Archive for August 9th, 2005

“Gardeners” Stole $68 Million from Bank!

In a daring, real-life The Ladykiller-esque bank robbery, a gang of thieves dug 260 ft tunnel underneath a bank in Brazil & got away with $68 million. To disguise tons of dirt hauled from the tunnel, the thieves created a fake company that makes synthetic lawn. Link

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Robot Claw Catches 186 mph Fast Ball

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a robotic claw with three fingers and an array of photodetectors that can catch a 186 mph fast ball! Blog Link (via Engadget) | Movie (3 MB)

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Peekaboo 2.0

Oookaay – if you know who (or what) this is, email me!!

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Awesome Sidewalk Art

The absolute coolest sidewalk chalk (yes, chalk) drawing you’ll ever see! Link

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He Ain’t Gonna Make It!

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Look Closely

Cool, huh? My shaddow puppet creations now have an inferiority complex. Link

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Orange, Meet Mr. Bullet

If you must know, the first is a .223 Remington and the last two are .444 Marlin. Probably didn’t make much difference to the orange. Link

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Aluminum Can No Match for World’s Electricity

Build a machine to crush aluminum can using four times the world’s electricity: $48 million. Crush a can: $1 million. Newfound ability of geeky scientists to crush aluminum cans: Priceless. Link

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Cool Optical Illusions

A very, very cool collections of optical illusions – wait, it may just be you going crazy… Be sure to check out the rotating face mask, the Thatcher Illusion, and the Face in the Bean. Link

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