Mark Rober spent years turning backyard experiments into viral social media sensations, from the iconic glitter explosion that foiled package thieves to the mind-bending squirrel mazes that serve as the ultimate obstacle course. His most recent project takes aim at one of the world’s most popular sports. A robotic goalkeeper designed to stand between Cristiano Ronaldo and the net that was inspired from a simple but intriguing question: can engineering prowess defeat athletic genius?
A pair of robots stand seven meters apart on an indoor court, their hands outstretched in the same way that outfielders do. One robot throws a baseball at its partner at 70 mph, which is a pretty good high school fastball, while the other’s receiving arm springs forward in a blur to catch the ball mid-air with a quiet thud against a bespoke glove. Without missing a beat, the glove flicks back, and the robot whips the ball back, creating a flawless arc through the air. All of this was captured on camera in a brief tech demo by RAI Institute researchers last week.
Danny Lum spent more than a year attempting to make a completely insane idea into reality. He had an idea for a mini bowling lane that he could simply set up on his kitchen table, with just as many features as the real thing, including pins that arranged themselves after each roll. What began as a peaceful little side project during those long evenings at home quickly grew into something far larger than he had anticipated.
Google’s latest Doodle goes for the fences to celebrate the start of the MLB World Series, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s a visual nod to baseball’s biggest stage and like a well placed fastball, hits the mark.
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Red Bull athlete Andrzej Bargiel stood at the top of the world’s highest point, 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), where the air is appallingly thin. On September 22, 2025, he took to his skis from the top of Everest all the way down to base camp, depending on the mountain for every breath of air.
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On September 25, Sandro Dias stood on top of a 22 story government building in Porto Alegre, Brazil, looking down a ramp that would make even the most fearless skater hesitate. At 50 years old, the Brazilian skateboarding legend was still attempting to make history. Dias turned an urban legend into reality with the Red Bull Building Drop, breaking two Guinness World Records: the highest drop into a quarter pipe and the fastest speed ever recorded.
Johannes Grasser stands at the edge of the airplane door, the Nevada desert stretching out before him like a canvas of dust and dreams. Black Rock City, the temporary center of Burning Man, is home to 80,000 people, a semi-circle of tents, art and a sense of community that’s ever fleeting.
JayByrd Films is known for his one-take drone videos that take you deep inside various locations with an FPV camera. In his latest video, Jay Christensen takes us on a flythrough of Texas Tech University’s football facilities, also known as the heart of Red Raider nation.
A humanoid robot steps up to a table tennis table, paddle in hand, and whacks a forehand that sends the ball flying across the net. This is UC Berkeley’s latest creation, the HumanoId Table TEnnis Robot, or HiTTER. This thing can play over 100 shots against a human and is precise, agile and a little bit human-like.
