Library of Congress had just acquired the original 1962 drawings from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s “Amazing Fantasy #15″ – complete with Ditko’s pencil erasures and white-out opaquing fluid – in which Spider-Man made its first appearance in print!

The falx hybrid-electric tilt-rotor concept in police trim.

Tilt-rotor aircraft have been around since the 1950s, offering the vertical take-off, hovering and landing abilities of a helicopter with the range, high flight ceiling, speed and fuel economy of a turboprop aeroplane. Falx Air Vehicles are planning to push the fuel economy angle even further by using [...]

Basically Yamaha incorporated their piano keyboard thinking into
this leather sketchpad and went “TADA! This is pretty cool!”
This is cool! Ever find yourself writing out your grocery list for the week and thought, “gee, I bet this grocery list would make a really cool song..”?
Yamaha has just introduced a notepad with an integrated keyboard. This [...]

Rather than giving everyone the full-sex treatment with its ads,
MySpace wants to create ads that are more relevant to its readers
MySpace will give users the option of whether they want to participate in a targeted advertising system that mines their profile’s information, a senior company official said on Tuesday.
MySpace’s HyperTargeting system will look at a [...]

 
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
The tool – for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change – is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be able to see the underwater topography, called bathymetry; search for particular spots or attractions; and navigate through the [...]

Approx 23% of the population shares their prescription drugs
In one-on-one interviews with 700 Americans, roughly 23 percent reported loaning their prescription medications to someone else, and 27 percent reported borrowing prescription medications.

 
The great foosball pastime just got a whole bunch cooler
Foosball is just one of those classic games that just about everyone enjoys. Here is a Hi-Fi Foosball Table with a nice stereo built right into its frame, allowing you to rock out to your favorite tunes while you have a nice, respectful game going on. [...]

Scientists from the Conservation International and Brazilian universities found 14 new species in the protected wooded grassland of Brazil’s Cerrado. Amongst the new species is this legless lizard of the genus Bachia:

This wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen an alarm clock that could play MP3 tracks, but it is the first one we’ve come across that can play movies after it wakes you up.
JWD’s pint-sized MP3 media player has a compact 2.0-inch full-color LCD screen which can play MP4 format video clips…

But Does It Lift And Separate When You Go Jogging?
Heightening the ever-increasing pressures to conform to someone else’s ideals is this new invention known as the Biniki – put simply, it’s a bra for your butt. The patented Biniki is a US$30 series of straps you wear around the waist and under your bum cheeks [...]

Nearly all teens in the US have grown up using the Internet
Nearly all US teens ages 12 to 17 use the Internet, according to a September-November 2007 Pew Internet & American Life study.
The 94% of teen respondents who reported accessing the Internet are doing so frequently. Two-thirds of teenage Internet users (63%) reported going online [...]

Direct mail is still an effective marketing tool
According to Mintel Comperemedia, e-mail is not about to eclipse direct mail for US marketers.
In fact, the number of direct mail offers sent out to US customers increased by 17% in 2007.

Cute little dancing kittens
These are British Shorthair kittens dancing to the song from the milkshake drink Crusha ad. Second video after the jump.

Engineers have demonstrated how to make microscale origami-like containers that could be used as drug delivery devices in the body. The hinged structures were created in polysilicon and are only 30 micrometers on a side. (One inch is 25,400 micrometers.)

 
SMOOCHY!
These works of art can be repulsive or grotesque to some, yet we can’t seem to look away. Intricately detailed, it’s as if some of these creatures are crying out for our help while others are mocking us with their silly expressions. But one thing is for sure, they all seem to have a story [...]

Could You Fill It With Beer Though?
 
Driving a car in a toasty place like Texas during the summer would be no fun if your air conditioning were on the fritz, that is unless you had a Cool Shirt. The catch is that at around $300, it would probably be cheaper to simply fix the car’s [...]

 Fun science experiment with metronomes
Synchronization of 5 coupled metronomes in Lancaster University. Explanation on the video after the jump.
 

A Government In Exile
Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags. The factory in Guangdong had been completing Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags. The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Workers said they thought they were [...]

The latest in olfactory help for allergy and pollen sufferers
Japanese hay fever suffers go to great lengths to stave off pollen and this is a less cumbersome and decidedly more fashionable option than the other ones used, called the Nose Mask Pit.

Awesome Colorchanging Lighting

Look at these cool LED lights! Minimal and elegant, they work with a remote switch and cycle through 16 different colors, so you can set the mood in your living room without having to get up from the couch.

 Pakistani women buy subsidized flour in Lahore. The price of staple foods
and fuel has risen drastically in the country in the last few months.
Around the world, rising food prices have made basic staples like rice and corn unaffordable for many people, pushing the poor to the barricades because they can no longer get enough to [...]

Wall Street is working overtime to decide who will benefit from the tax rebates
Wall Street has been busy figuring out where and when consumers will spend their rebate checks, even as the latest consumer sentiment numbers show U.S. consumers are more distressed than they’ve been since 1982. Goldman Sachs has a top 10 list of [...]

 Fascinating air tapping demonstration by Erik Mongrain
Air tapping is a unique style of guitar playing that Erik Mongrain excels in. His technique is very specialized, requiring years to perfect. It is both musical and percussive at the same time. More videos after the jump.
 
 

The Guolizhuang menu is a broad introduction to the medicinal benefits of eating animal penises and testicles.
Whole yak penis or sheep testicles on a bed of curry, anyone? A Beijing restaurant serves painstakingly decorated gourmet dishes for the fearless. They’re supposed to increase male potency, but women should try a bite, too: Eating penis is [...]

Testing the health benefits of eating chocolate. Oh the humanity!
Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the cause of medical research.
The trial, at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, eastern England, will test whether a natural compound found in cocoa, the main ingredient of [...]