Entries Tagged as 'ftw'

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Short Film ‘The Realest Real’ Mocks Our Social Media Age

Fashion label Kenzo commissioned this fashion film that is unlike most fashion films—directed by Carrie Brownstein, from Portlandia, it follows a woman called Abby who arrives at a weird place called the Institute of the Real and the Really Real which is like the virtual world of social media transposed to real life. For example, [...]

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Drift Triking Down the Steepest Street in the World

Even experiencing this vicariously through he medium of an online video it’s completely terrifying and anxiety-inducing to watch—a group of people ride Drift Trikes, which are like tricycles but with a large front wheel, down the steepest street in the world, which happens to be in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

The Robot That Shines a Laser in Your Eye

Some people are working on robots that can go into disaster sites or nuclear meltdown areas and do valiant work that is just way too dangerous for people to do. Other people, like this guy, are creating robots that constantly and ceaselessly shines a laser in your eye. And kudos to his engineering skills, because [...]

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

How Much Nitrous Can a Stock Engine Take?

A Chevrolet small-block engine is the unfortunate tester for YouTube channel Engine Masters to find out how much nitrous oxide power can a stock short block take with the original cast crank, rods, and pistons. Of course it doesn’t end well for the engine, but what’s bad news for the small-block is good news for [...]

Friday, April 20th, 2018

Guy Entrusts His Hand to a Robot in This Very Dangerous Knife Game

Robots are nothing if not precise, but that doesn’t mean to say you would trust one with not stabbing you through the hand if it was performing a game of five-finger fillet with an actual knife. YouTuber Irfon Automation does however, putting his faith in a Staubli TX40 Robot and his neighbor’s programming to enable [...]

Thursday, April 19th, 2018

How to Bowl a Perfect Game in 90 Seconds

Prepare to be totally wowed by 23-year-old bowler Ben Ketola and his astonishing new world record for the fastest perfect game, rolling twelve consecutive strikes in an amazing 86.9 seconds. Anyone who’s seen The Big Lebowski knows the beauty of the sport, heck there’s even a bowling alley in the White House thanks to Richard [...]

Friday, April 13th, 2018

Longboarding Downhill at 60mph in the Middle of the Night Looks Insane

If you thought longboarding downhill at speeds of 60mph was already something for someone with balls of steel to do, then how about doing it in the middle of the night. That’s what rider Kim Anderssen enjoys doing, and as you’ll see from this video it looks insane as Anderssen speeds down the hills in [...]

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

Wasteland Weekend is a Festival Styled like Mad Max

If you found yourself watching the Mad Max movies and thinking you’d like a piece of that, but maybe without the whole world-ending thing, then you might want to get yourself down to the Wasteland Weekend. It’s an outdoor festival that takes part in the middle of the desert and lets you indulge in some [...]

Monday, April 9th, 2018

Guy Makes Hilarious Video of his Brother Making a Not-So-Sweet Jump

If you broke your arm after failing a jump while you were in a motocross race, you’d probably want your brother to take the GoPro footage you shot and turn it into a hilarious and mocking video, complete with memes and a sarcastic retelling of your whole sorry saga.

Friday, April 6th, 2018

Downpour—Captivating Footage of Daniel Holdsworth Longboarding in the Rain

OK so there’s droplets of rain on the camera lens, but that kind of adds to the aesthetic of it all. So sit back and watch longboarder Daniel Holdsworth spray water behind him as he heads down some of Pentiction, BC’s steepest terrains while in a downpour. As well as being captivating to watch it [...]

Thursday, April 5th, 2018

Death From Space — Gamma-Ray Bursts Explained

Gamma Ray bursts sound like they’re something we should all be terrified of and, well, we should be. In this video Kurzgesagt shows that there are plenty more things than asteroids to be afraid of when it comes to space, one of those is invisible death rays. Gamma rays come from explosions full of energy [...]