The Incredible, Fiery Process of Making Copper Wire

The Incredible, Fiery Process of Making Copper Wire

Wires are some of the most basic components of the modern world, which practically guarantees that most of us take them for granted. But as English Russia so kindly shows us, the process behind our messy heaps of wiring is anything but ordinary.

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Behind the scenes pictures of a NSFW Playboy photoshoot are so awkward

Behind the scenes pictures of a NSFW Playboy photoshoot are so awkward

NSFW. This is NSFW guys. If you don’t want to see body parts typical of a Playboy photo shoot, do not click. Anyway. NSFW. Here’s a collection of images from photographer Patrick Van Dam’s book Playboy Behind The Scenes. It shows how those iconic centerfold sausages are made and how hilariously awkward and unsexy it can be behind the scenes of a Playboy shoot.

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How To Be A Fly On the Wall From 100 Feet Up

Last month we wrote about what it’s like to be a window cleaner in New York City. The New York Times did a video profiling veteran Spiderman Brent Weingard and documenting him cleaning windows or just, you know, hanging out. It was great. But you gotta wonder who was behind the camera on that piece. Because whoever it was was up there too.

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15 Minutes of Elysium Behind the Scenes Footage Is Pure Mech-Madness

So here we have 15 minutes worth of behind the scenes footage from Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming "postapocalyptic" movie Elysium. I mean, this is basically the entire movie, which doesn’t open until August 9! Does the studio know about this?

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Behind the Scenes at the World’s Most Famous Haunted House

Behind the Scenes at the World's Most Famous Haunted House

Love or hate haunted houses, it’s hard to deny the fact that their ability to turn otherwise rational adults into whimpering shells of their former selves is, to say the least, fairly impressive. And now, thanks to the new Haunted Mansion Backstage tumblr, you can see exactly how they turn all that dated robotic tech into some of our worst nightmares.

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Iron Man 3 Behind-the-Scenes Footage Is Six Minutes of Pure Awesome

If you’re not already excited about Iron Man 3 you don’t have a beating heart. For those of us who are human, and therefore teeming with anticipation, this six-minute clip of behind-the-scenes footage that should make that pulse of yours quicken. More »

How the Extreme Athlete Powered Rube Goldberg Machine Was Made

Remember how Red Bull made that amazingly ridiculous athlete-powered Rube Goldberg machine? This is how they did it. And it includes 11 athletes, 12 different machines, 4 RED cameras, 45 GoPro cameras, a 75 person crew putting in 3,422 man hours and a helluva sawdust. More »