Video Of The Week - Curious Shark Takes Off With Expensive Camera RigWhile sharks are known to use their sharp teeth to grab everything they can lay their eyes on, nobody every thought that an underground camera rig would make the cut. But, as Bahamas shark expert Jim Abernethy found out, nothing is safe from these curious fish....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - The Science of The Summer Olympic Gamesif you are wondering how teenagers like Missy Franklin and Katie Ledeky seem to break records so effortlessly, or how Usain Bolt simply bolts past everyone with what appears to be inhuman speed, you are not alone....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - A Double Decker Bus That Exercises?With the 2012 Summer Olympics beginning this Friday, July 27th, 2012, it seems as though everyone is starting to think more about becoming fit especially in London, where the events are scheduled to take place. First there were the penguins at the city's zoo that began practicing their dives and now its iconic red double-decker bus has been spotted performing push-ups!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Parrot Gets In Trouble With Law Over Taxi ReservationsWhen retired shipyard worker John McAlinden adopted a parrot from his friends two months ago, he was told that the yellow-headed Amazon was a quiet calm fellow, that hardly ever uttered a word. Nothing, could have been further from the truth....
Read news articleHappy July 4th!On behalf of the DOGOnews team, we would like to wish you all a happy July 4th! We are taking a short break to enjoy the nation's birthday, but will be back with more exciting news starting July 10th, 2012. Have a great holiday!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week- The Smart Bed That Makes ItselfEvery kid and adult knows how hard and time-consuming it is to make one's bed. First you have to lift and fluff the pillows, then flatten the comforter and tuck it all the way to the top and last, but not least, place the pillows above. Whew! That's a lot of hard work early in the morning. What's worse is that within a few hours, it is rumpled all over again....
Read news articleLorne Residents Frolic In Nature's Foamy Bubble BathNo matter how old one is, frolicking around in a bubble bath is always exciting. Now imagine if the bubbles were a couple of feet thick and extended out three miles into the open ocean - That, is exactly what the locals and tourists visiting Lorne in Victoria, Australia were able to experience on June 5th, 2012....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Transit Of VenusOn June 5th and 6th 2012, people all over the world had the rare opportunity to see Venus as it made its way around the sun. Unfortunately, thanks to foggy skies, time of occurrence or simply lack of the right equipment, many of us missed this once-in-a-lifetime event - One that will not take place again until 2117....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Iceberg Flip Caught On TapeWhen we read about Icebergs it is usually in association with them melting and turning into a pools of liquid, but these solid chunks of frozen water are also capable of performing quick flips - Something that has been known about, but never caught on camera, until now....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Spectacular Light Show 'Crumbles' Sydney's Opera HouseEvery year, the Vivid Light, Music and Ideas Festival held at Sydney's Opera House transforms the already beautiful city into an even more spectacular canvas of light and music. The event, which this year takes place from May 25th - June 11th, is known for attracting the world's best performers, as well as, leading global intellectuals....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Man And Machine Fly Side By SideLast week, a team of skydivers pulled off a stunt that has never been done before - Fly over the Austrian Alps at an altitude of 13,000 feet, alongside two engine-less gliders....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Garrett McNamara's Record Breaking Wave RideThe morning began as one of those rare days when Hawaiian-born Garrett McNamara did not really want to go surf. It ended, being the day when the 44-year old rode a wave that would get immortalize him forever in the Guinness World Records!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - A Bird's Eye View Of Earth From SpaceOne of the coolest things about orbiting around the Earth in the International Space Station must be the magnificent view, which changes almost every second. Now, thanks to sophisticated cameras these have been captured and compiled into a stunning time-lapse video for those of us not fortunate or old enough, to be astronauts....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Tetris Comes Alive At MIT CampusWhat is better than playing a video game on your Xbox 360? How about playing it on a 95-foot tall building? That's exactly what some fortunate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were able to do, on April 25th, 2012....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Coke's 'Hug Me' Machine Dispenses Free SodaIt seems like advertisers are getting increasingly innovative in their approach to getting the word out. First there is Denmark's Generous store that hands out gourmet chocolate in exchange for good deeds and now a 'Hug Me' vending machine that dispenses free coke cola in exchange for, you guessed it . . . . . . . A hug!...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - The Amazing Google GogglesOver the past few months, there has been a lot of speculation about search giant Google's development of goggles so advanced, that it would be like walking around with a computer on one's face. If this video released by the company recently is to be believed, they are everything that had been speculated and more....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - 5th International Pillow Fight Day Is A Roaring SuccessIn case you missed it, Saturday April 7th, was International Pillow Fight Day - Yes that's right, a day when thousands of adults and children all over the world got together in their respective cities, to stage a pillow fight against total strangers...
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - 12-Year Old Skateboarder Lands The First-Ever 1080A 12-year old Malibu youngster has achieved what even professional skateboarders like Shaun White and Mitchie Brasco have been unable to do - Land a perfect 1080. For those of you who do not understand skateboarding lingo, it means completing three full rotations in the air and landing with his board still underneath him....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Opossum Goes Snowboarding!Is it just our imagination or are animals getting sportier? First there was Twiggy, the water-skiing squirrel, then came Goatee, the surfing goat and now, Ratatouille the snowboarding opossum....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - The Next 'American Idol'?Move over Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Ron Hicks and all you other American Idol superstars - Here comes Petu, a dog who cannot only croon out a soulful melody, but also, play the piano....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Human Mattress Dominos Topple World RecordIt seems as though people will do almost anything to get into the Guinness World Records - create gum wrapper chains, host large tea parties, turn themselves into human torches and even, as was recently the case, topple over each other like dominos while lying on mattresses....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - Happy Presidents' DayWhile for most of us Presidents' Day means enjoying a three day weekend, there is more to it than meets the eye. Celebrated on the third Monday of February, the day is intended to honor all American presidents, especially our founding father George Washington and the president who helped reshape our country - Abraham Lincoln....
Read news articleVideo Of The Week - A 30-Story Hotel In 360 HoursConstruction can be a slow laborious process - The bigger the building, the more time it takes right? Apparently not, if you take a look at this time-lapse video of a 30-story, 183,00 square foot T30 hotel that recently went up in China's Hunan Province - It's total construction time? A mere 360 hours!...
Read news articleDo Tree Trunks Make Music? You Betcha!Thought the rings on tree trunks are good for just figuring out the age of the tree? Think again! A German artist has come up with an ingenious turntable that 'reads' music off tree trunk slices....
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