LEGO Porsche 911 GT3 Subjected to Real Crash Test

Posted on 25/05/2017 by Shane McGlaun

Growing up, I got into more than a few brawls at day care over wheels to make my LEGO cars. I would then proceed to crash them repeatedly until parts were everywhere, then leave the mess and blame that weird kid who ate glue all the time. Yes, I wasn’t the most civilized of children.

The guys at German auto publication c’t have taken the ultimate LEGO car kit, built it up, and then demolished it in spectacular fashion. They hooked the LEGO 911 GT3 RS up to the sled that ADAC uses to test real cars, then flung it into a 40% offset metal impact block. The slow motion video of the impact is particularly cool to watch.

Naturally, the result is a completely DEMOLISHED car. One can only hope that the actual GT3 RS fares a whole lot better.

Fidget Stick Gets Chopped in Half with an Axe to See What’s Inside

Posted on 23/05/2017 by Conner Flynn

Sorry fidgeters, I don’t get the whole fidget thing and I think it’s stupid. So I was happy to see someone take an axe to one of these fidget toys to see what’s inside. If I could, I would destroy them all so that no one could ever fidget again. I’m evil like that.

If you feel the same way or just want to see what they’re made of, check out the video below where father and son Dan and Lincoln Markham of What’s Inside along with Stephen Headrick used an axe to chop one of those wobbly fidget sticks in half.

Turns out there’s really not much in this one. Seriously people, if you must fidget, just use a pen or something. This fidget craze is dumb.

[via Laughing Squid]

When Fidget Spinners Spin Too Fast

Posted on 22/05/2017 by Conner Flynn

I will never understand fidget spinners and those who use them. Your lack of self control over your fidgety nature is making spinner manufacturers rich. At least for now. Anyway, check out this video of a guy using an air compressor to spin a fidget spinner to death.

He has clamped the spinner in a vice. Eventually, the spinner can’t take anymore and hits warp speed, and it self-destructs. It doesn’t appear he was wearing goggles or glasses, so this guy is damn lucky he didn’t lose an eye.

Too bad they didn’t clock it’s speed somehow, because this could be a new sport. Seeing how fast you can make a spinner spin before destroying it. That sound it makes is awesome, though watch the volume when you hit play.

[via Geekologie]

Guy Builds Human-size Mousetrap, Mice Rejoice

Posted on 03/05/2017 by Conner Flynn

If you ever had a mousetrap come down on your finger or a toe, you know the excruciating pain that it causes. Now imagine a giant mousetrap that is big enough to slam down on your body and kill you dead. Welcome to the mouse’s world.

The Backyard Scientist has created such a mousetrap. He used it to crush coconuts and watermelons, among other things. Even a hardhat with a mannequin head. As you can guess, the hardhat did not help. That smashing arm reaches speeds of 42 miles per hour. It would totally cut you in half or at least pin you to the board, where you would quickly expire.

The spring-powered mechanism is so powerful that an electric winch is needed to tighten the coil. No way I would want to prime this trap manually. Humans (and giant mice) better stay away.

[via Sploid]

Watch Some Drones Get Hit by Over a Million Volts

Posted on 13/04/2017 by Conner Flynn

Love or hate drones, I think we can all agree that watching them get zapped with over a million volts sounds like it would be pretty entertaining. It is. YouTube science geek Tom Scott took a pair of DJI Phantom 3 drones to the University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory, where they can manufacture lightning strikes over a million volts, just to see what would happen to a drone when it gets hit by lightning. It’s pretty much what you would expect.

The first drone got fried and knocked out of the sky, but the other drone suffered an even worse fate. To protect it from the bolt, the second Phantom 3 was outfitted with a lightning rod. But it did not help and the lightning blasted two of the drone’s props off, knocking this one out of the sky as well. You can check out the quadcopter carnage in the video below:

So yeah, basically keep your drone out of the sky during a storm, unless you want a dead drone.

[via The Awesomer via Sploid]

Watch Stuff Get Crushed With a 360° Hydraulic Crimping Machine

Posted on 03/04/2017 by Conner Flynn

Get ready for your daily dose of destruction. The guys from the Hydraulic Press Channel loves crushing stuff so much that they traveled to Lillbacka Powerco in Finland to crush stuff with a powerful 360° Finn-Power hydraulic crimping machine. And we get to watch.

This machine is truly impressive as it effortlessly crushes objects like a hockey puck, a roll of paper, and a pool ball. The pool ball is kind of amazing to watch as it shatters.

The roll of paper of course does not explode, but is instead compacted into a cool looking paper gear shape. The hockey puck does not explode either, but just kind of gets mangled. Fun stuff. I can’t wait to see what else they destroyed during their visit.

[via Laughing Squid]

What Happens When You Pump 20,000 Volts into a Watermelon?

Posted on 13/03/2017 by Conner Flynn

The Backyard Scientist is back in his yard doing science, along with his electrically-inclined pals Brandon and Coyt, and this time they’re exploding watermelons with 20,000 volts of electricity. Yes, it is as awesome as it sounds.

A battery stores power as chemical energy that’s slowly and steadily discharged, but a capacitor can unload all of its juice in an instant and that is what makes this explosion so spectacular. The capacitor used here is the size of a dishwasher, so yeah, crazy explosion. It’s basically homemade lightning. As demonstrated here it can destroy things thoroughly.

They tried to cook a steak with it, but sadly the cooked part is blown to smithereens, so it isn’t a great cooking device. Also, the noise it makes was enough to almost make Kevin’s neighbors call the cops. Needless to say, big capacitors are something you should never play with at home.

[via Sploid]

Mannequin Head Sliced in Half Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Posted on 03/03/2017 by Paul Strauss

A decapitated mannequin head is disturbing enough on its own, but things get even more creepy when the guys from the Waterjet Channel get their hands on a mannequin head, and subject it to their powerful 60,000 PSI waterjet cutter.

This is some seriously warped stuff, as they first open up a mysterious box from a fan in Germany. You can guess what’s inside the box. WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!?!? Yes, there really is a severed head inside this box – only it’s made of plastic and foam filling thank goodness. Still, watching this thing lose the top of its head is quite disturbing. If you’re squeamish at all, look away.

I bet she has a splitting headache now, huh? The only thing nastier would be if the thing were filled with some fake brains and blood.

Hydraulic Press Channel Meets Its Match

Posted on 24/02/2017 by Shane McGlaun

We have seen the gang over at the Hydraulic Press Channel smash everything they can get their mitts on. In their latest video, the team decided to see what would happen to some objects made from the fictitious substance Adamantium.

I won’t spoil it for you, but the steel press tools are simply no match for Wolverine’s indestructible metal parts. Obviously, this is a promo for the new Logan flick, but it’s really well done and quite funny. (Note, there’s some PG-13 language if you’re easily offended by F-bombs.)

I’m a Wolverine fan, especially a fan of the novels that follow Logan. My favorite one was Wolverine: Weapon X. If you’re a fan too, you should definitely read it.

[via Laughing Squid]

This Fire-Spraying Drone Is Not a Weapon

Posted on 18/02/2017 by Conner Flynn

Power lines tend to collect trash when the wind blows. Plastic bags and other assorted trash stuck in the lines can be dangerous. Apparently, in Xiangyang, China, they now send drones up to sort out the mess… with fire!

These fire-spraying drones burn off trash that gets stuck on high-voltage wires, keeping humans out of harm’s way. The drones are being used by an electric power maintenance company in China to get rid of plastic bags and other debris. I can only guess the fire is applied for a short enough burst not to damage the wires’ insulation.

It is a great use of both drones and fire – not that I condone this combination. That’s a crazy deadly mix, but here we are. It should not be long until one of these firebugs is sent by a hit man to burn a house down or fry you right where you stand.

[via Gizmodo]

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LEGO Porsche 911 GT3 Subjected to Real Crash Test

Fidget Stick Gets Chopped in Half with an Axe to See What’s Inside

When Fidget Spinners Spin Too Fast

Guy Builds Human-size Mousetrap, Mice Rejoice

Watch Some Drones Get Hit by Over a Million Volts

Watch Stuff Get Crushed With a 360° Hydraulic Crimping Machine

What Happens When You Pump 20,000 Volts into a Watermelon?

Mannequin Head Sliced in Half Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Hydraulic Press Channel Meets Its Match

This Fire-Spraying Drone Is Not a Weapon

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