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I don’t know about you, but I love to see things cut in half. Sometimes they are boring, but most of the times they are incredible, like the mechanical calculator shown above. It’s hard to believe this metal mess works. Here’s more stuff that looks awesome stuff when cut in half. Heavy duty undersea power…
Combat jet airplanes may be sleeker and cooler than cargo planes, but there is something magnificent about slowly flying in one of these beast, looking at the landscape in calm morning through the huge windows of the cockpit. This is a Lockheed “MC-130H Talon II of the 15th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.,…
According to exobiologists at NASA, these mysterious shrimp and its symbiotic bacterium may hold clues “about what life could be like on other planetary bodies.” It’s life that may be similar—at the basic level—to what could be lurking in the oceans of Europa, deep under the icy crust of the Jupiter moon. Max Coleman, senior…
Artur Stanisz takes perfect photos of landscapes. So perfect, in fact, that sometimes they seem unreal. Like this image of Mount Asgard, a strange double-peak on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It feels like the actual home of the Nordic Gods. The rest of his photos are even more stunning. Artur Stanisz…
There might not be anything more awesome than going to space. It’s an incredible achievement and the idea of exploring the unknown is fascinating. But as this short animation called Solus by Zac Dixon for Identity Visuals shows, it can get quite lonely. Watch it, it’s nearly as good as any feature. Also, the minimalist…
Motorcycles look cool. Movie stars look cool. So putting movie stars on motorcycles is almost always a badass cool combination on film. Watch Mojo put together a list ranking 10 of the most badass motorcycles in film history and the list includes some usual suspects: lightcycles, batpods and Harleys. Easy Rider’s Harley Davidson Hydra-Glide The…
If you experience ASMR, prepare to feel some intense pleasure watching this video of a guy repairing shoes. The machines pressing down, the cutting of the sole, the sanding, the stitching, the brushing of the glue. It’s a symphony of satisfying noises. It’s the only soundtrack you need. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us…
Nobody makes a burger look better than pornburger master Matthew Ramsey. Each of his burgers are stunning works of art that you can almost taste and feel the savory meat juice just by looking at them. Here’s a video he made with National Geographic that reveals how he makes his creations look so damn good.…
I’m a big fan of cutaway things, specially if they are real like this lock. It’s fascinating to see how machines and mechanisms work, with the little pins and springs moving to fit the shape of the key, leaving the barrel free to move when everything clicks. Much more satisfying than the good old 3D…
I totally agree with what this ad for Belgium-based radio station Studio Brussel says: Good music is a human right. Or at least, the United Nations should ban You’re Beautiful and James Blunt from everyfreakingwhere. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
UK- based designer Chris LaBrooy made this cool series of renders showing colorful trucks bending beyond the laws of physics. He called it Tales of Auto Elasticity and it’s inspired by the road trips through the Californian deserts. Chris LaBrooy is a designer and 3D artist based in the UK. Tales of Auto Elasticity is…
Man, watching these sweaters dance made me laugh hard. I confess I’m a sucker for quirky humor and these ads—for this year’s Gap gift guide—are without a doubt the quirkiest I’ve seen in a long while. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
CGI is wonderful and I love it when excellent animators use it for their films but there’s something about the ol’ trusty pen and pencil way of hand drawing (even if it’s not done with a pen and pencil) that always makes me smile. It’s like doing things simpler is sometimes better. This hand drawn…
Food all goes down the same but there’s so much beauty in food and each ingredient that chefs like Niki Nakayam of Los Angeles Japanese Kaiseki restaurant n/naka turn the idea of putting plate of food into an art form. You’re no longer eating protein and vegetables, but edible art on a plate. It’s the…
Leather is beautiful and luxurious and natural and one of the great materials of the world. However, it’s absolutely gross to make. Here’s the process of tanning raw hide into high quality leather. You’ll see gray goops, a lot of residue, dumps of bizarre liquids and more. Worth it? I guess. Here are some of…
I have some kind of innate deep fear/repulsion against birds and especially flocks. Watching this massive group of little winged velociraptors taking off some kind of poplar tree—there are so many that the tree is deformed by their weight—is my idea of hell. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
A potash mine in the Perm region, Russia, has collapsed, leaving behind a gigantic sinkhole in the middle of an abandoned town. It’s scary but that’s not the real bad news: a connected mine just few miles away sits right underneath a town full of people and houses and experts say it may collapse too.…
The Swedes make some amazing flying machines, like the Saab 35 Draken photographed above by Tony Osborne, London Bureau Chief for Aviation Week. It’s so striking it doesn’t even seem real. It feels more like a space fighter than a plane from Earth. Check out this gallery. It really feels like a design by legendary…
Two days ago, I had a burger for lunch. Yesterday, I had one for lunch and another one for dinner. And right now, I would definitely eat this mouthwatering Asian inspired Pornburger with a ground beef and bacon patty, kimchi ketchup, black garlic aioli, sautéed onions marinated in black vinegar, and white miso. SPLOID is…
Last year, Poo-Pourri’s ad Girls Don’t Poop proved that humor is the best weapon if you need to advertise a stink-eliminating toilet spray. So this year, for the Christmas campaign, they decided to take their scatological humor a step further and show to the world that Santa suffers from gastric problems too. SPLOID is delicious…
