Here’s a time-lapsed video showing the Manhattan Bridge creaking and yawing under the weight of subway cars.
 

Hey wheres the tight red spider suit
Most of us dream about having super powers, and having the ability to climb walls like Spiderman is high on most people’s list. Instead of dreaming, BBC TV presenter Jem Stansfield has done something about it. His custom made vacuum gloves provide enough grip to let him climb a [...]

YouTube’s latest feel-good viral video is JK’s Wedding Entrance Dance.  I don’t know who Jill and Kevin are, but I love them.
 

Handerpants
Handerpants, underwear for your hands. Don’t let your hands go commando again. Stupidest thing ever posted on this site? Nope… that would be the video infomercial about the Handerpants.  (Video after the break)
 

Double the weapons double the fun its better than double mint gum
As if those killer drones flying over Afghanistan and Iraq aren’t lethal enough, here comes the next generation: Excalibur. This 13-foot-long prototype is just half-sized; by the time the radio-controlled hovering jet is unleashed on the battlefield, it’ll travel at scary-fast 460mph speeds. The [...]

Coke’s Interactive Soda Fountain
Ever had one of those moments where all you wanted was a Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, but all the fountain could offer you was regular old diet? Coca-Cola is doing away with that problem by introducing a new beverage dispenser. Heralded as the “fountain of the future” by Coke PR flaks, [...]

The Shweeb
Finally: The Infrastructurist shows us the perfect mashup of a podcar with Velo-City: The Shweeb, a pedal-powered monorail that is “a direct response to the transportation needs of today and the future.” (Pics and video)
 

Moderation is the key.

With the world’s largest online community, estimated at more than 300 million users, it was only a matter of time before China acknowledged it might have a problem with a growing digital-age affliction: internet addiction.
Thousands are believed to suffer in one form or another amid growing concern about young people’s use of [...]

Co-funded by the European Commission, the $3.9 million (USD) Dustbot project aims to build a moderately-sized robot to navigate the narrow streets that garbage trucks can’t reach.  The pictures were taken from Dustbot’s trial run in Peccioli, Italy. (Pics)
 

So small yet already incredible!
Yes, it is a commercial for Evian Water, but a very funny and amazing one that will go down in the history books for its style and ingenuity. Second video after the jump.

Amazing stop motion video
This is the PEN Story, shot in stop motion. They shot 60,000 pictures, developed 9,600 prints and shot over 1,800 pictures again. No post production! Second video after the jump.

Tweel: Michelin’s airless tire
Tweel is an innovative tire design created by Michelin. The tire uses no air and therefore cannot burst or become flat. (More pics and video after the break)
 
 

Fun at 1600 meters!

A tightrope walker in China has broken a world record after crossing a wire suspended 1,607 meters above sea level.
As if that isn’t hairraising enough, this video also captures the moment Ahdili Wuxiuer broke a second world record by climbing over his pupil Saddar in the middle of the wire.
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SCRATCHbot
Designed for search and rescue missions – which, let’s face it, are only ever one loose word away from “search and destroy” – the SCRATCHbot uses its whiskers to detect disaster survivors in inhospitable or dangerous areas. (Video)
 

Military-backed researchers have built a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird, flapping its little robotic wings to stay in the air. So far, the mock bird, built for Pentagon mad-science division Darpa, has only stayed aloft for 20 seconds at a time. But that short flight was enough to show the potential [...]

ECSTATIC space officials at Nasa could be about to unveil one of their most stunning discoveries for 40 years – new and amazingly clear footage of the first moon landing.

From Diesel’s “Liquid Space” fashion show
Augmented reality is a technology futurists and scifi authors like Vernor Vinge have been talking about for decades. Now the tech has matured and is entering the market. Two videos of new products show you the near future. (Videos after the jump)

 The Weirdest Things Done To The Mario Brothers
A refreshingly skewed look a the world. Two more videos after the jump. (Videos)

 
In a community hall in Hoxton, London, a small piece of alchemy is taking place. A group of teenagers who only minutes before were fidgeting with their mobile phones, are up on stage reciting one of Shakespeare’s best known sonnets in rap. It’s on a damp spring morning that they’re comparing thee to a summer’s [...]

A cheeky monkey decided to spend a penny on Zambian President Rupiah Banda – as he held a news conference on the economy in the capital Lusaka.