What Sorcery Is This?

Lars Andersen Speed Archery

Simon — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:11:39 +0000

The standard and even cliched trick for ridiculous archery prowess is to split an arrow already embedded into a target with yet another arrow, Robin Hood style.

Watch the video below to see how this man actually blows that trick out of the water:

FXI Cotton Candy: A USB-Sized Computer

Simon — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:56:55 +0000

A whole computer help in a small USB key-liked device? We all know computers are getting smaller and more powerful, but I never really thought of it like this, nor did I think we were at this stage.

Kazumi Dance

Simon — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:39:34 +0000

Y’know, I’m not even sure what’s so weird about this. She’s just a Japanese robot snake woman. Totally normal.

Here she is racing – and winning. Look at that million dollar smile! So confident. The other woman had no chance, as she has not mastered the wiggly arm technique.

The Nimmo Bay Experience: 360 Video Cam

Simon — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:23:33 +0000

Click and drag around to move the camera around a playing 360 degree video of a helicopter ride over a beautiful bay. Insane. Plus, the scenery itself is beautiful.

This could be used in such cool ways. No, not porn.

Jon Gomm – Passionflower

Simon — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:46:26 +0000

The guitar playing is insane, and that he can sing nicely on top of it is unreal. For everyone that doesn’t play guitar, a main guitar hook that involves tuning the strings up and down is pretty inhuman to accomplish that well.

AZO Highlight Reel 2010

Simon — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:04:51 +0000

More superhumans. Not sure how someone could be this comfortable with this many things, unless it’s really all of his free time.

Waltzing Matilda… Mongolian Throat-Singing Style

Simon — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:30:52 +0000

All seems normal for the first half of the video, and then comes the two-tone insanity. Yes, the guy’s doing the low note and the eerie whistling up top at the same time.

The Fading Photo: Troxler’s Fading

Simon — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:57:09 +0000

Apparently due to this phenomenon called Troxler’s Fading, it is possible to stare at an image and have it disappear right before your eyes. Pick a point in the middle of the image below and stare at it. Wait a few seconds and it will start to fade away. Don’t move your eyes or it will come back; just observe in your peripheral vision.

Trampoline Wall Tricks

Simon — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:50:23 +0000

Ok, I mean, I get what he’s doing, sort of, but… eesh. How to look like you have superpowers:

New Software System for Realistically Adding Objects Into Photos

Simon — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:15:07 +0000

A new software system has been developed that allows for the easy insertion of realistic-looking objects into photos. While the wsit aspect of it all is partially diminished with the explanations offered, the results are still pretty mind-blowing, and the technology itself is still baffling. It seems so simple in some ways, but it’s clearly ahead of anything else, especially with its seeming ease of implementation.

Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from Kevin Karsch on Vimeo.