Category — Video

Ok, this has been around the block as well as sitting on my list for ages, but still no less impressive. TV network Cuatro commissioned Barcelona-based, audio-visual specialists, Kotoc to make the idents for the UEFA Euro 2008 competition.

Kotoc were briefed with “robots, football and superheroes” and created a campaign consisting of small sequences in which extreme football, action and science fiction merge.

Check Behance to watch the Cuatrobots!

There’s a few idents there, but they’re short and very sweet.

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An awesome clip of NASCAR racing shot from beneath…

Via The Awesomer

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This is one of those videos that you just need to watch for a bit, even if you’ve seen something similar. The initial tantalising edits, which cut before the boxing glove hits the faces, eventually reveal all the face vibrating glory from about half way through, rewarding your patience.

Via Urlesque

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Real or not, watch as these dudes show how lights are switched off via ricocheting ping pong balls…

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Fallon has released the latest spot in its A Glass And A Half Productions series for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.

The ad follows the trend established by Gorilla and Trucks of combining a retro track with some good, clean fun, this time in the form of two eyebrow-dancing kids.

As Creative Review suggest, this advert is likely to spawn lots of YouTube imitations.

Via Creative Review

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This Durex Balloon Animals ad made by NY animation studio Superfad for Atlanta agency Fitzgerald + Co, is going to be a classic. Its obvious but wonder why it has never been done before! Genius…

Via Creative Review

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Can you do this? Check out this beach babe hula hooping – at the same time and swinging on the hoops!

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Big Dog looks to be one mighty development as it can travel over different terrain carrying baggage.

Unlike previous robots I’ve seen before, Big Dog moves in an eerily realistic way as if it was some strange insect, and its can legs move quickly to compensate for when it gets kick or when it detects its about to fall (potentially).

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My god, if you ever wanted to do any unassisted flying, wearing just a wing suit, this is it! New year’s resolution – to go out more.

Via The Best Article Every Day

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National Geographic has an intense, stomach-turning video from Papua New Guinea. It shows men undergoing scarification to make their skin resemble that of a crocodile, as part of a rite of passage into manhood.

Its a compelling watch when the “slicing” begins. I can understand how bearing the pain will prepare you for the future however. But I’m mixed in terms of the necessity for this ritual, probably because I don’t know the culture there.

Watch the Crocodile Scarring Ritual Video

Via Boing Boing

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