Sploid: Where awesome, wild, and breathtaking tech moments burst into view.
We have covered Robert Bösch‘s photos featuring a hundred alpinists doing crazy things before. but here are the complete series because they are simply beautiful and amazing. Some are pretty damn crazy too, like the one above. Robert Bösch is a master in geography from the University of Zürich and mountain who has worked for…
The South China Morning Post reports on a noodle shop chef who was secretly adding opium poppy shells used for the creation of opium and heroin. His hope was that the ingredient would make customers addicted to his food but, while the ingredient triggered a drug positive, it only landed him in jail. According to…
I would never get tired of looking through the cupola of the International Space Station, which is how I imagine Darth Vader’s Death Star bedroom window. Astronaut/Captain America Reid Wiseman used it to record this great clip of an aurora. It makes Earth look like a magic green marble—or a palantir. SPLOID is a new…
Artist James Charles redesigned the US money by adding contemporary pop-culture icons. In this series called American Iconomics the classic green bills are modified or changed completely with the faces of Yoda, Einstein, or Mr. T. I understand the historical reasons why old presidents are portrayed in the US bills. But the fact that George…
The huge fish always eats the less huge fish: Witness the attack of a white shark against a younger one recorded on Neptune Island, 50 miles off the coast of Australia. Perhaps it was a mistake—the big one seemed headed to the bait when the small one crossed its path closer—but the final result is…
Behold PornBurger’s Croque Van Damme, a decadent mix of croque-madame and burger made with Belgian waffle instead of bread, “dijon mustard, two smashed patties, applewood smoked gruyere, country ham, an over easy duck egg, and parmesan bechamel.” Oh sweet baby Jesus. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
This music video for the song Function/Void by British musician The Bug (aka producer Kevin Martin) features a dystopian futuristic world that is literally falling apart—like the life of the sad and lonely humans that inhabit it. Kevin Martin is a London-based English musician, record producer and journalist. You can buy The Bug’s new album…
I’m so stoked about this movie that I may start wearing my spaceman pijamas out of the house. So stoked that, even while I’m always against trailers, I’m glad they keep releasing new material, like the banner and the barrage of international and TV trailers below. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…
The Simpsons opened its 26th season with this surprisingly bizarre couch gag. Oscar-nominated animator and filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt asked himself what the Simpsons will look like in a very distant future. Well, this is what he came up with: SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
I’ll admit it: I ducked. The combination of the zipping sounds with the light shining in and out twisted my senses all out of whack. I felt the speed of the train even though I was sitting on my chair and I just wanted the video to end because I couldn’t handle watching it any…
In Japan they love to make perfect ice for perfect drinks. For that they use these metal machines to turn huge ice cubes into ice spheres using nothing but brute force. Surprisingly, the ice doesn’t break thanks to the MAGICS of physics. The machines are not new but, if you haven’t seen them before, it’s…
Though this animation bit is made by Mercedes Benz and probably goes through a little revisionist history on who invented the van (Benz says it was Benz), it’s still a cute take on the history of such an important vehicle in the history of mankind. Yes, the van was and still is important. Sure, the…
Batman may be infinitely cooler than Superman but let’s not kid around here, a Batman vs Superman fight isn’t even a contest. Pound for pound, power for power, Superman would destroy Batman. So instead of making a full Batman vs Superman movie, they should just show the different ways Superman could kill Batman. Like this…
PT Anderson’s new movie Inherent Vice looks like it’s going to be oodles of fun to watch. The first official trailer is absolutely fantastic and also, absolutely wall the off, shitbat zany. There is so much weird and so much hilariousness and so much awesome that I can’t wait to watch it in theaters. If…
With my steaks, I prefer the unbeatable seasoning one-two punch of salt and pepper. And well, maybe some garlic if I’m feeling frisky. I just like the taste of red meat too much. But around the world? You’ll get steaks seasoned and marinated with orange peel, lime zest, soy sauce, shrimp paste, sugar and much…
This is pretty damn silly, but I love pancakes and I love The Beatles, so I will just leave this video by pancake illustrator Nathan Shields right here: SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Kogonada—at the Criterion Collection—made this brilliant compilation of the eyes in Alfred Hitchcock’s films, to the song of Anything can happen, and usually does… On the Orient Express by Rob Cawley. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Gizmodo’s Brent Rose reviewed the new GoPro cameras and he’s impressed. The GoPro Hero4 can film at 4K for only $500, which may seem expensive until you see the amazing quality that this tiny piece of equipment delivers. Check out the official 4K sample footage, taken by beta testers. It’s amazing. Make sure to turn…
Amazing night shots by Tech. Sgt. Russ Scalf: An F-22 Raptor refuels over the Arabian Peninsula en route to Syria, armed and ready to attack ISIS targets. Look at the pilot inside, with his night vision helmet. It’s so cool it doesn’t even seem real. As you probably know, the F-22 Raptor stopped being the…
Ravens are known for making pretty uncanny voice impersonations. This one has to be one of the creepiest I’ve ever heard. I-will-be-in-your-nightmares-tonight creepy. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
