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Tag: Nerd

Google + Explained

Google just recently released their new social network, google+. Google took the best from Facebook, and Twitter and created a perfectly seamless, streaming social network. Using circles, or groups, you can communicate with specific people like never before. Now there is fair competition in the social network game. It’s getting hot in here.    [youtube…

Arnold Schwarzenegger YouTube Comedy Week Commercial

In case you haven’t already seen promotions strewn across the web, YouTube is hosting their first, official YouTube Comedy Week. To make sure everyone hears about the event, YouTube recruited world famous bodybuilder, actor, and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in this YouTube Comedy Week promotional video. Veteran viewers will recognize quick cameos by YouTubers Kyle Mooney, Nathan Barnatt​, and…

FedEx Zombie Commercial

I’ll be honest. This commercial is so weird, yet so well done, I’m really not sure if it’s an official FedEx commercial. FedExOnlineCinema are the makers of the video, and their page says they are from Hong Kong.  A group of zombie apocalypse survivors hiding in a store debate if they should take out of their own…

Cat ‘Sings’ Game Of Thrones Opening Theme Song

This seizure inducing video is trending among Game Of Thrones fans, and has somehow garnered over 650,000 hits in ten days.  Using ‘complex’ editing tools, herbertcosta took only a simple video of a cat meowing, and somehow reproduced the hit HBO fantasy series opening theme song.    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEg4SEch27w] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/08/22/cat-sings-game-of-thrones-opening-theme-song/

Star Trek Teleportation Prank

To promote the fact that they are serving Star Trek Into Darkness before Netflix, Blink Box Live put on this dramatic Star Trek Teleportation Prank to amaze British mall shoppers.  Using the same ‘magic’ technique as the web has seen before, top UK illusionist Scott Penrose shocked passersby by teleporting apparent volunteers using a Star Trek Teleportation device.  The clip is…

iPhone 6 Plus Easily Bends In Bend Test

Unsurprisingly, the brand new iPhone 6 has been the best selling iPhone yet. But there is also some bad news. Reports have come out that users have discovered their iPhone 6 Plus had become bent after keeping it in their pocket. Unbox Therapy wanted to test those reports, and discovered that the new iPhone 6 Plus…

YouTube Rewind 2013 Wrap Up

The end of 2013 is upon us. Countless wrap up videos have already been posted online, but few can compete with the viral video authority of YouTube themselves.  As they did last year, YouTube Spotlight gathered all of the most iconic and viral people and memes from the past year, and crammed them all into this highly…

Learn What Most Schools Don’t Teach, Hour Of Code Commercial

For some horrible reason, our schools don’t teach computer science. Students and even adults are left assuming CS is some impossible, cryptic language they obviously aren’t capable of understanding.  But it’s not hard at all! Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Shakira, Senator Cory Booker, and even Barack Obama want everyone to try and learn…

Quick Watermelon Smoothie Hack

Happy Labor Day! To celebrate the last holiday of the summer, YouTuber Mark Rober has just debuted this new video demonstrating how to make a Quick Watermelon Smoothie. After cutting a small whole into a watermelon, Mark used a metal hanger as an elaborate drill bit to ‘slushify’ the watery fruit in just seconds!    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ-h0SO8EUI?rel=0]…

2012 Told Through Twitter

The new world truly is a magical place. Just a few years ago, a concept like this video didn’t even exist. But now, people like Jeremiah JW can sift through hundreds of millions of public comments and posts from people around the world all found on one website. Twitter.  To close the last year, he created…

Daft Punk’s Aerodynamic Covered Using Floppy Drives

Of all the music genres to cover using the physical sounds made from of his old computer floppy drives, the futuristic sound of Daft Punk seems most appropriate. And that’s exactly who MrSolidSnake745 covered in his latest video. Daft Punk’s Aerodynamic may actually sound better with the choppy sound of 90′s technology than its original digital rendering.    [youtube…

Planetary Resources – Asteroid Mining Mission

Planetary Resources has created a buzz in the tech and nerd circles with their latest video that has gone viral. They very seriously, and humbly, state they are on a mission to begin mining in space for resources, beginning with asteroids close to Earth. Read more on CBS12, USAToday, and WashingtonPost.    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fYYPN0BdBw] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/04/26/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-mission/

Amazing Yo-Yo Tablecloth Trick

Here’s a yo-yo trick you’ve most likely never seen before. Japanese yo-yo master Black combined the classic table cloth trick with his impressive yo-yo skills. The results are awesome, and are featured on BlameItOnTheVoices, TheAwesomer, 22Words, and VideoGum.    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voI_Zt_9GLw] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/04/24/amazing-yo-yo-tablecloth-trick/

2D Rubens’ Tube Plane Will Blow Your Mind

A Rubens’ Tube is a long metal tube filled with gas with many holes in it which are lit on fire. It is basically a row of bunsen burners. Derek Muller of Veritasium discusses Ruben’s Tubes in this new viral video, and even checks out an epic Rubens’ Tube plane with 2,500 little flames. When connected to a computer…

Teenage Drummer Plays Beat With Just His Body

This body percussion video was posted in 2009, but just exploded now with over 100,000 views in just days. Joel, a self proclaimed teenage drummer and music enthusiast, shows off his percussion skills with just his body. The results are viral worthy, and he is now featured on StuffIStoleFrom and BestOfYouTube.     [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODr6ZWNnsko]…