This short documentary by Tyler Bastian and Cameron Trejo is called Everything is Incredible and well, it’s pretty freaking incredible. It’s about a man named Agustín from Honduras who can’t walk, lives in poverty yet still wants to fulfill a dream: to fly. He spends his days making a helicopter from trash. More »
Here’s the One Thing I Want to See at Apple’s iPhone 5 Event (Spoiler: A Steve Jobs Hologram) [Video]
Posted in: Today's Chili Too bad Digital Domain, the company who made the Tupac hologram, is going bankrupt because seeing a Steve Jobs hologram at tomorrow’s iPhone 5 event would be the best One More Thing… ever. Seriously, just watch this humorous video to see what a rapping Steve Jobs hologram would look like. More »
According to Pat Bradley, one of the cameramen who documented US atomic tests during the 1950s, the Wahoo and Umbrella underwater explosions were more amazing than a atmospheric nuclear explosion. Watch this stunning video and listen to him explaining his experience of living these explosions just 2.5 miles away. More »
This hilarious video made by Pleated Jeans pokes fun at the universal suckiness of all food packaging. From plastic wraps on a bread loaf to zip-loc cheese bags to even chips and soda and meat and everything in between, food packaging is terrible and impossible to open. Why can’t someone fix all these awful little problems? More »
Pentagon’s New Mechanical Horse Is Smart Enough to Follow Its Masters [Video]
Posted in: Today's Chili Boston Dynamics keeps refining its Legged Squad Support System, the robotic quadruped descendant of the good old and creepy Big Dog. The new version of the eerie mechanical horse, which will aid US Marines squads once finished, got some cool upgrades. More »
Photographer and Gizmodo fan John Eklund made this extraordinary time-lapse movie of the Pacific Northwest. I thought I was getting tired of these videos, but some of his shots really push it to a new level. More »
Watch These Cigar Rollers Turn a Stack of Dried Leaves Into Smokeable Art [Video]
Posted in: Today's Chili The latest episode of the Made by Hand series profiles Martinez Cigars, a New York City-based factory and store where they’ve been hand rolling and selling cigars since 1974. Watching one of their craftsmen take a stack of dried tobacco leaves and effortlessly roll it into a cigar is mesmerizing, and the art is made all the more beautiful through the black and white lens of this video by Bureau of Common Goods. More »
The Awesome, Impossible Feature You’ll Wish The iPhone 5 Could Have [Video]
Posted in: Today's Chili The iPhone 5 launch is just days away. Excitement is reaching its peak. Anything is possible. OK, well not anything, specifically not this. More »