WHAT!?

I’m mostly sure that the Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships are a real thing.

From the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, ► Real-time MRI imagery of what the tongue and mouth look like when singing (and speaking) ※ Tangentially related: you don’t need an MRI machine to see ► this man lick his own forehead.

Inspired by the ► Origami Magic Ball, scientists investigating “soft robotics” have created ► a mechanical gripper that can grasp and lift irregularly shaped objects up to 100x its own weight. And it does so with (slightly-creepy) style.

► Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum

I had no idea the maraca could be played like a boss. → ► Compasses Mejor Conjunto Festival San Martin de los Llanos 2013

Mike Dawes is a one-man band on a single guitar…and reveals beauty within songs you might not otherwise appreciate. Amazing. → ► Mike Dawes – One (Metallica) – Solo Guitar ※ See also, Mike’s version of a wholly different style of song, equally awesome: ► Somebody That I Used To Know – Mike Dawes – Live At Cedars Hall.

“…cook the rice, anak!” → ► Tsinelas – A Short Action-Comedy Film.