This is a video of some guy creating a friggen' rail gun in his house. He uses it to launch (explode) common household appliances. This is the next in my series of extreme (bordering in lunacy) DIY... continue reading

posted by eatbolt 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 11,652 views • 4:16

Leonardo, eat your heart out. A grad student from the University of Toronto has managed the first sustained flight of a human-powered flapping-wing aircraft, as documented in this video. Don't fly too... continue reading

posted by rebuilder 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 1,508 views

"Guy's body charged with static electricity powers a light show." From http://epicwinftw.com/2010/09/14/awesome-videos-static-awesome/ ...

posted by ant 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 1,171 views

LiveLeak: Jilin, China - Kites may date back as far as 3000 years, where they were made from bamboo and silk in China. Exactly how or when a kite was first flown is a mystery, but one legend suggests that... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 1,675 views

Via Telegraph.co.uk: Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a liquid clothing spray that hardens on the body and turns into a reusable garment. Dr Manel Torres and Professor Paul Luckham... continue reading

posted by Kevlar 1 decade 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 4,029 views

V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and the Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego. A former BBC Reith... continue reading

posted by bleedmegood 1 decade 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 745 views

Someone puts together a simple phase change refrigeration system with old parts including an old tesla coil for tubing. Not exactly the safest method as well with plastic tubing, but shows the principles... continue reading

In clear, nontechnical language, string theorist Brian Greene explains how our understanding of the universe has evolved from Einstein's notions of gravity and space-time to superstring theory, where minuscule... continue reading

posted by smiley 1 decade 6 years 7 months ago • 8,988 views • 19:07

From University of Tokyo. I can't wait to get a full bodysuit of this even if it isn't invisible enough to let me prowl your mother. Oh, and gets *terrible because an elevator mall rat time traveler from... continue reading

posted by shagen454 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,972 views

Wondering if it's the same guy who gave us a painting tutorial at http://videosift.com/video/Space-Painting-Tutorial-planets-Very-Cool. Either way, amazing work, and awesome technique with the fire.

posted by kurtdh 1 decade 4 years 5 months ago • 2,006 views

A wire screen is all it takes to prevent dangerous gases from exploding.

posted by daxgaz 1 decade 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,215 views • 2:34

Shot at a South Carolina steel mill, this videos shows how scrap metal turns into useful stock

posted by Lann (Lann) 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 922 views

It's cool how many different techniques there are out there.

posted by Lann (Lann) 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 2,189 views

Ok, this may be fake. Next time I'll research.

posted by jan 1 decade 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 3,623 views

I think I'm going to practice this, suggest the game to my friends and make them bet against me!

posted by alien_concept 1 decade 4 years 3 months ago • 930 views

Original historic video reel of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. There is no sound with this video. The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was recorded on film by Barney Elliott, owner of a local camera... continue reading

posted by Stingray 1 decade 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 6,403 views • 5:57

Y/T: Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the virtual boy watches, listens and learns -- recognizing... continue reading

posted by Fletch 1 decade 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,676 views

He has been sifted before, and I caught this on the fail blog under "win!" He puts on a great show. If you didn't know what contact juggling was before, now is a great time to learn!

Is it possible? Could the oil still be flowing and BP is simply showing the different camera feed?

posted by demon_ix 1 decade 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,444 views

A spectacular and extremely rare textile, woven from golden-colored silk thread produced by more than one million spiders in Madagascar is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in the... continue reading

posted by cybrbeast 1 decade 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 2,361 views