And since our bodies are made up mostly of water…
Our thanks to Marshall Dudley of Knoxville, TN for sharing his granddaughter, Arielle Reynolds’, experiment with us. Both Arielle’s mother, Christina, and Grandpa have much to be proud of. Congratulations, Arielle, well done!
“Below is a sience fair project that my granddaughter did for 2006. In […]
We understand these gentlemen are known as The Green Leaves. You’ll see why.
Harvesting organs is big business in NYC
Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead.
The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased […]
Finally, all of the fuel cell hype is starting to pay off
The Dimona Fuel Cell Plane is a joint venture test craft modified by Boeing Research and Intelligent Energy. The first test flight took place in Spain recently and seemed to go well in that no-one died and the thing flew for a while […]
Ingenious though it was, the “Be The Bike” patent did not attract much attention amongst bicycling aficionados. But dreams were not dashed: the same inventor’s later patent for “Be The Pony” would eventually make him a kinky S&M baron of a new, multi-million dollar industry.
Wallpaper - Kabuki Feline
Artist Emma Hack creates beautiful designs that blend her models into their surroundings.
The effects of this artwork kind of looks like 3D human wallpaper.
On page 427 O’Connor finally realized the Supreme Court was part of the Matrix
America’s first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are “godless” activists.
Now That’s Amore’
In a bizarre publicity stunt, Dr Wei Sheng pierced the decorative needles in his head, face, hands and chest in the five colours of the Olympic rings.
The picture of Dr Sheng’s was taken in Nanning, Southern China, and demonstrates the patriotic fervour among the Chinese people in the build up to September’s Games.
Which US or Canadian environmental journalist or team of journalists will win $75,000 for exemplary reporting in 2007? And more importantly, have you read their ground-breaking work yet? To learn the identities of this year’s finalists for the Grantham Prize and to link to their stories, read on. The Grantham Prize was established in 2005 […]
Marco Evaristti
Danish artist, Marco Evaristti, had liposuction done. Simple procedure, right? Nothing out of the ordinary. But not with this guy. He made meatballs out of the fat sucked from his body and called it art!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0VX74alwk
Impressively well done music
Here is the world’s first iPhone band. Second video after the jump is amazing.
If these immortals weren’t immortal…
Czech artist Andrzej Dragan (who also happens to be a quantum physicist!) did a fantastic photoshop job on imagining how Marilyn Monroe and Bruce Lee would look like had they lived to see old age.
Some brains actually need crash protection
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have developed a ‘mind-reading’ computer.
It is hoped the mind-reading machine, which can forecast the activity patterns a brain will create for a specific word, will offer a better understanding of how and where the brain stores information and even lead to improved treatments […]
Finding new freedoms in the virtual world
A paralysed man using only his brain waves has been able to manipulate a virtual internet character, Japanese researchers said on Monday, calling it a world first.
The 41-year-old patient used his imagination to make his character take a walk and chat to another virtual person on the popular Second […]
Pringles Don’t Work As Shingles
Dr. Fredric J. Baur got his wish after he died. Baur was the man who invented the design for the Pringles potato chip can.
And after he passed away last month his family honoured his last wishes, and placed some of his remains inside a Pringles can. That can was then placed […]
Ditch Your Ex-es Drek Blek And More!
A website has been set up which allows ex-girlfriends and wives to sell unwanted gifts from former lovers. What a great way to release angst and score some cash!
Screw voluteering to lie down for 90 days for NASA: the National Space Society is offering a job as a Space Ambassador, with taking a ride into space as part of the duties.
The instruments depicted [above], from left to right, are: the ’sequere me’ (’follow me’) a flexible probe, so called because it was the guide to be followed by other instruments; a syringe; the ‘Acus rostrata’ or snouted needle, a grooved director along which the scalpel was passed; the ‘fraenum Caesaris’ or strong thread, a ligature […]
18th Century Technology Finally Makes It’s Debut in New York and London
An arresting new artistic landmark is drawing crowds in London and New York, intrigued at being able to wave to each other through what is teasingly presented as a huge Trans Atlantic tunnel.
Varying mixtures of aggregate, sand and other binder materials used to create asphalt concrete samples
A great deal of effort is being invested towards discovering ways to make our world greener, with cars in particular being the focus of research and development initiatives. But what about the green credentials of the millions of miles of roads […]
At a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Americans have curtailed their driving at a historic rate.
A whole lot crazy, but we like it
With the help of a GPS device and shipping company, DHL, artist Erik Nordenankar went on a 55 day journey around the world to complete this self-portrait. Videos after the jump.
Research now shows that watching Blues Clues makes children far more chimp-like
Human beings do not like to think of themselves as animals. It is thus with decidedly mixed feelings that we regard the frequent reports that activities once thought to be uniquely human are also performed by other species: chimpanzees who make and use tools, […]
NTT’s RedTacton human area network (HAN) technology will make you suspicious of every doorknob
Personal Area Networks (PAN), pioneered by IBM’s Thomas Zimmerman in the early 90s, have been, up until now, not much more than a geek dream, a way to network all your carried gadgets together without the worrisome wiring. Now, though, NTT is […]
Much like an umbrella, this octopus like structure folds out of your hind quarters and lets you skim thru traffic
A motorcycle design student recently came up with a wearable motorcycle design that, while cool, is unlikely to see public adoption. The bike would be capable of doing 0 to 60 is just 3 […]