Sploid: Where awesome, wild, and breathtaking tech moments burst into view.
Now this is how you bail on a stunt: when the whole point of the stunt is to bail in the most epic way possible. The motorcyclist in the video flies his motorbike off a ramp, jumps off the bike while releasing his parachute and then lands right into the narrow river as the bike…
It never occurred to me to wonder who or what cuts those soul crushing pre-packaged sandwiches that I always find myself eating at an airport, but now I know: it’s one of these magic machines. The cutting arm seeks out whole sandwiches and positions its slicer perfectly with ultrasound to deliver the optimal cut. The…
This amazing photo by Dane Wiedmann reminds me of a toy aircraft carrier I had when I was 12. It’s the F-35C CF-3 and CF-5 on the deck of the USS Nimitz during their first trials at sea. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
This parody makes absolutely no sense until it makes perfect sense. And that moment is when Tony Starch gets outfitted with the Iron Man Iron suit. I mean, the animation is pretty well done throughout the parody but that scene when the Febreze-like spray bottle turns into an Iron just slayed me. Iron Can was…
The guy on the left set a new world speed climbing record, scaling the wall in about 5.6 seconds. His name is Danyl Boldyrev and he’s from the Ukraine but I’m pretty sure that’s Peter Parker on steroids. I mean he basically shoots out of a cannon and reaches the top in no time. I…
Workaholics is a funny TV show about slacker college friends who happen to be roommates who also happen to be co-workers and the hijinks they get into. Workaholics is not a show about guns and explosions and shootouts and strippers. But guess what the trailer for Season 5 is about? Yep. Guns and strippers. The…
Watch a cooling tower being ripped apart in Lublin, Poland. It looks like an invisible hand is pulling a thin cord embedded in the concrete. Amazing. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
In a fun and slightly unusual fashion, the makers of Star Wars: The Force Awakens decided to reveal the names of new characters in the form of throwback trading cards. They look a lot like the playing cards released for the original movie. But they’re, well, brand spanking new. J.J. Abrams and friends leaked the…
I love this cool visualization of Santa Claus’ Christmas Eve trip as seen from space but, with the current laws of physics, we know he wouldn’t be able do it. Or would he? Can Santa be real and deliver on his promises? The question is tricky, as this scientific debate shows. Let the classic scientific…
Companies spend millions of dollars coming up with unique and compelling logos that define their brands and make them stand out from their competitors. We see hundreds of them everyday, but do we really get what those logos mean? This graphic is a compilation of 40 famous logos and the hidden meaning behind them. SPLOID…
Swiss ex-fighter pilot Yves “Jetman” Rossy completed this awesome formation flight with aerobatics Champion Veres Zoltán in the skies of Dubai. The video contains a surprise at the end—is it another pilot flying a wing or a new Jetman model altogether? In case you don’t know who Jetman is, check out this video here. SPLOID…
The first time I saw someone eating a live octopus was in the movie Old Boy and I thought it was just a far too gross scene made up by its creators. But later I learnt it’s an actual Korean dish, a rather dangerous one because if you don’t prepare it properly, the tentacles can…
Meet Sophia. She’s an adorable Rhodesian Ridgeback who is featured in this time lapse that shows her grow from a 2-month-old puppy to a full grown 3-year-old dog. The whole time lapse only lasts 23 seconds. Sophia’s humans totally should have joined in on the picture taking fun. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us…
There have been some great speeches through history. On rallies, radio, TV, books, or movies, they move people in unexpected ways and against all odds. They ring so true and meaningful inside us that they make us aspire to be something greater than ourselves. To be better humans. Here’s one of the very best—a true…
This footage of Great White Sharks leaping into the air and attacking a fake seal is just awesome. We get to see these incredible killing beasts in all their intimidating glory. The video is stunningly clear and we pretty much see every angle of these ocean hunters. Man, they are fearsome. They jump so high…
Everybody knows that old Aesop’s Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, but it seems like everybody always forget to follow its advice. Here’s an inspiring video that reminds us to take things slow and steady as opposed to rushing into things. The video works not only because of the message but because of the visuals…
This picture represents over 30 years of progress in video game graphics. And my, how far we’ve come. On one side, we have Indiana Jones in the video game version of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600. On the other side, we have Nathan Drake in Uncharted 4 on the PS4. We’ll…
The latest stop motion animation by awesome artist PES is entitled Submarine Sandwich. It’s an endlessly creative take on the classic deli sub sandwich (or hero or hoagie or whatever you call it). But instead of using typical deli meats, the animation ‘slices’ old sports gear like boxing gloves and baseball mitts and soccer balls.…
Here’s a way to explore Wikipedia that’s unlike any other you’ve done before: as its own galaxy. Created by Owen Cornec, each star in the galaxy is a different Wikipedia article and a cluster of stars together would be related Wikipedia articles. It’s like taking the idea of exploring space to the expansive rabbit hole…
It’s been over a decade since the Lord of the Rings trilogy wrapped up and we’re still totaling the body count. After all those sweeping battles and that epically long journey, Digg Video tallied up the death toll and it’s an insane 212,470. I guess those movies were pretty long, right? In comparison, Game of…
