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Bill Barminski created this Mickey gas mask to protest self-cencorship in the media (for real!) Link |
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In "Fallen Rapper Prototypes", Packard Jennings proposed that Pez Candy Inc. make Pez dispensers honoring dead rappers Tupac Shakur, Easy E and Biggie Small. Link |
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Alan Turing, yes - that Alan Turing that broke the Nazi’s Enigma code during World War II - also explained (mathematically) how the leopard got its spots. Link
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Joseph Wu created this awesome dragon origami from 5-and-a-half sheets of paper. For more of his cool origami creations, click here: Link
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From the website: "The Ultra Deep Field obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope is the deepest view into the sky by humankind to date. This image combines 800 frames with a total exposure time of 1 million seconds. The 10,000 galaxies that are visible have distances out to times where the universe was just 800 million years old, one seventeenth of its current age."
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For more creative bunny-cide, see: Link
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Undoubtedly, many of you have seen this before - nevertheless, The Matrix Ping Pong is fun to watch again and again. Link |
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As you can see, Echo Chernik is an amazing art nouveau illustrator. See more of his cool artworks here: Link
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You’ve probaly heard of Mike, the "Headless Wonder Chicken" that lived for 17 months without a head. This is its website: Link |
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John Walker found this beautiful, fractal Romanesco cabbage cauliflower in his supermarket shelf. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Bar stool racing, the latest weird racing-fad ever to hit, well … somewhere in the heartland of America, I guess. Link |
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Psychedelic, funny music video "Del Gazeebo" by Nacho from Snake Mountain. Link |
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Found Footage Festival celebrates funny clips from home videos found at garage sales, thrift stores, and dumpsters from all around the United States.
My favorite is the foul-mouthed RV host - you’ll see. Link |
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Mister Tweak-a-Thon escapes description. You have to see it for yourself. Link |
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These are men of the Jivaro clan of the Amazon. If you ever see them, run as fast as you can.
Why? Because they’re the only tribe in the world that still practice the art of shrinking human heads!
Link (with a gruesome gallery of shrunken heads, you’ve been warned) |
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Ze Frank’s running a "make your own clothes out of toilet paper" contest. These people have too much time (and now, less toilet paper) on their hands. Link |
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30 feet tall Sears Towers, made from 15,000 Jenga blocks weighing over 300 pounds total. Link (via Attu Sees All)
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Yes, that is the real-life Simpsons house, built in Springfield (Henderson), Nevada! Photo Gallery | VR Panorama (why of course!)
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Hop David’s cool collection of Escher-like tasselated images. Be sure to checkout the Democrats and Republicans image! Link |
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You don’t have to understand them to appreciate these mathematical images. Link
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Japanese illusion artist Shigeo Fukuda created impossible objects with neat optical twists.
In one of his famous works, he showed a jumble of junk whose reflection on the mirror shows a perfectly fine piano. Link |
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In Luigi Colani’s rotor house, you can move a room you want (bedroom, kitchen, bathroom) into view of the main living room. Link |
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Now you don’t have to pay the one-easy payment of $29.95 (plus s/h) to see those famous alien autopsy pics! Link
Want more? Try their gallery here. |
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Amazing aerial shots of intricate, huge maze in corn fields. Link |
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Very awesome VR panorama of Apollo 11, 12 and 17 moon mission by Hans Nyberg. Can you spot the "hubcap" on the Apollo 12 panorama? Link
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Did you know that McDonald’s have created the following burgers for its international (non-US) customers:
Maharaja Mac (two all lamb patties, special sauce … on a sesame seed bun), Samurai Pork Burger (marinated with teriyaki sauce!), French fries with seaweed flavouring… Read on here: Link |
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Ever see a hamster ball and think "hey, how does it feel to be inside that thing rolling down a hill?". Well, now you can with zorb, the human hamster ball. Link |
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Toyota doesn’t just make good cars, the company also has a very active research program into robots, including the middle one that looks like a walking chair! Link
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Rob Innes and Dan Piazza have created an awesome bionic dolphin watercraft! Link
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Apparently, there are a lot of things you can make out of bamboo, including a race car. For more, see: Link (via MAKE:Blog)
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Jesse Klein made a robot that toasts, butters, pours syrup and spreads whipped cream on whaffles. Genius! Link (via Cynical-C Blog) |
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Michael Pucciarelli’s imaginative Pooch Island drawings: Link
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Sam Cancilla has a huge collection of vintage toys. Check out his collection at Sam’s Toybox. |
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For a tiny fraction of the price of a gas-turbine engine, Bruce Simpson’s awesome SimpleJet’s pulsejet engine can provide all the thrust and spectacle your project requires! Link
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S. Fujita spent 2,500 hours over 155 weekends from 1992 to 1996 to re-create Star Wars Trilogy entirely from Lego.
You’ve gotta admire the dedication. Link |
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Hubcap creatures are made entirely from re-cycled materials - very cool, indeed! Link |
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Play the Hipster Bingo - just print it out and take it to your next class/show/ whatever. When you get five in a row - Bingo! You’ve spotted a Hipster.
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Which country should the US tackle next on its war on terror? This guy asks people on the street. (Eye-RAN? where is that country again?) Link |
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Mr. T talks/sings a song about treating your mother right. Link |
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Zladko "Zlad" Vladcik was to perform his very popular techno ballad, "Elektronik - Supersonik". Link
You’ll get it when you see it. It’s hilarious, by the way. |
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Now you can view the earth as currently seen from a satellite in its orbit (ok, simulated view but still pretty cool). Choose from hundreds of satellites! Link |
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Fly Pentop Computer sees everything you scan and write on special dot-matrix fly paper. It can solve math equations (by drawing a calculator), play music (by drawing a set of drums), and so on. Link |
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Obert Skye’s Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo now in Flash game goodness. Link |
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