Topic - Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome

I'm flying, Jack! This is an ad for GoPro featuring some guy riding a snowmobile off the edge of a cliff, sitting on it for awhile while airborne, then ditching it to crash below while he parachutes off to safety. I found it a pretty controversial ad because like, GoPro killed a perfectly good snowmobile. I doubt it signed up for that. That snowmobile might have had a family and you took their father away from them. *bashing keyboard* YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY. Damn I should have eaten something b...

This is a video of a bunch of friends taking turns using an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to experience the moments before being decapitated by a guillotine. It looks like fun. And it would have been even more fun if somebody would have smacked them in the back of the neck with a broom handle when the blade was falling. Hit the jump for the video. Thanks to PYY, who agrees if you have to get your head cut off, virtual reality is definitely the way to go.

This is a video of 4-year old future heartbreaker Mia Grace showing off her Marvel superhero trivia in a game of 'The Car Trivia of Superheroes With Daddy And Mia...On The Way To The Store'. She does really well. Way better than her mom does at not holding a camera in vertical mode. Hit the jump for the video. Thanks to ChaosLex, who loves chaos so much he plans on feeding misinformation about superheroes to all his nieces and nephews.

This is a computer graphics clash between the forces of Star Wars and Star Trek in and above San Francisco. Who wins? I'm not saying, that would be a spoiler. I'm joking, the video's called 'Death Star Destroys Enterprise'. It's a special extended re-release of this crappier version made in 2009. Can you believe I remembered that? ME NEITHER. It's like how some days I can't remember my ATM PIN but I could easily stand there singing the entire f***ing DuckTales theme song. Whoo-oo! Hit the jum...

This is a short video of French bicyclist François Gissy setting a new world record by hitting 263km/h (~163mph) on a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket bike. That seems dangerous. I've probably hit 25mph on my bike before and I felt like my face was going to melt off. Then I hit a curb trying to dodge a dead opossum and melted both my knees and the palm of one hand off. People at work would get all offended when I wouldn't shake hands and I'd have to show it to them and they'd be all, "Whoa --...

Because everybody ran out to see the new movie this weekend, here's a video of Harp Twins Camille and Kennerly performing a Star Trek: The Next Generation theme duet ON AN ALIEN PLANET. Jk, I think they're in Utah. Smart decision both wearing yellow command uniforms though, it would have been a shame if one opted for a red shirt and the next video had to be a solo. Or, should I say, Sulu? "That doesn't make any sense." Nothing does anymore. *throws smoke bomb, retreats to bathroom* Hit the ju...

This is a DVD with a special heat-activated label on top that changes from black to a photo of a pizza and smells like a pizza when heated up in your DVD player. When heated up in a toaster oven? It smells even better. In partnership with 10 local video rental stores, Domino's printed special labels with flavored varnish on movie discs including Argo, James Bond, and The Dark Knight. As the discs heat up, the label's movie title is gradually replaced with an image of a pizza. And, once the mo...

This is the video shown to participants in a study conducted by the University of Duisburg-Essen to determine if humans feel empathy towards tortured robots. Basically it's some guy hanging and beating a Pleo robotic dinosaur for a minute straight. The test is obviously flawed because I hate robots with all my coal-black heart but I still don't want to see a DINOSAUR getting tortured. A humanoid robot? A humanoid robot I'd pay to take a swing at with a crowbar. Also, not to brag or anything, ...

This is a video of a couple zombies impressively parkouring around a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Obviously, if real zombies turn out to be this nimble, everyone's getting their brains eaten. Except me. I'm throwing myself into a volcano like that little troll at the end of Lord of The Rings. Hit the jump for the video. Thanks to Mash, who's already started setting up tripwires around the perimeter.

Because it's the weekend before Memorial Day weekend, here's a compilation video of unusual ways to open beer bottles. Maybe you'll learn something you can use to impress your friends next weekend while you're all getting drunk and grilling or whatever the hell people with friends do on Memorial Day. Sadly, I lost my last friend over a year ago. "To drugs?" No, to being an @$$hole. But enough about that dickbag, we're here to talk about beer. I like opening my bottles the way I imagine farmer...

This is another video from Rhett and Link featuring a handful of children performing a Star Trek themed middle school musical. Personally, I never participated in middle school musicals because, come on, that's not what the cool kids were into. "You were never cast, were you?" Man, they wouldn't even let me help build the sets. My little sister is always bragging about how she's better than me because she keeps getting cast as the lead which is why I boo the entire time and throw poison ivy i...

This is the 32-disc X-Box carousel made entirely out of LEGO by Youtuber zwenkka. It can remove a game disc from the console and replace it with any of 31 others in an average of 42-seconds. Which, let's not kid ourselves, is still way quicker than it would take to convince yourself to get off the f***ing sofa and do it by hand. Hell, it could take ten minutes and it would still be worth it. Do you know how long I have to call myself a lazy waste of life before I'll actually get off the couch...

This is a video from Rhett and Link (whose honest mobile home commercial is a classic that I watch bi-weekly) explaining the rules of 'Risky Settlers, Knights and Allies of the Lords of Dominion of Earth, Pandemic Edition'. It's a jocular take on the difficulty of learning the rules of a game you've never played before. Me? I've sworn off board games ever since I was dishonorably discharged from my post as Dungeon Master after I was caught hiding weighted dice in my wizard hat. Thank God they...

This is a motorcycle powered by a 150hp Rotec Radial R3600 airplane engine. It was pieced together by German mechanic Frank Ohle, who, God willing, has future plans to bolt wings to the thing and speed it straight off a cliff and into our hearts. Or a ravine. Over the course of 18 months, Ohle figured out all of the ridiculously improbable steps involved in this project -- that includes fitting a custom chassis, painting, suspension and electronics -- and ended up with an absolutely gorgeous,...

This is a compilation video of some of the questionable looking fake websites and apps used in the Doctor Who show. Those things always crack me up. You know what show really made crappy looking websites to use on-air though? Gossip Girl. They made it look like blogging was as simple as pushing a giant blue 'PUBLISH' button. Well I've got news for you folks -- it's not that easy. There are other, smaller buttons you have to push sometimes too. Hit the jump for the video. Thanks to Nick D, who...

I swear this is an internet classic that I saw and posted years ago, but after a search I couldn't find it on the site so here it is anyways (or again). This is a video of a bunch of dudes attaching explosives to the ends of giant hammers and then smacking them on the ground. Apparently the hero of our story overdid it a bit with the explosives though. Anybody have any more info about what the hell is going on here? Some sort of celebration of near death experiences? If you do know, feel free...

This is the Lamborghini Egoista, a 5.2-liter V10, 600-horsepower supercar that can hit 0-60 in under two seconds. It was designed as a one-of-a-kind to celebrate the carmaker's 50th birthday. For my 50th? I dunno, maybe somebody will come scatter flower petals at the site of my failed spaceship launch. To get out of the vehicle, the driver must remove the steering wheel and rest it on the dashboard, open the dome with an electronic command, stand up in their seat, sit down on a precise point ...

This is a video from National Geographic of a lightning strike filmed at 11,000-frames/second so 1-second of real-time footage takes 3-minutes to watch. Impressive, but you know what would have been even cooler? If they filmed it so 1-second took FIVE YEARS to watch. I don't want to miss anything. Hit the jump for the video featuring two dudes made stoked about slow-motion lightning. Thanks to Ford and AZ, who prefer their lighting the same way they like their oil changes: over with as quickl...

This is the Forms In Nature light sculpture. When lit, it makes it look like shadowy vines are climbing the walls of your room. When unlit, everything is dark and the chances of stubbing a toe increases exponentially. Forms in Nature is a artwork with a light source surrounded by a dense and unruly tree and root system created in minature sculpture. The forest is mirrored around it's horizontal central axis and forms a circle 360 degrees around the light source and thereby leads one onto the ...

This is a short compilation video of Commander Riker sitting down in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He always approaches the seat from the rear then kicks one leg over it. Why? Presumably to draw attention to his nuts. I do this thing whenever I win a game of foosball where I hook both thumbs in my pockets and use my index fingers to point at my junk and thrust a little. My buddy Hugo taught me that. It's kind of like saying, "Hey, my penis bested your penis and you should acknowledge it." H...

This is Skywhale, a giant hot air balloon created by artist Patricia Piccinin for the Australian National Gallery. Now that's some fine art if I've ever seen it and I've been on over a dozen museum field trips. Plus we went to Gettysburg once but that was less fine art and more me hunting for musket balls. "The artwork - which depicts a giant whale, replete with dangling mammalian teets [...]" It was commissioned by ACT Government to celebrate Canberra's 100th birthday and apparently, it cost...

This is a video of Commander Chris Hadfield performing a revised version of David Bowie's iconic 'Space Oddity' while floating around the International Space Station. It's worth a watch, and I'm half surprised Chris pursued a career in space exploration instead of music. Also, anybody else surprised there's an acoustic guitar aboard the space station? Think they have a drum set too? I only ask because *air drum solo* I AM READY TO ROCK SOME ALIEN PANTIES OFF. Hit the jump for the video. Thank...

This is the AK-47 that guitar maker Jimmy DiResta turned into a fully functional guitar for Wycleaf Jean. It carries a powerful message. One about...Haiti? Okay so maybe I don't know what the message is, or if there even is one. Not everything has to make some sort of social or political statement you know. I like how there's a little mini-guitar on the gun's magazine, that was a nice touch. The gold paint? That was a Midas touch. HAHA, SOMEBODY COME SMASH MY F***ING HANDS WITH A HAMMER SO I ...

This is a short video of a solider getting sucked out of the back of an airplane after his reserve chute catches the wind. One second he's there, the next he's gone. Kind of like my online dating dates when we finally meet at a restaurant. *looking around* Was it something I said?! (It's usually a combination of everything I said plus the fact my profile pic was a blurry Leonardo DiCaprio). OR This is a short video of a solider getting sucked out of the back of an airplane after his reserve c...

This is a nearly 30-minute Pokemon themed ballet performance. If I told you I watched it all I would be a liar, and if there's one thing I'm not, it's a liar. I'm actually a dying breed -- one of the last remaining Keepers of the Real. Think of me as that knight at the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, except even nobler but more alone. At least he finally got visitors. Hit the jump for the video, and if you manage to watch the whole thing on the clock you'll have earned my undying l...

This is a video of Brandon trying a roller coaster simulator with an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and earphones on. Brandon probably shouldn't have sat in the front of the coaster because he doesn't do so hot. Lots of stumbling around and almost breaking his buddy's computer monitor. If a friend broke my computer monitor trying out a virtual reality headset I'd switch the demo to bar fight mode and break a f***ing chair over his back. Hit the jump for the video. Thanks to ABY, who only...

Remember that first-person lightsaber battle? Me neither, but then I watched it again, and now I HALF remember it. Like a dream, if dreams are things I wrote about on Geekologie, which they're not but sometimes I CHOOSE to write about mine anyways. A man chooses, a slave obeys. Anyway, this is the continuation to that first lightsaber duel featuring not one but TWO Jedis taking on Darth Vader in an epic battle to the finish be continued. Also, is it just me or does it seem like the battle too...

This is a SteadiDrone octocopter specially modified to deliver beers to attendees at the upcoming Oppikoppi music festival in South Africa. You just order a brewski via iPhone app (sorry Android users -- looks like you're DD), then the copter drops a parachuted beer to your location. Sure the operation sounds great in theory, until you realize there's a Geekologie Writer at the concert who's diving for every beer like they're home-run balls at a baseball game. *cracks open beer, immediately b...

This is a video showing some prototype footage of The Stomping Land, a multiplayer survival game about a tribe of people who live on an island and hunt and eat dinosaurs as their primary food source. The only problem is, after you kill a little dinosaur and start skinning it for meat, the BIG dinosaurs show up and want to eat it AND you. Then you develop new weapons and traps and eventually you're riding dinosaurs and, God willing, getting married and banging one. You can salvage resources, b...

This is a long-form Audi commercial featuring Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto in a race of the Spocks to see who can get to the country club first. Really -- racing to the country club? Anybody caught RACING to the country club, ESPECIALLY anyone under the age of 65, needs to reevaluate their priorities. You two call me when you're racing to the Vulcan titty bar and then we'll talk because I'm already in the parking lot waiting for them to open because they've got this $8 all-you-can-eat-Tri...

This is a video of a group of Shaolin Warriors doing all sorts of kicks and punches and flips, all filmed in slow motion. Plus one of them breaks a metal bar over his head at the end. I'd hate to pull the short straw for that stunt. Honestly, I'd hate to pull the short straw on any stunt that involves my head. You only get one, and I'm already disappointed with the shape of it when I shave my hair short. You know how some people say 'God broke the mold when he made you'? Well my mom says he w...

This is a test video of what's allegedly the first fully 3-D printed plastic gun (previously: an AR-15 with 3-D printed receiver) firing a bullet and not shattering to pieces in the shooter's hands like I expected. PROTIP: Never bring a plastic fork to a knife fight. I've never tasted so much of my own blood before. ...Wilson's weapon is almost entirely plastic: Fifteen of its 16 pieces have been created inside an $8,000 second-hand Stratasys Dimension SST 3D printer, a machine that lays down...

This is a video of some dudes demonstrating their custom built, 24-bottle bottle opener on a case of beer. Unfortunately for them, it leaves four unopened, underwhelming audiences worldwide and causing at least one blogger to question if we'll ever be able to open 24 beers at once. Still, I'm going to need it or one like it to open all the beer bottles at the club I'm opening. It's called, 'GW's Drink Alone Club'. It's really like two clubs in one because after eight it turns into 'GW's Drink...

This is a brief video showing an anti-child abuse ad created by the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation in Spain. At an adult's glance, it looks like a normal child's face, but when viewed at an upward angle because you're a kid under 4-foot 5-inches tall, it reveals a beat-up face and secret message to seek help if you're being abused. So when an adult--or anyone taller than four feet, five inches--looks at it they only see the image of a sad child and the message: "sometimes,...

This is a video of a drop of liquid mercury reacting to different audio frequencies. Sometimes it makes a blob, sometimes it makes a doughnut, and sometimes a starfish. But it ALWAYS makes its friends feel welcome and wanted because that's what good friends do, unlike mine who always try to bring me down so they feel better about themselves. Will you be my new friend? "Not a chance." Wow, so this is what rock bottom feels like. I feel like I could get used to this. "Could, or will have to?" Y...

This is a video of laser lover and Youtuber AnselmoFanZero showing off the Dead Space plasma cutter replica he made. For the record, I've never played Dead Space because it's rated M for Mature and my mom says I'm anything but. Still, a pretty impressive build and the lasers can burn wood and trash bags if you hold them steady long enough. Unfortunately for us, dude warns in the video that he won't be providing any instructions if you want to build your own because he feels strongly that he s...

In these trying times we live in, I know it can be hard to imagine any hope for humanity that doesn't involve blasting off into space and just starting over. But to remind us all the world isn't doomed just yet, here's a compilation video of positive, inspirational videos caught by Russian dashboard cams. There are people stopping and waiting for animals, drivers helping push each other's cars out of the snow, and a whole bunch of people jumping out of their cars to help old ladies cross the ...

This is a video of Youtuber TheMiro59 constructing and test-flying his custom built radio controlled USS Enterprise. It has light effects and everything. Unfortunately, it's not the best flyer, but hey -- neither am I. PILOT: Attention all passengers, this is your captain speaking. ME: HOLY SHIT, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE. Mayday, Mayday! *downs airplane bottle, braces for impact* Hit the jump for the video, but skip around after the 3:00 mark to see the test flights. Thanks to kassian, who called ...

This is the opening theme to Game of Thrones loosely recreated in Minecraft by the folks over at WesterosCraft (who brought us those insanely detailed Game of Thrones Minecraft cities). Truthfully, it's mostly just a tour of a Minecraft Kings Landing with a couple of the same shots from the opening theme. So if that's what you were looking for, you've come to the right place. But if you came hoping to find the Game of Thrones theme recreated in interpretive dance, you've come to the wrong pla...

Wait -- you've got a Portal gun and it's just sitting on the shelf collecting dust? Not cool bro. Just in time for the release of Iron Man 3 *shrug*, this is a video of Caleb from Hackaday showing off the 80,000-volt Thor hammer he built out of a tesla coil and foam. It can light up light bulbs. My smile? My smile can light up an entire room. So can a fire. Hit the jump for the video of the defibrillator in action. Thanks to my pathological liar of a pal Terry, who tried to tell me he's swing...

This is a video from laser lover (and possible balloon hater) Scott Stevenson popping 100 balloon with a powerful burning purple laser. You may remember the previous video from Scott where he did the same trick except the laser was green and the balloons were red. That made for some slow popping. But this one? This one goes QUICK. Seriously, you blink and you might miss it. If you close your eyes? If you close your eyes you might start daydreaming about a passionate kiss with a lover. That's ...

This is a short stop motion video from IBM that they created using SINGLE ATOMS as individual pixels. Do you know how small an atom is? No? Well imagine a bouncy ball. Now imagine a SUPER F***ING TEENY bouncy ball. That's how small an atom is provided you imagined a bouncy ball tiny enough. The atoms in the video have been magnified 100-million times. The pubic hair I plucked and looked at under a microscope in 10th grade biology class? I think that was 50x. My lab partner told on me too whic...

This is a short video demonstration of Youtube user derepentignymarc's wearable homemade 'Bolt' Transformer costume. It doesn't actually transform into anything, but the eyes and mouth parts move, the mask slides up and down automatically, and it has some light and smoke effects. Oh -- and the arms can be moved via remote controlled. It really is pretty impressive. Way better than anything I could built. Hell, the last time I tried to build a Transformer I sliced my hand wide open on the top ...

This is a video of a computer printer and filing cabinet located in some university's music department. I know, that was arguably the most exciting video intro I've ever written. This particular printer and filing cabinet though -- they share a very special relationship. You see, every time the printer prints a page of sheet music, the filing cabinet eats it. To put this all in scientific terms that make me sound smarter than I really am, the two share a symbiotic relationship. The printer fe...

This is a sweded version of the most recent Iron Man 3 trailer brought to us by Thailand based moviemakers FEDFE. I was impressed. Even more impressed than I was with the drunk guy who I bet couldn't eat two dozen pickles from the jar behind the bar on Saturday. "He actually did it?" Hell no, I was just impressed he honored the bet. I gamble a lot when I'm drunk, but if I lose I disappear like a magician (read: hide between two cars in the parking lot waiting for my cab to arrive). Hit the ju...