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Filmmaker Louis Skupien took an incredible F-16 Viper fighter jet flight with Air Force pilot “Hash”, hitting speeds over 1300 MPH over the Mojave. This surprisingly chill cockpit footage comes from a Full Throttle episode about Edwards Air Force Base, the 416th Flight Test Squadron, and the F-16 – well worth a watch for anyone
If a camera and an iPod Touch got together, you’d get Nikon’s Coolpix S60. The 10 megapixel camera only has one physical button for the shutter; the entire back is a 3.5″ touchscreen.
The Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” came out just two years before Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2” yet they represent opposite ends of the musical spectrum. But in the hands of musician Joshua Woo, prog rock and disco become one. The concept makes no sense, but the result works perfectly. Joshua totally nailed
Aviation filmmaker Louis Skupien captured this footage of a pair of AH-64E Apache gunships while hanging out in the back of a CH-47 Chinook. He recorded this awesome flight footage for an episode of FULL THROTTLE all about the Apache helicopter and its inner workings. The South Carolina Army National Guard provided access to these
Never mind that it makes you look like a Cylon, but the GoateeSaver does promise to save time in the morning. The three metal rollers are adjustable for height and width.
The first Genesis Magma, the GV60 Magma, is a high-performance electric crossover with a 641 hp, dual-motor drivetrain. Riding lower to the ground than the standard GV60, the Magma rolls on 21″ forged wheels with performance tires, sports a limited-slip diff for cornering, a big spoiler, and special drive modes for track, touring, drifting, and
The 2009 BMW M3 sedan gets minor face buttlift with updated taillights. Both coupe and sedan also get Le Mans Blue (sweet!), rotary AC controls and an optional, larger 8.8″ navi.
After voluntarily taking down Facebook app Scrabulous due to Hasbro’s legal threats, brothers J. and R. Agarwalla have re-launched less than 48 hours later under a new moniker: Wordscraper.
Modern humans appeared about 300,000 years ago, but complex organized societies only emerged about 12,000 years ago.Kurzgesagt digs into humanity’s distant past and how technology like DNA sequencing, mathematical modeling, and aerial and lidar archaeology have provided a better picture than ever of the world’s earliest societies.
The Slow Mo Guys have made it a July tradition to stuff co-host Dan inside of giant water balloons and then pop them. In this video, he got into a balloon at the top of a wooden ramp, then rolled downhill to capture the action. While Dan always looks ridiculous doing this stuff, the high-speed
MathMotion used computer simulations to show how different kinds of crank mechanisms work. The surprisingly relaxing animation demonstrates 12 designs, including sliders, yokes, cams, escapements, and linkages, assembling each piece by piece before setting it in motion to reveal the geometry and mechanical principles behind it.
Filmmaker Nik Arthur’s short Witness: An Organima Film, uses macro photography of various organic objects as a canvas for animation. From rocks to wood to water to leaves, each brief vignette reminds us to slow down and look more closely at the everyday things that surround us.