Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Making a super sharp knife from an old wrench

One of my favorite things in the world is to watch blacksmiths take old tools like shovels or circular blade saws or in this case, an old wrench, and then repurpose them into beautiful knives. This particular work from Trollskyy is especially cool because the blade just bleeds into the wrench. At the end we…

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Video: A day in the life of an airport

Here’s a time lapse and tilt shift video of a day in Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. It’s a wonderful look into the puzzle of how a big time airport works but is also totally beautiful to see the lights of airplanes land and fly out of the runway. It’s like man made moving stars…

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Infographic: What’s the fastest ship in sci-fi history?

It took a little bit for us to reach Pluto but what if we had the power of our imaginations in our real life spaceships? Fat Wallet came up with this neat infographic showing which ships from popular sci-fi movies, TV shows and video games (plus real life NASA ships) to show which ship moves…

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Black Hawk helicopter explodes after landing on minefield, four killed

This is a graphic video showing a Colombian Army Blackhawk helicopter landing on a minefield. It explodes tragically, killing four and injuring six of the 15 people on board. The explosives in the minefield were supposedly detonated by the guerilla movement FARC. So sad. War sucks on both sides. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…

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What happens when your best friend catches you trying to kill yourself

There’s a lot of things to consider when you commit suicide. How you’ll do it, what you’ll write in the note, who you have to consider, and so on. It’s a logistical nightmare! And things will get worse once your best friends catch wind of your plan too because they’ll hilariously blow holes and expose…

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Watch a guy get strapped on top of a flying airplane

Here’s a wild video of Richard Hammond getting strapped onto a plane as it takes off and flies in the air and does crazy aerial tricks for Top Gear. It’s the most ridiculous type of roller coaster a person could possibly ride and Hammond is literally holding onto his butt cheeks throughout the entire ride.…

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A beached great white shark is still scary as hell

Even when we have home field advantage, a beached shark is still not something you want to see on a relaxing trip to the playa. Because for one, the shark baring its teeth and whipping its tail is still scary as hell even though it shouldn’t be able to reach you. But more importantly, because…

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Video reveals the incredible tunnel that El Chapo used to escape prison

The story of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, head of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaping jail is just insane. A mile long, ventilated and lit tunnel was built right under his shower in his prison cell to allow him to escape. Not only that, there was a little motorbike cart inside the tunnel as well to presumably…

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Awesome GoPro video shows the first person view of a Jedi

This is so much fun. Bill Parker imagined what it would look like if a Jedi wore a GoPro and came up with this kick ass first person footage of the Jedi swinging his light saber around to fight Stormtroopers and blow up AT-ATs. Like those other GoPro videos that feature crazy stunts, seeing another…

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Cooking food in a pan cut in half shows the magic of induction cooking

Induction cooking is sorcery masked as science through the power of magnets. That’s what I believe in my heart, at least. The heat is created from magnetic induction (as opposed to a gas stove flame or electric heating) which means without the right type of pan, you won’t be able to cook anything, even if…

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Seeing a giant stingray eat a crab is like seeing a UFO abduct a person

And here I thought stingrays were jolly surfers of the ocean. Not to crabs! Watch as this giant stingray catch a spider crab and vacuum suck the poor crab right into the stingray’s mouth. It’s like one minute the crab is there, the next he’s been vaporized. Poor crab was too busy molting to realize…

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The first alien sounds of Mars are so damn spooky

This is a great video that shows the entire trip of the Mars Opportunity Rover on one side while tracking the trip on the red planet on the other. It’s cool to know where Curiosity has gone and what it has seen but perhaps the craziest thing of the video is hearing the noise of…

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How graphic designers photoshopped images before Photoshop existed

Life was basically impossible without Photoshop. The process and tools it took to get images and type set just the way you wanted took an eternity. There were no shortcuts! You needed a rapidograph pens, T-squares, rubber cement, exacto knifes and so much more just to do things Photoshop now does in one or two…

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Video: Deep fried brain and bone marrow is a deliciously killer combo

Hamburger and fries. Spaghetti and meatballs. And brain and bone marrow… I guess? Our friend Anna Péter, from the Hungarian food blog Malackaraj, shows us how she makes deep fried brain and bone marrow and because the universal rule across all types of cooking is that deep frying things and adding bone marrow is always…

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Watch Tom Cruise actually hang off a side of a plane in wild movie stunt

Tom Cruise is a certified crazy person but his movies are almost always enjoyable probably because of said craziness. He obsesses over doing his own stunts and this hanging off a flying plane in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation might be one of his most impressive feats yet. I mean, dude is really outside the damn…

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Beautifully simulated 3D trip through space is what dreams are made of

I woke up today and had already seen this stunning video of space before I even saw it in real life because I’m 100% sure it was created in my dreams. It wasn’t, it was rendered in the 3D simulation program Space Engine. But seriously, this digital recreation of space is what every kid imagines…

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What exactly is a calorie and why do we care?

By now, in 2015 with gluten excommunicated from diets and paleo celebrated and superfood vegetables being discovered left and right, we all generally know what kind of food is good for you and what kind of food is bad for you. But do most of us really know what a calorie is other than a…

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Cooking random foods in a waffle iron is the funnest way to cook

Don’t like to cook? Think making dinner is too complicated? Here’s how to solve all your problems: cook everything you can imagine in a waffle iron. Not only is it easy as hell, anything you throw in there eventually becomes waffle shaped deliciousness. Our friends at ChefSteps made waffle dumplings, waffle frozen Mexican casserole, waffle…

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Making a katana the old traditional Japanese way is so impressive

I think this is the most impressive video that Man At Arms has ever done, and that’s saying a lot since they’ve recreated all the coolest weapons from TV shows and movies in real life. But there’s something ridiculous impressive about making a katana (stylized like the one from Kill Bill) the traditional old school…

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The first quadruple backflip on a bicycle shatters the laws of physics

This just doesn’t seem possible. Even after watching Jed Mildon nail the world’s first ever BMW quadruple backflip, it doesn’t seem like it could happen in real life here on Earth. And that’s pretty much true! The video below shows the bad falls and crashes and body slamming it took to get this stunt down…

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Making a super sharp knife from an old wrench

Video: A day in the life of an airport

Infographic: What’s the fastest ship in sci-fi history?

Black Hawk helicopter explodes after landing on minefield, four killed

What happens when your best friend catches you trying to kill yourself

Watch a guy get strapped on top of a flying airplane

A beached great white shark is still scary as hell

Video reveals the incredible tunnel that El Chapo used to escape prison

Awesome GoPro video shows the first person view of a Jedi

Cooking food in a pan cut in half shows the magic of induction cooking

Seeing a giant stingray eat a crab is like seeing a UFO abduct a person

The first alien sounds of Mars are so damn spooky

How graphic designers photoshopped images before Photoshop existed

Video: Deep fried brain and bone marrow is a deliciously killer combo

Watch Tom Cruise actually hang off a side of a plane in wild movie stunt

Beautifully simulated 3D trip through space is what dreams are made of

What exactly is a calorie and why do we care?

Cooking random foods in a waffle iron is the funnest way to cook

Making a katana the old traditional Japanese way is so impressive

The first quadruple backflip on a bicycle shatters the laws of physics

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