Improv Everywhere – The Mute Button

For latest mission of Improv Everywhere 23 actors and 2 dogs infiltrated a public space and went on "mute" at coordinated intervals. The mission took place near the northern entrance to Prospect Park in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Mute Button was produced by Improv Everywhere as part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting nyc.

Hot Wheels – World Record Jump

The Yellow Driver of Team Hot Wheels breaks the world record for distance jump in a four-wheeled vehicle at the Indianapolis 500 on May 29th 2011.

Watch as the Yellow Driver, Tanner Foust, drops 10 stories down 90 feet of orange track and soars 332 feet through the air.

Very Large Telescope HD Timelapse Footage

A couple of things I want to point out: at 1:10 into the video, you see the Milky Way rising majestically over the mountains, and you can see a faint, whitish glow stretching diagonally across the field of view, at an angle to the galaxy. That’s called the zodiacal light, and is caused by the reflection of sunlight by dust in the plane of our solar system. It’s probably due to eons of collisions grinding asteroids into dust; they tend to orbit the Sun in the same plane as the planets. It’s actually a disk of dust, but since we’re in it, we see it as a line across the sky. It’s pretty faint, and you need dark skies to spot it. Read more.

US Navy SEALs Obstacle Course Helmet Cam

Man wearing a video camera on his head goes through the obstacle course at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego, CA.

Business card with iris mechanism

This video is a demonstration of the Large and Small Iris cards made by Cardnetics. They are functional iris mechanisms similar to those seen in photography apertures and sci-fi shows built into a card.

The Small Iris is the size of a business card 2" x 3.5" and the Large Iris is the size of a typical greeting card 5" x 7"

Working Lego HK UMP .45

An ingenious Maker put together HK UMP .45 sub-machine gun out of Legos. Powered by rubber bands, it also fires a 15 lego clip full of the same.


Source: mocpages

Playing with an Otter

An otter at Sea World in San Diego has fun with an energetic toddler. Which is what otters really are underneath that fur!

China's Ghost Cities

Vast new cities of apartments and shops are being built across China at a rate of ten a year, but they remain almost completely uninhabited ghost towns.

It’s all part of the government’s efforts to keep the economy booming, and there are many people who would love to move in, but it’s simply too expensive for most. More info.

Greatest Marriage Proposal EVER!

Charlie took his sister Ginny to the movies. What Charlie knew, but Ginny didn’t, was that Ginny’s boyfriend Matt had bought a slot during the previews. And we have her reaction on video during the whole thing.

How to chop wood without messing around

I don't know if the axe he's using is all that special, but he sure makes efficient use of it. On balance it's probably the elastic band that is key here.


Source: German Lumberjack

Robots Have Lightsaber Battle

Robots and lightsabers are cool when apart but combine them, and you have something that is too much for most geeks to pass up. These Yaskawa Motoman robots are generally found on assembly lines, not dueling it out Jedi versus Sith style.


Source: akihabaranews

Little North Korean Girl Playing Guitar

When your government won't let you watch MTV, you have to make your own music.

This video of a little girl from North Korea playing a guitar larger than she is with virtuosic skill.

Interactive YouTube Keyboard

Didn’t know you can do that with Youtube. You have to follow this link to actually play with it.

The Modern Super Samurai Isao Machii

Superhuman Isao Machii can slice through the tiniest of objects at incredible speeds.

Soccer Toddler Gets a Professional Contract

After his display of skills we've seen recently received over 1 million hits on Youtube, one-and-a-half-year-old Baerke van der Meij from Holland, got a 'symbolic' 10-year deal with Venlose Voetbal Vereniging, his local champion division soccer team.


Source: telegraph

Razy Gogonea's 'Matrix' Dance on Britain's Got Talent

Britain’s Got Talent: 28-year-old dancer Razy, originally from Romania, is trying out for Britain’s Got Talent with quite a unique act, taking queues from the film The Matrix. With breakdancers being notorious on this show – from Tobias Mead and Aiden Davis to winner George Sampson – has Razy got something special that makes him different?

Jackie Chan breaking stones on german Bet Show

That Girl lost her bet, but can Jackie Chan also break these stones without breaking the raw egg in his hands?

Predator: A Smart Camera that Learns

A scientific research project by Zdenek Kalal, a PhD at the University of Surrey, UK. More infos about the project here, but isn’t it too… powerful? Do you think?

Giant Stinson Beach Bubbles

Bubble-smith Sterling Johnson on Stinson Beach. Shot with a Canon 550D. This guy looks like a wizard.

Hawken Gameplay

This is the intro video for the upcoming mech FPS combat title Hawken. Looks incredible huh?