Geekologie I Watch Stuff The Superficial
  • Boldy Going: Radio-Controlled Flying USS Enterprise
    May 3, 2013
    This is a video of Youtuber TheMiro59 constructing and test-flying his custom built radio controlled USS Enterprise. It has light effects and everything. Unfortunately, it's not the best flyer, but hey -- neither am I. PILOT: Attention all passengers, this is your captain sp... / Continue →
  • You Tricky Devil: Moth With Fake Spider Legs On Its Wings
    May 2, 2013
    This is the Lygodium Spider Moth (Siamusotima aranea). The species was originally discovered in Thailand in 2005, but only recently described by entomologists. Did I mention it evolved with spider leg markings on its wings to fool predators? Because it has those, it totally ... / Continue →
  • Magic: Wingtip Vortices In Fog Created By Landing Plane
    April 23, 2013
    This is a short video of a Swiss Airbus A340 landing at the Zurich airport in heavy fog. Which, as far as fog goes, is probably airplane pilots' least favorite kind. Me? It's my favorite because it makes sneaking around the neighborhood playing ninja assassin easier. Thanks... / Continue →
  • Guy In Wingsuit Flies Through Natural Stone Archway
    April 18, 2013
    This is a video of BASE jumper/wingsuit enthusiast/potential extreme sport accident victim Alexander Polli flying through a tiny stone archway in Montserrat, Spain. They're saying the arch is only six-feet wide, but it looks a little wider than that to me. Granted not wide en... / Continue →
  • Samoan Airlines Charging Passengers By Weight
    April 4, 2013
    Samoa, a country best known for being tied with Thin Mints for the best Girl Scout Cookie flavor, now has an airline that charges passengers based on the total weight of their asses and luggage. Each traveler will be weighed alongside their bags at the airport, and the total f... / Continue →
  • LEGO Machine That Can Fold & Launch Paper Airplanes
    March 18, 2013
    This is a video of the machine built by Youtube user Hknssn entirely out of LEGO that can fold and launch paper airplanes. Not very complicated paper airplanes mind you, but still better than anything I could make. I remember in high school physics class we had a paper airpla... / Continue →
  • I'm Flying, Jack!: The 'Flying Underwater' Wetsuit
    February 25, 2013
    At first I didn't understand what the big deal with this thing was, because it's just a wetsuit with membranes stretching from the arms and between the legs, but apparently it's supposed to give the wearer a sense of FLYING UNDERWATER. Cool, but do you know where I really want... / Continue →
  • It Nears: Colleges Offering Courses In Unmanned Drones
    February 20, 2013
    Really? Because I could have sworn all my professors were teaching droning. Get it?! Because they just rambled on monotonously all the time! "Well obviously they weren't teaching comedy." GOOD ONE. How's that dickbaggery major working out for you? The pilotless aircra... / Continue →
  • Real Product: Water Jetpacks For Your Feet Commercial
    February 19, 2013
    I posted the Flyboard back in 2011 when the company first came on the scene, but now they're back with a fancy commercial. This is that commercial. And it's set to one of the most questionable songs I've heard in recent history and that's saying a lot because my little sister... / Continue →
  • It's Official: Flying Squid Can Actually Fly (Not Just Jump)
    February 11, 2013
    Yay, now let's fill the oceans with concrete and put a stop to this madness. I wrote about flying squid way back in 2010, but now they're back in the news after marine biologists have confirmed that the squids are actually flying (up to 30m/98-feet!) when they leap out of the ... / Continue →