Sploid: Where awesome, wild, and breathtaking tech moments burst into view.
Watch this guy transform a simple plastic straw into a shrimp lure using just a pair of scissors. The result is so realistic that I’m not surprised cuttlefishes take the bait as if it were the real thing. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
This is one of the most amazing craftsmen I have ever seen. He doesn’t only make the exterior of his sci-fi ships using just paper but also the guts! The level of detail is amazing—some look like perfect resin models but it’s only paper. Behold the X-Wing, TIE Interceptor, Viper Mk2, 2001’s Orion and many…
Witness professional driver Fredric Aasbø drifting on a Norwegian mountain pass on his 800hp 2JZ Speedhunters Toyota 86-X. It made me feel a knot in the stomach. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Kurzgesagt has a neat new explainer: “How small is an atom?” I watched it. It does a great job at giving you an idea of how small atoms are and how they work. But it doesn’t matter, because my brain just plainly refuses to believe any of this. Hulk head hurt. Hulk smash atoms. Oops,…
Why don’t they have a 24-hour channel of humans doing repetitive or crafty work? It would be the perfect thing to watch when you want to relax. Like this dude putting pylons on the Golden Gate bridge. He should have his own two-hour program every week. Updated. Update: Some readers pointed out that it’s more…
The fight against Earth’s oceans is almost as old as humankind. Through millennia, humans have battled typhoons and waves as high as buildings. “To sail is necessary, to live is not necessary,” said Plutarch during a huge storm in the Mediterranean. Here are 18 photos that perfectly illustrate that idea. 1911: wrecked steamer fights the…
Comedian Brent Weinbach made this great fake commercial showing how The Facebook—as Mark Zuckerberg originally called it—would have been if it existed in 1995. It’s almost an identical copy of this classic America Online commercial. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
We are all doomed! The new Red Velvet Oreo is here. A limited edition of the new flavor will be released on February 2. If you can’t wait 12 days you can go to oreoredvelvetrope.com over the next three days and win the chance to get a free package. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…
Conan O’Brien joins international secret agent Archer in his battle against the Russian mafia. The neat animated sketch shows Conan shooting a gun, throwing a grenade, and getting really excited in his new role as a badass spy. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a metal that is so extremely hydrophobic that the water bounces on it as if it were repelled by a magic force field. Instead of using chemical coatings they used lasers to etch a nanostructure on the metal itself. It will not wear off, like current less…
Elon Musk tweeted “the universe is a really, really big” along with this mind-blowing Ultra-HD video. It shows the camera zooming and panning over the stunning 69,536 x 22,230, 1.5 billion-pixel, 4.3GB Andromeda galaxy panorama recently published by NASA. Indeed, the Universe is a huge place full of wonder. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…
I thought that there couldn’t be any better way to eat left-over pizza than putting it in a waffle maker. Maybe folding a slice, stuffing it with extra stuff, and using a hot sandwich maker till the cheese melts again. I was so wrong! Behold the pizza crouton! It’s so easy. Thrillist came up with…
Listen to this video of a helicopter ditching into the sea while trying to land on the research vessel Viking Vision. I say listen because you can’t see much but you can hear all the scary noises—the screaming engine sound and the water getting into the helicopter. It feels even more terrifying than seeing it.…
The debate on the lightsaber/broadsword from Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues. This hilariously absurd video is perhaps the most rabid criticism to JJ Abram’s new lightsaber idea (which, quite frankly, I like very much even if it doesn’t make sense.) And it’s really well made too. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on…
We’ve seen insane landings before—those videos haunt my thoughts vividly every time I’m on a plane. And yet, I want to see more. Here are two new videos showing the terrifying wind conditions over Birmingham’s airport in England. I just added it to my list of places I don’t want to fly to. SPLOID is…
When I first saw the work of Michael Sydney Moore I thought he was a photographer. After some research I realized I was wrong. The realism of his oil paintings is impressive but the fact that he already masters the technique at the age of 23 is completely mind-blowing. Michael Sydney Moore is an oil…
This music video for Tide: The Paradox Effect—a new song by R&B singer Dawn Richard—shows a female warrior fighting her way towards the sun in a strange world full of destruction and mayhem. The video was made by directing duo We Were Monkeys. Dawn Richard is an American R&B singer and songwriter. Tide: The Paradox…
If you go to Chicago, don’t forget to pass by Waffles Café to try this new gem of culinary frankensteining: The Wonut—a cross between a waffle and a donut that, according to some people, “it is indeed pretty good. Not exactly what expected from the taste, but by far some of the best waffling I’ve…
If you didn’t have time to go see this year’s Academy Award nominees for best picture you should watch this neat mashup by University of Nevada student Dustin Martin. It condenses the eight movies in one video and shows just enough to put you in the right mood for The Oscars without spoiling any of…
Chef David Chang, owner of the Momofuku restaurant group, shows how to make delicious food using a humble college favorite: Instant ramen. From a fancy omelette with ramen seasoning to the more elaborate gnocchi parisienne using the actual ramen as gnocchi. The Ramelet Instant Ramen Cacio e Pepe Ramen Encrusted Skate Instant Ramen Gnocchi Parisienne…
