Boing Boing Video

N.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits + Kool Keith: "Spacious Thoughts"

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:41:16 PST

Boing Boing presents a music video from the N.A.S.A project: "Spacious Thoughts," featuring Tom Waits & Kool Keith, directed by Fluorescent Hill.

Nouveau Oldtime Jam: Blind Boy Paxton, Dom Flemons (of Carolina Chocolate Drops), and Frank Fairfield

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:37:30 PST

After a live recording session of the Carolina Chocolate Drops at Village Studios, Santa Monica, an impromptu jam with visiting "nouveau oldtime" guests. Blind Boy Paxton, Dom Flemons (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops), and Frank Fairfield.

Test-driving the Electrobite, a trilobite-shaped DIY vehicle (BB Video)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:09:18 PST

Boing Boing talks with the creators of the Electrobite, a DIY art-vehicle in the form of the prehistoric trilobite creature.

BB Video: "Man in the Sand," by Gordon "Violent Femmes" Gano

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:50:08 PST

"Man in the Sand," from Gordon Gano and the Ryans' new record "Under the Sun." Video dorected by Matt Mahurin.

Digital Open Winners: Australian Teen Crafts "Sneaky" Games

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:11:58 PDT

Harry Lee, 16, of Melbourne on his "Sneaky Card" game, which explores social interactions between people -- a winning project in the Digital Open, an open tech expo for youth from IFTF, Sun Microsystems, and Boing Boing.

Digital Open Winners: Teen Designs Eco-Home of the Future

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:32:38 PDT

Meet a 15-year-old kid from Spain who is fascinated by eco-friendly architecture, and designing smart homes that rely on renewable energy.

Digital Open Winners: From pocket-sized Altoids tin hack, big dreams emerge

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:01:34 PDT

Meet Digital Open winner Nick Brenn. This teen's crafty Altoids tin hacks led to his "Electronikits" store, which sells electronics kits for pocket-sized tin-mod flashlights and other DIY oddities.

Digital Open Winner: A Living Diorama, to Change the World.

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:56:43 PDT

Digital Open teen winner Alexis McAdams describes her vision of "Dioractive," a living diorama project in which human beings enact current events, to create empathy and understanding.

Digital Open Winner: teen creates a robot shop

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:58:53 PDT

Brennon Williams, whose Digital Open project offers robotics kits to beginners, talks about his creations. Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing to create the Digital Open, an online tech expo for global teens.

Digital Open Winners: "Hybrid Airship," by teen robotic blimp builders.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:34:21 PDT

Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing to create the Digital Open, an online tech expo for global teens. Meet a winning team: "Hybrid Airship" by robotic blimp builders "The Funky Shiitake Mushrooms."

Digital Open Winners: A student website by and for teens.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:04:14 PDT

Meet a winning team from the Digital Open teen tech expo: "Centralized Student Website," by Raymond Zhong and Aatash Parikh.

Boing Boing Video: Coachella Time-Lapse (dir. Ray Klein, music by Hawke)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:29:55 PDT

Ever wondered what a giant, sprawling, three-day music festival in the desert would look like if it were nano-crammed into five minutes? Filmmaker Ray Klein's time-lapse of Coachella 2009 shows us.

Boing Boing Video: SYNESTHESIA, a film by Jonathan Fowler.

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:59:41 PDT

Boing Boing presents a remix of "Synesthesia," a documentary directed by Jonathan Fowler about people whose senses blend, or mix. For instance: a synesthete might see colors when listening to music, or taste flavors when hearing a spoken word.

They Might Be Giants: "Meet the Elements" music video (BB Video)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:20:11 PDT

An ode to the periodic table of elements, by alt-quirk-pop band They Might Be Giants, from the new album "Here Comes Science."

Doctor Who Exit Interview: David Tennant + Russell T. Davies, with Richard Metzger (BB Video)

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:59:26 PDT

David Tennant and Russell T. Davies, the outgoing star and executive producer of Doctor Who, in conversation with BB Video guest host Richard Metzger.

(BB Video) Mighty Boosh: Live at the Roxy / Pocket Book of Boosh (pt. 4 of 4)

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:40:58 PDT

Excerpts from the Mighty Boosh live show held July 28, 2009 at the Roxy on Sunset, Los Angeles, CA.

(BB Video) Mighty Boosh, pt 3: Slashfic, Boosh books, Eleanor's NORAD link

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:53:59 PDT

In the final portion of Xeni's interview with Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, we explore slashfiction, Eleanor's secret NORAD link, and Boosh books.

(BB Video) Mighty Boosh, part 2: Crimpin' Ain't Easy

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:30:09 PDT

Part 2 of Xeni's interview with Mighty Boosh creators Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding focuses on the "power of the crimp," nonsensical rhyming Brit-raps featured on the hit BBC show.

BB Video: Xeni with Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh (pt 1)

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:36:33 PDT

Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt of "The Mighty Boosh," a hit BBC comedy show described as "Sid and Marty Krofft meets Frank Zappa," in conversation with BB's Xeni Jardin.

BB Video: Carve Steel with Saltwater, Electricity and a Tin Earring (Popsci)

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:55:28 PDT

Theo Gray, Popsci.com columnist and "Mad Science" author, shows us how to perform DIY electrochemical machining with homemade gadgets.

(BB Video) Send Me a Link: The Art of Cassandra C. Jones

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:07:24 PDT

Xeni interviews artist Cassandra C. Jones. Her work uses "found photography" from search engines to explore how we relate to images online.

BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:27:23 PDT

In this 1944 "Soundie" which inspired the Devo song and video “Whip It,” a cowboy flirts with cowgirls sitting on a a fence, and strips one of them with his whip.

Boing Boing Video review: Joel tries the Sigma DP2 camera

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:28:27 PDT

Boing Boing Gadgets' Joel Johnson reviews the Sigma DP2, which promises very high quality images with a compact device form.

BB Video - Pirate Bay Surrenders to Hollywood: Peter Sunde interview

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:50:19 PDT

At the Open Video Conference: Peter Sunde, co-founder of the world's most notorious BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, speaks to Xeni Jardin via video chat from his home in Sweden, where The Pirate Bay is on trial for copyright infringement.

BB Video: "Web of Love," Prescient '60s Homage to Online Dating (Oddball Video)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:24:38 PDT

A "Scopitone," an early 1960s video jukebox technology, featuring what appears to be a message about the perils of online dating. From Oddball Film + Video of San Francisco.

(BB Video) Mile-High Gaming with Virgin America + Google

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:36:06 PDT

Ze Frank, Kid Beyond, Shira Lazar, and World Puzzle Champ Wei-Hwa Huang joined Boing Boing's Rob and Xeni for in-flight networked Google gaming aboard WiFi-equipped Virgin America flights.

BB Video: "Ssshhh," by Hess is More, dir: m ss ng p eces (music video)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:45:45 PDT

"Ssshhhh," a track from the new album "Hits" by Danish "playful techno" artist Hess is More, aka Mikkel Hess. Directed and produced by NYC-based m ss ng peces.

BB Video: Day in the Cloud - Google + Virgin America + mile-high fragging

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:27:06 PDT

Google Apps and Virgin America are teaming up for a day of cloud computing in the clouds. Boing Boing will be on-board with Jane McGonigal of IFTF.org.

BB Video: Omega Recoil, Mad Electro-Makers Who Craft Giant Tesla coils

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:18:07 PDT

Boing Boing video peeks inside the electrified world of Omega Recoil, a group of engineers and "makers" who craft giant Tesla Coils, and stage humorous and thrilling performances with those large electrical display devices.

BB Video: This Week in Space And Aviation, with Miles O'Brien

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:30:06 PDT

The veteran space and aviation reporter checks in with Boing Boing for updates on the shuttle launch, new information about the Air France crash, and the hearings into what led to the "miracle on the Hudson."