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A different kind of magic carpet
If I'm going to buy a magic carpet, it better fly. Still, this interactive digital rug does impress. When you walk across it, leaves scatter and reassemble on green grass in an incredibly lifelike way.
Duration: 0:26
Sparks in slow motion
Striking flint against steel is an old-fashioned way of starting a fire. Film it at 5,000 frames per second, though, and you have an amazing display of pyrotechnics. You won't believe how beautiful it looks.
Duration: 3:54
Around the world in 5 minutes
After quitting his job last year, photographer Kien Lam hopscotched around the world, visiting 17 countries in 343 days and taking 6,237 photos. This amazing time-lapse video, with music composed by Lam's brother, tells the whole story.
Duration: 4:50
Flying devil rays
This BBC One nature video treats you to a spectacular pelican's-eye-view of devil rays performing astonishing aerial somersaults in the Gulf of California. I saw them doing this when I was in Mexico recently, and it's even more amazing in person
Duration: 2:10
Dewey Bozella's story
Dewey Bozella spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. In prison, he earned college degrees and became a champion of the boxing ring. His fight to clear his name won him the Arthur Ashe Award for courage at the 2011 ESPYs.
Duration: 11:30
Fishing under the ice
For a diver, Lake Saarijarvi in Vaala, Finland, is an underwater wonderland in winter. There's something surreal about this world, too, but you can't quite fathom why. Until - wait a minute - why are those air bubbles sinking?
Duration: 3:45
Smile, you're on Canon's Face ID system
The new Canon PowerShot G1X and ELPH point-and-shoot cameras include advanced facial recognition tools. The application gives focusing preference to kids in group pictures, and you can store the faces of up to 12 friends and family members. Is that helpful or creepy? Watch this video and decide for yourself.
Duration: 1:31
The very first YouTube video
Users from around the world upload 24 hours of video to YouTube every minute. But what video came first? Here it is: "Me at the Zoo," uploaded by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005.
Duration: 0:18
Funny cats
When cats do outrageous stunts, there's usually a camcorder nearby to capture it for posterity. Enjoy this nearly eight-minute compilation of some of the cutest cat classics ever shared on the Internet.
Duration: 7:50
100 years in 10 minutes
The years 1911 through 2011 saw many triumphs and tragedies. This is the most intense and spellbinding 10-minute history lesson you're ever likely to experience. Warning: contains some graphic images.
Duration: 10:39
Meet the Feel-o-meter
The Feel-o-meter may look like a normal smiley face, but there's a lot of technology behind this monumental mood ring. The installation can scan the faces of random people and use sophisticated software to analyze their emotions. The smiley then visualizes the assembled mood data.
Duration: 2:24
What a wonderful world
The face and voice of natural history films in Britain, David Attenborough is still going strong at 85. He recently wrote and presented Frozen Planet for BBC One, but he still had time to turn out this amazing, heart-warming video for the network.
Duration: 2:00