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Tech NewsSploidThis Guy Fighting an Excavator Is an Inspiration to Us All
You know who wins when an angry dude fights an excavator at a construction site? All of us watching the battle unfold from the sidelines, because it gives us the chance to stop and think about the excavators we’re all dealing with—metaphorically. Maybe it’s an annoying boss. Maybe it’s big government. Maybe it’s even something … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch bulletproof glass get crushed and eaten by a shredder
Yum. If I were a giant shredder, I can’t imagine many things more fun to crush and destroy and eat than bulletproof glass. The way it completely shatters into glass dust, the fight it gives because it’s so strong, it’s all so damn satisfying. Watch the destruction below, as the shredder takes down all the … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch a humongous hungry machine crush and swallow engine blocks
Here’s the Hammel Red Giant Car Shredder tasting a few engine block appetizers before the beast machine moves on to swallowing whole cars. It’s fun seeing the direct view of the evil Transformer-sized machine at work, the teeth just roll together and grind away at any and every thing that gets thrown in. SPLOID is … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidVideo: A small printing shop is such a magnificent place
Because the world we live in is now filled with pixels—on our phones, our tablets, our computers, our watches—it’s easy to forget how simply wonderful the idea of a printing press shop making words come to live could be. Here’s a look behind the Printext, a printing shop in Australia, works. It’s a beautiful endeavor. … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch an oxy-gasoline liquid fuel torch cut through metal
Yowza. That burns hot. Watch as a Petrogen Multi-Fuel cutting torch nicks right through a stack of metal and cuts it clean off. The cutting system can use liquid fuels of any kind, including “gasoline of any grade, “white” gas, camping fuel, and stabilizer additive fuels” and “diesel, kerosene, biodiesel”. Basically, you pump fuel into … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidAssembling a huge Cat 797 dump truck is like building a mechanical giant
The CAT 797 mining truck is one of the largest haul trucks in the world and putting one together requires giant machinery that makes the truck look like a humungous Transformer or starship or alien planet station or mech or anything that’s comically oversized being built. The skeleton build out is cool to see that … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch how 3D printers 3D print 3D printer parts to make more 3D printers
Like how some animals can regenerate limbs or like how humans can, uh, make babies, 3D printers can 3D print the 3D printer parts necessary to make more 3D printers. Thankfully, they still require some living person to put these parts together because if they didn’t, they could just start eliminating us one by one … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidMaking a cube in a cube in a cube from one block of metal is impressive
There is probably some negotiation with the Earth’s magnetic poles or some sort of magic going on here because somehow this guy is able to make a cube inside a cube inside a cube from a metal block. I have no idea what’s going on in the video half the time but watching the block … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidVideo: The process of making a couch is surprisingly fun to watch
Danny Cooke’s short How Comfort Is Born shows the entire process of making an Arlo & Jacob couch. You see wood being framed, springs being made, framed wood being shaved, made springs being put together and then finally the cushions and fabric carefully being handled so each couch is perfect. The machinery and people that … Continued
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Tech NewsThe World’s Largest Tunneling Machine Is (Finally) Getting Rescued
Bertha, the world’s largest tunneling machine, has been stuck under downtown Seattle since it broke in December 2013. Engineers have had to concoct a massive and expensive rescue plan—essentially a whole construction project in itself. And yesterday, the Bertha’s broken cutter head was finally hoisted out of the Earth. It’s been a long, frustrating 15 … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch all the parts of a table saw magically self-assemble
Putting things together can sometimes make you feel accomplished but there are a lot more times where it gets real tedious, real fast. That’s why I enjoy these magic self-assembling videos. Frank Howarth shows an entire table saw assembling itself in this stop-motion video and it makes me wish this could happen in real life. … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidVideo: How the stainless steel Apple Watch is made (in Mordor)
Apple has a video showing off how it makes the stainless steel Apple Watch and it looks a lot like they’re using Tolkien magic to make the watch’s case inside Mount Doom in Mordor. You get to see glimpses of the entire process, from the alloy they use to seeing the molten stages and cold … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatching beer cans get made is like seeing a ballet of machines at work
New Zealand craft brewery Garage Project reveals how they make their Hops on Pointe beer cans and it’s like watching a machinery ballet unfold before our eyes. It’s funny to imagine these big honking machines made of metal and wires dressed in tutus but there is a surprising elegance to the can making process. Funnily … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidBeing inside a Porsche engine factory is like being inside a Transformer
This video is fascinating because it let’s us pretend to be a fly on the wall of a Porsche 911 engine assembly line. There’s no annoying soundtrack, no voiceover explaining what’s happening, we’re just seeing humans and machines teaming up to create beautiful, powerful engines that purr the best cars. All the shiny metal reminds … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow to transform bullets into earphones
I love seeing the folks of Inspire to Make do their thing because they take small little objects and creatively turn them into something else entirely. First they transformed a nail into a tiny sword and now they’ve done the always popular DIY project of turning a bullet into a pair of headphones. SPLOID is … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis shoe repair video can provoke intense pleasure waves
If you experience ASMR, prepare to feel some intense pleasure watching this video of a guy repairing shoes. The machines pressing down, the cutting of the sole, the sanding, the stitching, the brushing of the glue. It’s a symphony of satisfying noises. It’s the only soundtrack you need. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSeeing an old anvil get restored is surprisingly enjoyable
Wow. This is actually really cool. Jimmy DiResta found an old anvil from an antique store and restored it to its previous glory. The finished restored anvil looks fantastic but it’s the entire process that’s got me slack jawed. All the sparkles and whirring and refining and polishing makes restoring look like a form of … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidI could watch these pipes forge together with friction welding forever
Friction welding spins so fast and burns so hot that it looks like the excess orange metal is something that’s not meant for this world. The metal pipes forge together so colorfully (and almost unnaturally) that I never get bored of watching the process. Here are a few more videos of friction welding: And linear … Continued
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