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Mikey Please and his team spent one year making this astonishing six minute long stop motion film using just styrofoam. It’s so perfect I thought it was 3D. I can’t even imagine the amount of work they needed to make a piece of foam wave with the wind. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…
Filmmaker Paul Trillo takes a look at the infinite options that fill our daily lives and how the consequences of our actions can transform the multiple paths that we can take, combining over a lifetime to define us as people. Some choices we think we can affect, others seem too small to contemplate. SPLOID is…
37-year-old Spanish physicist and electronic engineer-cum-chef and ice cream master Manuel Linares has invented an ice cream that changes color. The formula is a patent-pending secret but he claims it’s “entirely made with natural ingredients.” He calls it Xamaleón. The people who have tasted it says that the chameleon ice cream tastes like a mix…
This amazing goal is why Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović is one of the very best in the world. Watch as he flies through the air, kicking the ball like he’s some kind of kung-fu master and changes its direction with a twist of his foot. The goalie is so stunned that all he can…
After hearing the news story about how a mother was concerned that her son’s ice cream sandwich from Wal-Mart didn’t melt after 12 hours in the sun, Dan Collins of KIKN 100.5 in Sioux Falls tested it out himself and recorded the process for video proof. Indeed, these things don’t melt. But why? How is…
I don’t know why this happened (or if the truck somehow stumbled upon some secret Mario Kart item that lets it shoot out fiery smoke rings like a red shell) but it’s such a cool effect. The smoke that blows out of the truck’s engine forms perfect o rings and then bursts into flames. SPLOID…
I don’t know which of these cakes that look like fast food I like better. The Big Mac, the Chipotle burrito, the bucket of KFC, the Subway sandwich… I just can’t decide. My only option is to shake my head in disbelief and then proceed to stuff my mouth with all of them. Pick a…
What’s the best weapon from TMNT? Is it Leonardo’s katana, Raphael’s sais, Michelangelo’s nunchuks or Donatello’s bo staff? Or maybe it’s none of them because it’s actually all of them. Watch Man at Arms: Reforged combine all four weapons into one insane ninja weapon. It’s a bo staff with a katana on one side and…
This fall The Simpsons is going to have its first big crossover in almost 20 years, when the cast of Family Guy visits Springfield. It’s going to be the second time ever in which characters from other animation series appear in full capacity in the longest running sitcom in American TV history. The first crossover…
Avengers: Age of Ultron’s footage made its first appearance at San Diego Comic Con 2014 and people seem to be in awe with what they saw. From what people say, it’s really going to be one huge battle between the World’s Mightiest Heroes and a billion robots. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…
Behold the first trailer for the Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the last of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy films. It promises to be a great ending to the epic tale of Bilbo Baggins. I can’t wait for that epic battle scene at the end. I remember having goosebumps the first time I read…
Watch this crazy guy leap from a roof terrace on top of a five story building to land in a swimming pool. Miraculously, he judges the distance right, the water is sufficiently deep and nobody else is around to be hurt. Unfortunately, this ends in disaster more often than you think. In places like Spain,…
I don’t know if the new Mad Max: Fury Road is going to be good or bad. All I know is that the trailer is pure eye candy made of real brutal stunts, crazy camerawork, and a varnish of pitch-perfect digital effects. It really looks amazing. I think I’m ready for yet another 80s revival…
This is the all-new Polaris Slingshot, a $20,000 173 HP three-wheel car obviously designed by Wayne Enterprises to realize the dreams of Batman and Robin wannabes across the planet. Seriously, this thing looks amazing and incredibly fun to drive, although nobody has tried it yet. Check out the videos of it in action. Their product video,…
Ryan Fox thought it would be a good idea to attach a GoPro camera to the center of a car wheel for his Video Sketchbook class at the University of Wisconsin. He was right, but now I’m a dizzy. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
The Periodic Table of Videos is one of my favorite YouTube channels. It’s fascinating to delve into their library and find jewels like this: “What happens when you dunk a cheeseburger in concentrated hydrochloric acid?” Hydrochloric acid is one of the compounds in your stomach. This acid—along with other compounds—break food down in order for…
This footage of a desert cat taking out a bird in mid-flight is another impressive reminder of the astonishing power of natural evolution. The small but agile caracal uses 20 muscles —in three distinct groups—to independently control each of its ears, which act as supersensitive parabolic sound antennas. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…
A toasted English muffin stuffed with seasoned grass fed beef and pork sausage patty, whipped avocado cream, crispy chile ancho rubbed carnitas, purple cabbage slaw and smoky grilled pineapple butter. Get two sunny side up eggs on the side and some fries and you’ll have the perfect brunch. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…
Scientists have found two new mysterious giant holes in Siberia, like the one that appeared in Siberia two weeks ago. The new craters are smaller than the first but they share a similar structure. Scientists are still puzzled by the origin of these formations. Here are all the details: https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-hole-discovered-in-siberia-1605872539 Crater of Antipayuta This hole…
Holy crap, it’s real! As this new video shows, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Pizza Thrower—a full scale 12-foot-long version of the classic toy—actually works, throwing pizzas fast and far enough to actually hurt people with dough, cheese, and pepperoni projectiles. They should really call it the Pizza Tank. That turret actually rotates, like a…
