Tagged as 'cool'

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Cute SD Card Micro-Mecha Robot Transformation

Memory cards, they’re robots in disguise! At least, they are in this video which shows a microSD card that doesn’t just store endless photos of your cat, but instead it’s a tiny robot with a jet pack that can run, fly, swim, battle magnets, is impervious to X-rays, can bust through walls like they were [...]

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Drones on Demand—The Personal Drone Service of the Future

Don’t listen to all the naysayers who say that drones are bad and stuff, because drones are awesome—and they’re awesome because they’ll become our slaves who will do what we command of them, like carrying out important tasks such as taking a selfie…..and stalking your ex-girlfriend.

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

I Thought I’d Had Enough Of Upworthy Headlines, But This Parody Headline Generator Changed Everything

Like a lot of people, you were probably caught up in the hype and ended up liking Upworthy on Facebook. Several months later their ceaseless fart of clickbait headlines that lead through to insubstantial articles made from the written equivalent of hot air, are now the bane of our newsfeeds.

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

The recent episode of the PBS Off Book series looks at those dastardly machines that’ll rise up and overthrow us so that we have to send someone back in time to impregnate a woman from the 80s who will eventually give birth to our savior and then who knows what’ll happen. We’ll have to wait [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Honest Trailers – The Wolf of Wall Street

The most sweary film in the history of sweary films gets the honest treatment from the guys over at Screen Junkies—and they happily revel in the fact that it has a lot of x-rated language in it, along with x-rated scenes of debauchery and Jonah Hill’s schlong. Which people really didn’t need to see.

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Automated Video Game Cheat Machine Made From Lego

Those free to play app games can be highly addictive—the sort of thing that consumes your life and makes sure your wife leaves you and you end up in squalor. But this clever guy has figured out a way to avoid such a terrible fate, by creating a machine from Lego and Arduino which plays [...]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Aubrey Plaza Delves into the Dark Side of Ring Pops

The Parks & Recreation actor Aubrey Plaza looks into the dastardly side of Ring Pop, those popular fruit flavored lollipops that look like a giant diamond ring. Popular in the 1980s and 90s, the video reveals that, while they may seem like innocent fun, they were harboring darkness. Oh the darkness!

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Edith Widder: How We Found the Giant Squid

The giant squid, a majestic and beautiful creature – or as a monster? it’s long captured the imaginations of people, since way back when we were kids and saw the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film with Kirk Douglas, and James Mason as Captain Nemo—OK, sure, it might’ve interested a few people before then too.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Stand Up Comedian Chris Turner’s Amazing Freestyle Rap

Chris Turner may look like he’s a nerd who couldn’t rap for shit, but just wait until you see him in action. Taking suggestions from the crowd for subjects to use—the more unfunny they are the better—he then proceeds to make a rap from these disparate elements.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Learn Some Smooth Moves With the A-Z of Dance

Do you know your Memphis Jookin from your East Coast Swing? Of course you don’t, but you’ll be a lot wiser of what moves you’re unable to bust on the dancefloor after watching this A to Z of dance from director Jacob Sutton, who’s captured some of the best dancers in the world shaking their [...]

Monday, April 14th, 2014

Ultimate Car Crash Compilation

Prepare your “HOLY SHIT!!!” face because you’ll be needing it quite a bit over the next few minutes as you schadenfreude your way through this compilation of people driving so badly that new levels of idiocy. Maybe they should cut back on the GTA sessions, especially just before they go out for a drive somewhere, [...]