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Yes, it's that time again... *drumroll* it's time to announce the ten greatest GIFs of the week! If you need some more GIF action in your life, check out the best GIFs from last week and the week before. What are you waiting for? Dig in to these hot and steamy GIFs!

Ah, GIFs. Perhaps the greatest thing to come out of the internet. If you think GIFs are cool too, check out the ten funniest GIFs of the past week. We collected them all here for you and we gotta say, these ones are gold. You're welcome. 

Most of the time, life doesn't go as smoothly as we want it to. Life has nasty little surprises around the corner. But there are some things that will always work like clockwork: machines. There are no nasty surprises with machines. No getting caught in the rain without an umbrella. No parking fines on your windscreen. No dropping your toast on the floor face down. None of that. Mechanical things are dependable. Predictable. So here are ten mechanical GIFs of things working that will satisfy your innate desire for order. 

That is not a typo. NASA has been hard at work developing the technology for the next mission to Mars. Part of that are the modules that will be part of the rover. An autonomous helicopter would be able to take pictures never seen before, and reach areas that the rover on the ground, would take far longer to reach, and might not even be accessible.

There's no doubt that The Matrix is one of the best films ever made. Released in 1999, visual effects of such high quality were virtually unseen before. But would The Matrix be as good if it's visual effects weren't as good? After watching Studio 188's low cost version of The Matrix, we can say, YES. This low budget version of the classic is as good (or better?) than the original, purely because of the creativity that went into recreating The Matrix on a low, low budget. And it will have you crying with laughter. This will make your week. 

I wonder where the pot of gold is in this case? Wherever it is, these visuals make up for the lost windfall. These are some absolutely incredible images of various planes from all over the world creating incredible artwork in the sky. Though conspiracy theories abound regarding contrails, it seems they are simply guilty of providing us with some amazing photographic opportunities. Michael Marston is a Brisbane-based photographer who has been posting these images to his social media, to viral acclaim.

Do you ever see tiny things and wonder how on Earth they were made? What, did faries make them with tiny fairy hands? In the case of the Sigma fp, the world's smallest full frame camera, we have video evidence that it is not being made by fairies (although the video might just be a front... we will investigate more). The workers in these videos do have to seem nimble hands, though. If you're interested in seeing how a tiny camera is made, continue reading!

WARNING: what you are about to see may cause extreme cringing. 2020 has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster ride thus far, but here's something that will make you feel better: Elon Musk pulling out his daggy, cringey dad dance moves. Apparently money and fame don't make you any less of a geek, and we promise you'll feel better about your dance moves after watching this. Watch the whole embarrassing spectacle on Youtube. Or check out these terrifying photos of the Taal volcano to cleanse your eyes.

The weekend is nearly upon us, and we know what that means: procrastination at work. To aid you in this important task, we've compiled a nice long list of fifteen GIFs that'll get you giggling (and make your co-workers look at you weirdly). But it's almost the weekend, so you don't care! Get your GIF on. 

Remember that big box of Lego you had as a child that was filled with hundreds of different styles of Lego and twenty Lego men and women from Darth Vader to scuba divers? Trying to sort those boxes would have been impossible. That's probably what Daniel West experienced before he built his Universal Lego Sorting Machine from Lego. It uses artificial intelligence to sort the Lego pieces and we all want one for our ahem nieces and nephews. 

Want to read some more interesting articles? Have a look at this story about the very strange fish that washed up on a beach in California. 

This article was originally reported by The Verge. 

We're back again for more Gif fun and mayhem. This week has a fantastic blend of funny and amazing, and some that are just simply wholesome. No matter what you enjoy perusing, there is something for everyone here for sure. Stay tuned next week, and until next time:

What did the toilet say to the other toilet?

"Damn man, you look flushed."

Meet Snowball, a cockatoo that dances with new, non-repetitive dance moves with the beat of the music. This is something science has never seen in a species other than humans. 

This article first appeared in Live Science.

OK people, we know you need your weekly dose of GIFs. And not just any old GIFs - you deserve the best ones on the interweb. So without further ado, here we go! Dig in to the best fifteen GIFs from the past week. You are welcome.

It's that time of the week... GIF time! As usual, we have handpicked the very best GIFs from the past week, and boy are these ones good. What are you waiting for? Dig in!

NASA's Mars 2020 rover has passed it's first and only driving test - at snail speed. Interested in more space news? Check out this week's top ten space photos.

This article was originally reported on Universe Today.

When life goes right it's like a machine working perfectly. If you're the kind of person who likes analogies like this, then we reckon you'll love these mechanical GIFs.