Omar Kardoudi, Author at Gizmodo

Slow motion video captures people’s faces as they get hit with tasers

Photographer Patrick Hall took a series of portraits of people getting hit with a 300,000-volt taser. What’s even better: He also made a super-slow-motion video of the process for our enjoyment. According to Hall, the taser was strong enough to get the facial expressions he wanted but it couldn’t hurt them in any way. Check…

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China says new supersonic sub would reach San Francisco in 100 minutes

China claims it has found a way to create a supersonic underwater vessel that could travel from China to San Francisco in less than two hours using new developments in supercavitation. This could be extremely useful for travel—but also for the development of underwater weapons. In fact, this is a military project. This technique was…

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Teens go bananas and take scariest selfie ever atop 1135-foot skyscraper

I’ve seen many coldblooded daredevils climbing skyscrapers and towers, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone having a picnic up there—The Centre skyscraper in Hong Kong, 1,135 feet (346 meters) above the ground. I couldn’t avoid gasping when photographer Daniel Lau lifted his camera above him and his friends. SPLOID is a new…

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Short film shows the dangers of a computer that makes wishes come true

What would you do with a magic computer that could make anything you want to appear in front of you. No payments, no three-day Amazon Prime shipping—just type something and boom, it’s yours. It sounds awesome until you see what happens in this short directed by Spencer Susser. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

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Watch the remote-controlled flight of a cyborg moth

Researchers at North Carolina State University implanted electrodes in the muscles of moths—Manduca sexta—so they can remote-control their flight. This technique could lead to a new generation of small-sized biobots that can be used for both military and civil purposes. The electrodes are implanted during the insect’s early metamorphic stages. So they are perfectly compatible…

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This video of the evolution of Nike shoes since 1971 is pretty damn cool

Polish design and creative studio Hello Mono made this cool video that shows four decades of Nike shoes evolution. While watching it I found myself trying to spot all the Nike sneakers I ever owned. All of them were from the company’s first decade. HELLO MONO is an initiative of Creative and Art Director Wojtek…

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Deliciously explosive tropical fruits

German design studio Foreal made these cool series of tropical fruits exploding with a mix of photography, CGI and hand drawing. They called it Tropical Blast. A self-initiated illustration project focused on mixing different visual styles into a fresh and new form of expression. CGI, photography and accurate hand drawn elements coming together, composing an…

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Mad genius invents steel safe suit to stand inside a fireworks display

Mad genius Colin Furze is back again with a new invention. This time he built himself a steel safe suit with the sole purpose of standing inside a fireworks display and enjoy the views. The suit shape looks hilarious, a terrifying mix between the tin man and the scarecrow, but it works perfectly. SPLOID is…

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These screen graphics are so cool they transport you directly to 3014

Kristoffer Brady is a San Francisco based motion graphic designer with a great hand for futuristic screen graphics. This video is a montage of his work for Simian, an upcoming independent film. Check out Brady’s website where he explains in detail the role these graphics play in the movie. SPLOID is a new blog about…

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Short film tells the weird story of a missing nuclear missile

Writer and director David Soll explores the interior of a real-life Cold War era nuclear silo in this comedy short film: The custodian of a nuclear missile silo wakes up one morning to realize that the projectile has disappeared. David explains to the Hollywood Reporter how they found the silo: One of the silos had…

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New bacon-in-everything restaurant looks deadly delicious

Brutus is a bacon’s lover dream come true. Located in Montreal, Canada, the restaurant will use bacon in all their dishes. It’s probably half a heart attack but I’m drooling just by looking at some of the food that will be served there. 100% bacon sausage hot dog Bacon, red caramelized onions and cheese with…

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How the BBC uses tiny cameras to capture incredible wildlife images

BBC wildlife filmmaker John Downer explains how new camera formats had changed the rules of the game—new small HD spy cameras can be hidden almost anywhere, allowing him and his team to get unique images that capture the true behavior of wild animals in a way it couldn’t be done before. SPLOID is a new…

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This is what a full meal looks like in the world’s best restaurant

Rapper and food TV show host Action Bronson just posted an Instagram reportage of a meal in the best restaurant in the world*—Noma, in Copenhagen, Denmark. 24 courses with ingredients that go from flowers and sea urchin to ants and grasshopper. Noma has been named best restaurant in the world several times already. Its food…

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Time-lapse shows how it feels to be drunk at the local fair

We all know the deal: Deep fried food, horrible music, rigged shooting games and cheap alcohol. But there is something about local fairs that makes them irresistible. This time-lapse shows what that thing is. A wonderful world of lights, colors and big moving objects that feels like a dream. Or a psychedelic nightmare, depending of…

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What would happen if pilots were jerks racing airplanes at the runway

I just stumbled upon this old video that I first watched in 2005, a fake Xbox commercial called Racing Beats made by visual effects students Alex Kiesl and Steffen Hacker. It’s a crazy race between four douchebags. Like Fast and Furious, but driving Boeing 747s around some airport runways. SPLOID is a new blog about…

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This lightning photo is so amazing that I thought it was fake

Canadian photographer Richard Gottardo got this very rare double exposure of a lightning strike—a one in a million shot taken through the car’s window while driving away from a storm. Gottardo is a professional photographer and storm chaser who sent us a selection of his amazing work. From hunting down violent storms or the beauty…

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The evolution of film opening titles

This neat short film explains the evolution of film opening titles throughout history. Even if they are not as necessary as they used to—you can get any cast and crew information on the internet—they are still really important to set the mood of the film and to let us know that is time to shut…

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Cool animated baby care guide makes a great case against having them

That old saying kids don’t come with instructions isn’t true anymore. Now there’s more information about kids than ever. Jun Iwakawa gathered some of that knowledge, plus his own experience as a first-time father, and put together this cool animated quick guide to caring for a newborn baby. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

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The first touch-sensitive LCD basketball court in the world is awesome

Nike has created this huge touch-sensitive LCD basketball court for a training session with Kobe Bryant. The court has built-in motion sensors that track every player’s movements individually. It can also display training exercises for them to follow and show statistics on performance. Check out the amazing video. The space—located in Shanghai, China—is called the…

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Cool 3D visualization captures the motion of famous olympic athletes

Felix Deimann—a motion designer based in Dortmund, Germany—created this awesome video that captures the motion of famous olympic athletes like Nadia Comăneci, Michael Phelps, the US basketball Dream Team and Usain Bolt, turning it into a continuous flow of beautiful abstract shapes. This is Deimann’s thesis project: Movements of famous Olympians where digitalised into 3D…

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Slow motion video captures people’s faces as they get hit with tasers

China says new supersonic sub would reach San Francisco in 100 minutes

Teens go bananas and take scariest selfie ever atop 1135-foot skyscraper

Short film shows the dangers of a computer that makes wishes come true

Watch the remote-controlled flight of a cyborg moth

This video of the evolution of Nike shoes since 1971 is pretty damn cool

Deliciously explosive tropical fruits

Mad genius invents steel safe suit to stand inside a fireworks display

These screen graphics are so cool they transport you directly to 3014

Short film tells the weird story of a missing nuclear missile

New bacon-in-everything restaurant looks deadly delicious

How the BBC uses tiny cameras to capture incredible wildlife images

This is what a full meal looks like in the world’s best restaurant

Time-lapse shows how it feels to be drunk at the local fair

What would happen if pilots were jerks racing airplanes at the runway

This lightning photo is so amazing that I thought it was fake

The evolution of film opening titles

Cool animated baby care guide makes a great case against having them

The first touch-sensitive LCD basketball court in the world is awesome

Cool 3D visualization captures the motion of famous olympic athletes

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