Cliff Stoll and His 1895 Millionaire Calculator http://www.cnet.com/news/watch-1895s-millionaire-machine-do-some-astounding-mechanical-calculations/
Designing the world's most complicated die http://www.wired.com/2016/05/mathematical-challenge-of-designing-the-worlds-most-complex-120-sided-dice/
Ted Talk: Underwater Astonishments https://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments
But Harry Potter Didn't Need a Gooney Bird... http://digg.com/video/skydiving-quidditch Note the girl in the last five seconds throwing her broom down.