New York City held a design contest for new taxi cabs and have winnowed the finalists down to three designs, none of which are very exciting, but could make the manufacturer of the eventual winner rather wealthy. However, the city reserves the right to reject all three and start the competition over. However…
In this series of images, Imgur user JoeDusk shows how cheap disposable cigarette lighters can be disassembled and re-configured as kick-ass little motorcycles. It’s pretty insanely clever…
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These incredible ‘inksploding’ liquid artworks are the brainchild of a British artist who blends her work with cutting-edge science. The images, which have been compared to visions of alien worlds, have been produced by Pery Burge.
She has devoted many hours to perfecting her technique, since she began exploring ink in water forms in 2006, having abandoned painting because she developed repetitive strain injury from traditional brushwork.
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Mouser Williams collects sand from different parts of the world. He photographs his samples using a macro lens to get up close and personal, labeling their composition. This lovely sample is called Star Sand…
Whenever he hears “no” he knows he needs to increase the volume
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.” – – Winston Churchill
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Do you have space for the coolest couch ever?
The Space Invaders Couch was designed by Igor Chak. He says:
The Space Invaders Couch is basically a space invader turned in to a couch, a very fashionable and hard to pass by couch. The couch is all leather, with two glass surfaces. Although it might look uncomfortable it’s actually really soft, mainly lined and made with memory foam. Plus this is something different from a conventional couch…
A headstone carved in the shape of a monitor.
Chuang, 26, from Chongqing, south west China, was so geeky about computers his family had a headstone carved for him in the shape of a monitor giving his dates of birth and death.
Stonemasons also included a keyboard and a mouse with a picture of tragic Chuang to complete the tombstone tribute…
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(Scale bar = 1mm. Rectangle left shows approximate location of digital micrograph illustrated right).
‘Cherry’ figure. Note that red organisms predominate, but black fungus is also present.
While some rock art fades in hundreds of years, the “Bradshaw art” remains colourful after at least 40,000 years.
Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland in Australia has shown that the paintings have been colonized by colorful bacteria and fungi.
These “biofilms” may explain previous difficulties in dating such rock art…
io9 has created an interesting infographic showing how much the world has changed between 2000 and 2010.
Continue reading… “How The World Has Changed: 2000 vs. 2010”
“I don’t have a solution but I certainly admire the problem”
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – – Douglas Adam
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What more do you want? William Shatner “It Was A Very Good Year” on The Mike Douglas Show, 1969