Despite all the things you can make with it, LEGO is still made out of plastic. And plastic, on its own, isn’t very strong. Or is it? The Brick Experiment Channel has been putting LEGO pieces through the wringer for as long as it has existed. This time, however, they wanted to see if the Danish building toys can be used to break an aluminum beam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uepSeO-ovlI The aluminum beam used for the experiment was a 15-hole, custom LEGO-compatible beam measuring 120 mm in length. Two-Motor System The first tests were done using a two-motor system with the aluminum beam placed between them. With 3.3 Nm of torque applied, the…
At first, I thought giant mallets only existed in cartoons and video games. As it turns out, they can be found in real life, as well. After finding an old one at a flea market for 25 Euros (roughly 30 USD), YouTube restorer TysyTube Resotration bought this giant wooden hammer and spent a week restoring it to its former smashing glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5Fa3ULxP0 After disassembling the hammer into its core components, he sandblasted the head and metal rings to prepare them for the restoration process. Repairing the Metal Rings The only non-wooden parts of this oversized weapon are the two metal rings on either side of the mallet head. TysyTube covered…
Despite what your parents might have told you when you were young, swearing can actually be a good thing! It relieves stress without having to resort to physical violence, allows you to get your point faster, and widens your vocabulary. What’s not to love?! But even with all these benefits, there are quite a number of people who are still sensitive to certain kinds of… colorful language. So how can you swear without offending the people around you? Why, make a censor button, of course! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hQvydvjaiM&ab_channel=AniZoneAniZone While most programmers nowadays use open-source software platforms like Arduino to produce the sound they need, Mehdi Sadaghdar would much rather use his guerrilla…
Minecraft is a simple game that anyone can play it: kids, adults, even people with disabilities. But for hardcore players, the game can also be a way to test one’s creativity. Not just within the confines of the game’s rules, but also with how one plays it. Since the game was too easy for him on a mouse and keyboard, YouTuber Seth Altobelli decided to repurpose a Bop It toy so it could be used on Minecraft. While he did the initial playthroughs, he’s planning on sending this modified Bop It to a fellow Minecraft player, Technoblade, so he can make videos with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tcWIUcAZyM Upon disassembling the Bop It,…
When you hear the word “unstoppable”, chances are you think of something heavy and made from a strong material. No soft stuff made from plastic would fall into that concept, you said. Well, this vine robot is going to prove you wrong. In an interview with Derek Muller for his YouTube channel Veritasium, Dr. Elliot Hawkes, Nicholas Naclerio, Margaret Coad, and David Haggerty explained and demonstrated the capabilities of their cheap yet versatile robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qevIIQHrJZg These vine robots extend using compressed air. While the base material consists of flexible tubing, the added sensors, cameras, and steering makes them full-fledged robots. You would think that sharp objects would be the bane…
Banana peel is an iconic trap used for slipping up enemy racers. We’re sure 10/10 Mario Kart video game players would agree. Just place a couple of these things behind you and watch as your opponents momentarily spin out of control – giving you the much-needed edge in a race. But does this goofy trick work in real life? Seeing as both go-karts and banana peels are real-world things, it only made sense for James Orgill of The Action Lab to test out the trap on a go-kart track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhKpJOXnieQ Before showing the result of his experiments, James first explained why banana peels are so slippery in the first place:…