Category Archives: Video

merc merc2

The Mercedes-Benz S 500 ‘Intelligent Drive’ research vehicle recently completed its first long range test drive:

…100 kilometers from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, under real traffic conditions and complex situations including traffic lights, roundabouts, pedestrians, cyclists and trams.

A convincing, if rather unnerving performance.

doobybrain

wellofdeath

This official redux video for the 2010 track ‘Wor’ by indierockers Django Django directed by Jim Demuth takes the form of a mini documentary on the fearless centrifugalists of the ‘Maut ka Kuaa’ or Well Of Death at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.

Hey, it’s a gig.

colossal

heatpaint

A Nissan Skyline R33 tricked out with heat-sensitive thermochromic paint (used in hypercolour T-shirts and mood rings) is exposed to cold water.

Granted, they should have used a hose, (or cooled the car and put it through a car wash) but you get the idea.

reddit/awesomer

DARPA

The most successful performance to date of Boston Dynamics’ Wildcat robot – funded by US military tech developer DARPA’s M3 programme – a wireless, free-roaming version of the headless Cheetah (which can run faster than Usain Bolt).

The prototype, which can bound, gallop, corner and reach a top speed of 16mph (25.7km/h), has a few minor teething troubles to sort out but should be ready to hunt down and kill all humans any day now.

likecool/gizmodo