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The Hubble telescope is always a source of joy and glee for me, especially their 3D flyby videos created using actual images and data. Now you can see them all in one single gallery and feel like a little kid looking at the universe. Here are the very best clips. Flyby of the star-forming region…
If you strip away all the music from your music video and your talent still shines through and makes the video entertaining as hell to watch, well, you’re a music God. Because usually when you axe the music from music videos, they get incredibly awkward. Not with Michael Jackson. His ‘The Way You Make Me…
Here’s a fun little musical experiment from The Gregory Brothers. They flipped major and minor keys in popular songs to transform previously happy songs into sad ones and turn old depressing sad songs into happy ones. It sends your brain in a tizzy when you hear the words of songs you recognize but see them…
This is what happens when your dad works for Dreamworks. The Creators Project recently featured Dreamworks animator Daniel Hashimoto, who turned his son James into an epic superhero, just using Adobe AfterEffects. ‘Action Movie Kid‘ is a series of adorably cute superhuman vignettes involving a lightsaber in a Toys ‘R Us and a spaceship launch…
If you’ve been stressing out or if you’re getting swamped at work or if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed, here’s how you fix it: by watching this lovely time lapse of fireflies by Vincent Brady. Just put it on full screen, zone out and watch fireflies (or lightning bugs if that’s what you call them)…
All right. Okay. Wow. After getting teased with an itty bit of Jupiter Ascending, we now get to see the full trailer and it’s all kind of fantasy sci-fi perfect. A battle for Earth, spaceships, machine porn, alien worlds, superpowers, guessing when Sean Bean will die, The Wachowskis, the movie seems to have it all.…
Want to be an All-American superhero with a heart of gold? You only need a little over 54 million bucks, a time traveling device to send you back to the 1940s, a good vibranium source and a healthy budget for food. Movieclips Trailers analyzed the total cost of being Captain America and after accounting for…
NASA has finalized the “the initial design and technology development phase for the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program” that will build and launch their new manned spacecraft fleet. They made a fascinating technical video that shows how they will assemble and launch “different spacecraft and rockets in development for human exploration.” I love…
Adam Fisk hooked an 11-foot hammerhead shark near the coast line and ended being towed for 12 miles, which were covered in about two hours. According to Fisk, the shark ate a 5-pound bonito from his kayak. Another hammerhead was following him too. Here’s a picture of the beast, taken from the video: I don’t…
Jason Torchinsky—the dangerous lunatic and Beetle nutter who writes for Jalopnik—has done it once again, ladies and gentlemen. He just produced another awesome post, perhaps his best ever: A Guide to Every Real-World Car Used In The Simpsons, just in time for its 25th anniversary. Neurons blown. https://jalopnik.com/springfield-or-bust-all-the-real-world-cars-from-the-s-1551276827
Another home run for Mathew Ramsey’s Pornburger series: beer-braised pork cheek, fried breaded pickle, spicy purple cabbage slaw, and cheddar-beer sauce inside a glorious pretzel bread roll. I just had lunch. I don’t care. Seamless this thing into my throat, goddamnit—I have my Hudson Baby Bourbon ready! SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…
Did you ever catch yourself looking through the airplane window, wondering what all those symbols, lights, and signs mean? Kate Ascher’s new book The Way to Go has this and a lot more fascinating information and brilliant graphics. Here is an excerpt with some really cool stuff. Click expand on the image to see it…
This prank is genius. Thanks to the wonders of optics and a simple Photoshop technique you can easily make a jar with a pickled human head inside. This will make anyone scream in the office or at home as soon as they open the fridge—such a great effect. You only need to make a continuous…
The Aviationist’s David Cenciotti argues that F-16 pilots take the most amazing selfies because of the fighter’s bubble canopy. Looking at the evidence, it’s impossible to debate his argument. That rounded glass gives the very best view of any of the modern jets—perhaps even better than good old P-51 Mustang. https://gizmodo.com/awesome-animated-gif-of-that-f-16-pilot-selfie-firing-a-1537750009 This is a Royal…
For decades, hobbyist and high priests controlled computing and the internet. The rise of the iPhone and the iPad—and those that followed—made computers’ incredible power available to everyone, destroying entry barriers and causing an explosion of apps. Facebook buying the amazing Oculus may have the same effect, bringing virtual reality into everyone’s living rooms. And…
Fearless Felix Baumgartner’s jump was truly amazing but, at about 127,000 feet, it wasn’t from orbit—not even low Earth orbit. Maybe one day someone will beat his record with this re-entry emergency suit. Can you imagine being inside as you plunge into Earth’s atmosphere and everything turns into fire? You know how it goes: “I’m…
On the left, a ship in a heavy storm as seen from the deck, going through giant waves. On the right, a ship in a heavy storm seen from a level deep inside, going through the same stress forces. I really don’t know which perspective is scarier. The ship on the left is the liquid…
This isn’t photoshopped. Photographer Alexander Khokhlov uses hair and makeup to create insane out-of-this-world images. Using 3D make-up effects he can trick you into thinking you’re looking at a heavily-photoshopped image, but it’s actually just a bit of hair and make-up black magic. Image courtesy Alexander Khokhlov. Make-up by artist Veronica Ershova, and style by…
Neat shot of two Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft supercarriers—the USS George H.W. Bush and USS Harry S. Truman—cruising together in the Arabian Sea. I still find amazing that ten of these giant monsters roam the seas. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Kelsey spotted this beautifully simple house that is suspended on a minimum concrete structure on the edge of the Brecon National Park in Wales, United Kingdom. It’s so minimal and beautiful. I want it. Badly. I don’t like how the interior is decorated, but the space is wonderful too. SPLOID is a new blog about…
