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Rhinoceros Transport, a Strandbeest kinetic sculpture by Theo Jansen.
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The Stuntronics robot is being developed by Disney to stand in for actors during dangerous stunts.
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Using drones with flamethrowers to clear debris off of high-voltage lines in Hubei, China.
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The Hard Drive Marine LC7 can pull itself ashore.
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Snake robot by the Matsuno Lab at Kyoto University.
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A screw-propelled Armstead Snow Motor belonging to the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum .
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Prosthetic fingers by @NPDevices, on reddit user Rewster27.
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Another demonstration of Vantablack, the blackest known substance. It absorbs up to 99.965% of visible light, hiding textures.
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Millennium FX animatronic baby for movie and TV effects.
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Coating a watermelon with a polyurea truck bed liner by @LINEXProtects.
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Rolling shutter cameras capture a scene line by line, resulting in odd high speed artifacts.
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Painting Lissajous patterns with a pendulum, by Cole Newman.
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Demonstrating how earthquake dampeners work.
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Pilot Jean-Francois Martin of the Chamonix Gendarmerie executes a risky "pressing the skids" maneuver to evacuate an injured skier from the French Alps.
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Carrara Robotics diamond wire cutter shaping marble.
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Krauss-Maffei Leopard 2 tank cannon stabilizer.
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Practical effects with fruit for a commercial by visual engineer @stevegiralt.
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The Mill Blackbird is an adjustable rig used in car commercials. Featured cars are then added with CGI.
Amazing feats of engineering. Tweeted by @kane and root.vc.