Bring it On !!! Yea Thats What I Thought!!!
This basically means the guy can eat and even digest metal, glass and even toxic, poisonous material without going “Oh, shit! What was I thinking!” before puking blood and dying, which is what normally happens when other people try… read more….

 
Science Backs Up Religion… Proving Facts Wrong, be my guest..
Believe it or not but there are lots of so-called educated people who believe that there is no evidence of the existence of Jesus as a historical figure.  Despite all the written evidence they have persisted in their arguments. Recently, a limestone box containing bones was […]

Cannibalism has been shown to make a species weaker
Cannibals are rare in the animal kingdom partly because eating your relatives makes you sick, say researchers in the US who have tested the idea for the first time.

Mining for gold is not always a good idea
The gooey, golden stuff that builds up inside your ears should stay there, according to national guidelines on earwax removal released today.
“Earwax is not intrinsically evil stuff, and consequently does not have to be removed merely because it’s present,” said Peter Roland, an ear, nose and throat […]

New technique for seeing if all the cancer cells were removed
The problem with cancer surgery, or so we hear, is that it’s difficult for surgeons to know if they’ve removed all of a tumor, especially in late-stage cancers when the edges get indistinct.

In London, Ontario, a team from the University of Western Ontario is bringing a fairy tale to life at the Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes.

Super-dosed C food
The Japanese are ahead of us in everything, even Fridge tech. Not only do they like to spray snow to deodorize things, they also like their fridges to emit vitamin C. Hitachi fridges, that is. The idea behind their new fridges seems sound enough. The R-Y6000 releases Vitamin C into the air inside […]

If you’re hoping to avoid attention, this is probably not the right approach
Just when you think USB flash drives all come in extremely boring rectangular designs, along comes the machine gun bullet USB flash drive that will definitely more than just a passing glance. Inside the machine gun bullet case holds 1GB of storage space, […]

Artificial jaw bone
Engineers have for the first time used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments.

 
 Picture is comprised of Envisat ASAR mosaics of the Arctic Ocean and highlights the changes in sea ice between June and mid-August 2008. The dark grey color represents ice-free areas while blue represents areas covered with sea ice.
Following last summer’s record minimum ice cover in the Arctic, current observations from ESA’s Envisat satellite suggest that […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1NwXQaVAKA

 
This is a great design for a bridge. It retracts into itself like one of those rolly-polly bugs.

 SPAIN’S EL COLACHO BABY-JUMPING FESTIVAL
The Spanish town of Castrillo de Murcia doesn’t need running bulls or even booze to have fun. Just give them some mattresses, a bunch of babies and a handful of fun-loving guys — dressed up like devils — and you’ve got yourself a fiesta.

 
Chewing gum was found to help relieve anxiety, improve alertness and reduce stress among individuals, according to a new study.

 
A Swiss amateur astronomer has discovered a new comet from an observatory in the western Jura district, the ATS news agency said Saturday.

Little Known Fact: Sarah Palin goes fishing with her bare hands
Sarah Palin is now the larger than life candidate running for Vice President of the United States. In all of our research we have uncovered the top 100 little known facts about this woman, some that even Sarah Palin doesn’t know about.  (Pics)

“Call me a pecker one more time and you’ll be wearing that yacht”
This week we sent a new team into that far distant land of “left field” and asked them to capture only the best possible photos for this weeks fully grilled, half-salted, oven-roasted photo smorgasborg. Not sure they were all that successful. (Pics)
 
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4co_oV0BoPc

Clever perspective from the world down under
Simple, yet very imaginative ad for Madrid Metro. Your daily subway commute will never be the same. Second video after the jump.
  

 
Apparently all their food is based on a dare.
When you go to China, be adventurous and try the food that the locals enjoy. In fact, the street food of Beijing is quite an adventure. (Pics)

 
Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a “visual computing era”.

 
I think the feeling of independence has no parallel. And this same feeling is valued to great heights by people with some physical impairment. We have products for everything, be it luxury or survival, but I wonder whether a device has hatched to take care of the blind single-handedly, without seeking the presence of well-wishers.

EL ZULO
Just looking at the design for El ZULO, Spanish for “the hideout,” makes me sleepy. Instead of putting my head down right here at my desk and catching a few zzz’s before my stiff neck and back cry “Oooh, that hurts!,” I imagine myself mustering just enough energy to get up, move a few […]

 
Designer Vivien Muller’s Solar Cell Tree Charger takes a page from nature, using solar panels as leaves that’ll allow it to soak up energy from the sun.

Recording the experiences of everyday living
The Experience Recorder is a high tech glove that will actively and passively archive everything about your day. On its automatic setting, it’ll record sounds around you, touch sensations and even take pictures of things that may interest you later.

 
Farmers are spending $50,000 to $70,000 each for cannons to control their hail
If you think hail cannons are some mad scientist invention, think again. Farmers are investing heavily in this technology, a technology that many believe has yet to prove itself. (Pics)

I Want One

Vehicle modder Daniel Deutsch (creator of the wonderful R2D2 projector) had built his own Landspeeder with a custom aluminum chassis. It travels a maximum of 25 MPH and can putter around in a Segway-like sphere of influence: a few miles on a single charge. Perfect for running down womp rats, but the X-34 […]