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Electric Skateboard Pole-Vaulting Should Be The Next Olympic Sport
Aside from the opening ceremonies, how many Olympic events did you watch over the past few weeks? Very few, right? It’s about time the IOC started spicing up the games so they’re more interesting – like letting athletes compete with the aid of electric skateboards, starting with the pole vault.
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This Rube Goldberg Basketball Machine Has Enough Tricks To Be A Harlem Globetrotter
Video: It seems not even basketball court jester is a job that’s safe from from the rise of the machines. Students from Georgia Tech built a giant Rube Goldberg contraption that’s capable of reproducing many of the Harlem Globetrotter’s most crowd-pleasing tricks; from spinning a ball on a finger, to simply sinking baskets.
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This Artist’s Photorealistic Portraits Are Made From Hand-Stitched Threads Instead Of Paint
Video: From afar, the photorealistic portraits that Cayce Zavaglia creates look like they were painted with fine, hatched brushstrokes. But when you get closer you can see that each one is actually made up of thousands of threads, painstakingly embroidered by hand using a needle and endless patience.
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I Can’t Stop Laughing At These Ski Robots Falling Down
If you saw that video of a robot skillfully opening a door yesterday, you might think that the robot uprising is just around the corner. But this new video of skiing robots falling on their faces might help you sleep at night. Or at least give you a good laugh.