http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHoyB81LnE

This is amazing. The elephant is named Hong, and is currently residing in Thailand. Each art piece cost about $500. Additional video after the jump.

Average-looking men with good manners are among the most trusted, while good-looking men are trusted the least, says a new survey.
The survey, conducted in Canada and US by public relations firm Ketchum Global Research Network and brand development firm MARC Research, showed men with good manners are considered more attractive than those without.

The Museum of Unworkable Devices is one of those sites everyone on the internet should visit at least once.

Blow Up Some Power!

 
An English company, IDC, has announced plans to mass-produce an inflatable solar panel and make it commercially available for less than 100 pounds ($200), a great leap forward in making green energy available to the masses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoA02PmueH4

 
This CBS report was in March 1975. Edward J.Daly,owner of World Airways, sent a Boeing 727 aircraft to Da Nang Vietnam to pick up stranded woman and children. Instead the aircraft was swamped by military personnel climbing on the aircraft.  
 

Don’t try to make friends with a cassowary!

The Virtual Wall provides a barrier made up of plasma laser beams depicting pedestrians doing what they do best and any car that crosses that barrier suffers the consequences.  Okay so maybe those lasers aren’t powerful enough to do any harm but the effect is enough to make drivers and pedestrians alike follow crosswalk rules […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v67n2VkseR8

Gartner forecasts that the number of mobile payment users will reach 103.9 million globally in 2011, up from 32.9 million in 2008.

The system uses an airbag mounted in the A-Pillar of the car. When a front end impact is detected, the airbag will inflate, covering most of the hood and some of the windshield. Studies show that many of the injuries and fatalities could be avoided if this simple measure was taken. In fact, the Dutch […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMUv2KfYkj4

One of the best songs ever combined with one of the most whimsical roadside advertising gimmicks equals a video of pure joy.

The fact that “going green” has become this decade’s de facto cool global issue to support is a good thing. Whether it’s Al Gore winning prizes for his activism or nations around the world being forced to do their part to improve the environment, going green helps us all. But in the rush to hop […]