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Data shows human pressure on Earth reaching critical level
Using 24 key social, economic, and environmental indicators, our friend Félix Pharand-Deschênes has created a dashboard that shows how human pressure on planet Earth is reaching critical level. Fast. The acceleration shown over the last 60 years is absolutely crazy. Zoom in. Freak out. Just look at those curves—some of them exponential. World population and … Continued
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This generic news report is absolutely hilarious
This is old, but it has resurfaced today and it is so good that it is worth a re-post. Heck, we should be posting it every week. Watch genius Charlie Brooker—creator of the must-watch Black Mirror—slamming today’s generic TV news reporting style by delivering a hilarious news report on news reports. SPLOID is delicious brain … Continued
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The mind-boggling manufacturing process of electronic phone switchers
The Hello Machine is a fascinating short film directed in 1974 by Carroll Ballard. It shows the mind-boggling process of making AT&T’s Electronic Switch System mainframe by hand, a formidable machine was built after 20 years of research and spending 500 million dollars—2,4 billion in 2014 dollars! “That was 10 times its original budget,” says … Continued
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How chefs turn giant blobs of frosting into perfect cakes
I don’t know how many cakes you have to make before having the skills to turn a giant mass of shapeless frosting into these symmetric sculptures, but I would guess between 100 to 2 billion. I just know that I like to watch these videos of Asian chefs making them to perfection. So relaxing. The … Continued
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Realistic version of Reddit alien mascot is neat and creepy as hell
Kudos to redditor ChristopherDesign for this cool version of a three-eyed Reddit alien mascot, rendered in Cinema 4D and finished in Photoshop. He says it took him 30 to 40 hours to make: I’d say the actual amount of time to create what you see is about 30-40 hours, but I worked on it pretty … Continued
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The only way this guy could get closer to liquid lava is showering in it
I have seen some crazy closeup volcano photography before, but this is madness. Kawika Singson has gone closer to liquid lava than I have ever seen. Watch this footage of hot magma spilling right into the ocean while he’s on the water just a few feet away. Even if he used a stick, it is … Continued
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Get hypnotized with these magic fibonacci zoetrope sculptures
John Edmark has created a fascinating series of fibonacci zoetrope sculptures that feel like magic. Watch them in action. It’s hypnotizing. The recursive nature of the sequence used to build them and the filming technique—with the camera “set to a very short shutter speed (1/4000 sec) in order to freeze the spinning sculpture” but with … Continued
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A fun little short with a perfect twist at the end
There is not much to say about Moving In—a tiny short directed by Tyler Falbo and starring Mike Collins, Lacie Ratliff, and Hayden Greiwe—except that you should watch it, because it’s a lot of fun condensed in just one minute and thirty seconds. Enjoy. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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It’s hard to believe this horror short was not filmed with real cameras
I was zombied-out after Dawn of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead, the seminal horror movies by filmmaker George A. Romero, but apparently you kids keep loving those dumb walking corpses. You will like this fantastically crafted 3D animation short, which feels like the beginning of a full feature. Some of the sequences … Continued
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I don’t need this cool Macintosh Neue but bloody hell I want it so badly
I really would have no practical use for this Neo-Macintosh or Macintosh Neue or whatever you want to call it. But I want it. I would totally buy it. I’d probably only use it to write the book I will never finish and play Crystal Quest, but it would be totally mine if Apple ever … Continued
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All the Star Wars: The Force Awakens concept art leaked so far
It must be the increasing nostalgia of being an old man who saw the originals at the theater, but I’m starting to get really excited about the new old school Star Wars: The Force Awakens. So, after coming across the allegedly new design for a new TIE fighter, I collected every leaked concept art I … Continued
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Why people use Facebook to avoid facing real life
Doug Hindson’s short Disconnect gives a powerful answer to an important question:Why do we keep sharing our edited lives and avidly connecting to others through Facebook, Twitter, or Whatsapp all the time? His answer is simple, one that I’m sure you have all thought about before. Deep down we are afraid of the moments when … Continued
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Guy spent one year crafting one second of this crazy animation per day
Greg McLeod—from BAFTA Award-winning animation studio The Brothers McLeod—created “one second of animation every day for the 365 days of the year 2013.” According to him, there was “no storyline, script or storyboard. The ideas come from things read, seen or experienced on the day.” Brilliant. You can purchase a digital copy here. SPLOID is … Continued
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Relax with this time-lapse of a guy making a knife with everyday tools
Aaron Gough makes great custom knives. Here you can see him crafting “a prototype bushcraft/camping knife using only simple tools. The blade is made from O1 tool steel, the handle is made from brown Micarta.” It’s so relaxing to watch that now I want to have a siesta. Here’s one that he made for an … Continued
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No matter how you crush cars, it’s so satisfying
Crushing cars should be obligatory for every human being. We should all spend a day in a junkyard at least once a month. It would be more calming that a bathtub full of Valium. Just watching this video with four ways to dispose of cars relaxes me. I want to try them all. SPLOID is … Continued
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One truly terrifying love story
I don’t know what the hell I was expecting from a short titled He Took His Skin Off For Me, but I sure wasn’t expecting this. A love story that is a horror nightmare that is a metaphor of certain relationships. Or vice versa. All with with excellent 100-percent practical special effects. Hard to watch, … Continued
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These are the most amazing aerial photos of New York ever, period
It’s always exciting to receive a message from a master like Vincent Laforet telling you about his new photos. This time he has outdone himself (once again!) so I had to share it right away. Never in my life I’ve seen New York from this perspective and with this stunning quality—so perfect it feels unreal. … Continued
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It may sound incredible but the Pillars of Creation don’t exist anymore
This week NASA published new astonishing high definition images of the famous Pillars of Creation—two 4-light-year-tall columns located in the Eagle Nebula, 7,000 light years from here, first photographed in 1995. The only problem is that the pillars don’t exist—they were destroyed more than a thousand years ago. Limited by our understanding of reality and … Continued
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I honestly thought this Return of the Jedi scene was real all my life
I keep getting my dreams shattered. When I was a kid I thought the Rebel Alliance hangar could have been a real stage but it was just one of many matte paintings, an example of ILM’s visual sorcery. But the scene of the Emperor coming to the Death Star? I was absolutely, 100-percent convinced that … Continued
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One perfect love story
Despite a million heartaches, I’m still a sucker for love-at-first-sight and love-against-all-odds stories. Kismet Diner is the perfect example: A waitress sings songs to a patron she has a crush on, but he always ignores her advances. Or does he? Watch it. I’m sure you’re going to like it—but get some Kleenex ready. (But don’t … Continued
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