A Beat In 10 Minutes
Beat This challenges composers to sample and create a song in 10 minutes. Four Tet takes up Beat This and constructs a sick beat out of samples from the album Thriller faster than you can get a pizza delivered.
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Musicless Musicvideo: Firestarter
The Prodigy's videos were already mildly creepy. But this things to a whole new level. Mario Wienerroither has gone and stripped the audio from the British band's video for "Firestarter", replacing it with haunting noises and snippets of frontman Keith Flint's vocals. Shudder.
Electric Donuts
What is the first thing you'd want to do in an electric racecar? Donuts, of course. This is the CES 2014 debut of the Spark-Renault SRT-01E, an all-electric racecar. With a top speed of 140 mph and a 0-62 time of three seconds, it's pushes the boundries of high-performance electric vehicles.
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Nike Alphafly 3 Shoe
Lace up for long-distance performance with the Nike Alphafly 3. Built for marathon pacing, it combines two Air Zoom units with a carbon fiber plate to store and return energy with every stride. Paired with a ZoomX foam midsole, the shoe keeps you feeling fresh mile after mile, while its lightweight construction and notched laces make it the most responsive Alphafly yet. Designed to support speed and endurance, the Alphafly 3 delivers performance that makes long runs feel effortless and leaves personal bests in the dust.
Presented by Nike.
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Haworth A Home of Life Collection
Haworth's A Home for Life collection transforms work-from-home setups into zones of comfort and focus. The Soji Office Chair in bouclé pairs intuitive, all-day ergonomic support with a patented concentric-ring lumbar pad that adapts to your body, making long work sessions effortless. Pair it with the Upside Sit-to-Stand Desk, which glides smoothly from 22.6″ to 48.7″ with quiet, reliable electric lifts and customizable paddle controls. With multiple sizes, finishes, and leg styles, the collection brings high-performance design to any space, turning daily routines into workdays you actually look forward to.
Presented by Haworth
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How To Make A Crocodile
It only takes about three minutes - and a few million years of evolution, give or take. Nature history and prehistoric life sculptor Gary Staab and his team create a large crocodile sculpture in this time lapse.
Stephen Kenn: Encounter Collection
Normally promo videos for bags and small accessories focus on what goes in them. This video for Stephen Kenn's Encounter Collection instead focuses on both the sadness and joy that comes from passing an object along to younger generations. Kleenex optional.
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Goalies Gone Wild
If you thought hockey goalies were tough before, wait until you watch over 14 minutes of them coming completely unhinged. Jason Voorhees has nothing on these guys.
V Formation
You've seen the flocks flying above you in a tight V formation and wondered about the how and why. Researchers at the UK's Royal Veterinary College have found that there are aerodynamic benefits to flying this way, beyond the oft-proposed protection from predators.
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Masterworks
Over the last 30 years, contemporary and post war art prices overall outpaced the S&P 500.* This helps explain why Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen, and Bill Gates have collectively poured hundreds of millions into this global asset class. Luckily, you don't have to be a billionaire to build an art allocation in a portfolio anymore. Masterworks.com has made diversifying with multimillion-dollar artworks featuring artists like Banksy and Basquiat accessible to everyone with their premier art investing platform. Uncrate readers can use the link below to get access today.
Presented by Masterworks.
Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Important disclosures: masterworks.com/cd
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IQBAR x Thomas Keller Nutrition Supplements
IQBAR x Thomas Keller presents two surprisingly elegant functional nutrition favorites: Salted Caramel Chip Bars and Yuzu Mango IQMIX. The Salted Caramel Chip Bar blends 12 g of plant-based protein with toasted macadamia nuts, rich salted caramel flavor, and five brain-boosting nutrients (like lion's mane, magnesium, MCTs, flavonoids, and vitamin E) in a low-sugar, low-carb format. Meanwhile, the Yuzu Mango IQMIX hydration sticks deliver a refreshing combo of real yuzu and mango, brain-supporting lion's mane, and magnesium L-threonate, all while zeroing out on added sugar. It's gourmet meets functional.
Presented by IQBAR.
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Sustainable Kidnapping
Sustainability awareness has made it's way into many facets of our lives - agriculture, recycling, and manufacturing are just a few examples. Above Average has taken the sustainability concept and applied it to an unusual line of
crimework.
Eat Anything You Want
...Just cook it yourself. At least that's the advice from Michael Pollan in this smart RSA short.
