Archive for April 2006

Monkey Cowboy.

From the website: Wrangler, a capuchin monkey practices riding on the back of Bo a border collie rounding up sheep as part of his act in the Pro-Rodeo being held at the Hardeeville Motor S...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/26/monkey-cowboy/

Chip Simons' Photos.

Take a look at Chip Simons' funny photos, this one is titled: hi ... i'm a corndog. Link (via Jaf Project)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/25/chip-simons-photos/

Lenny, the World's Only Life-Size Chocolate Moose.

From the website: - Made of 1,700 pounds of fine milk chocolate- Sculpted on-site in four weeks- Pond is white chocolate tinted with food coloring- Unveiled July 1, 1997Made by Len L...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/25/lenny-the-worlds-only-life-size-chocolate-moose/

Electrospun Nanofiber.

Daoheng Sun of China's Xiamen University and Liwei Lin of UC Berkeley managed to create an improved electrospinning method to create nanofibers in orderly fashion. Above, grad student Chieh Ch...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/25/electrospun-nanofiber/

Amos Latteier's 500-lb Potato Battery.

From the website: I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system. With the help of the Red 76 crew I installed the battery and sound system in the...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/25/amos-latteiers-500-lb-potato-battery/

Noelle the Pregnant Robot.

Gaumard Scientific Co.'s $20,000 "pregnant" robot is used to train doctors and nurses deal with complications of pregnancy: The full-sized, blond, pale mannequin is in demand bec...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/25/noelle-the-pregnant-robot/

Kevin Kelley's Asia Grace Photos.

This particular one comes from Kevin Kelley's Asia Grace photo set, titled Dye Store, India.From the website: These colors are sold before the festival of colors "Holi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/24/kevin-kelleys-asia-grace-photos/

Marcos Lopez' Asado Criollo.

Check out the larger version of photo (reminds you of anything?) and others: Link (via Evil-Clown)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/24/marcos-lopez-asado-criollo/

Phil Borges' Enduring Spirit Photos.

From the website: Sukulen 37Mt. Nyiru, Kenya As a young girl, Sukulen began having dizzy spells and hearing voices. She said she was very frightened and thought she was getting il...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/24/phil-borges-enduring-spirit-photos/

Duck Travels.

This website can be summed up as: Got a rubber duckie, will travel. See pics of this well traveled duck: Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/24/duck-travels/

Tony Robbin's Pattern Painting.

From the website: [Tony Robbin] was a founder of Pattern Painting, showing widely in the United States and Europe with this school, and committed, as were his colleagues, to the lyric fusi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/23/tony-robbins-pattern-painting/

Missing Protein Responsible for Lung Cancer.

Pran Datta and colleagues at Vanderbilt University discovered that the loss of a single protein molecule called Transforming Growth Factor-b (TGF-b) may be responsible for 75% of...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/23/missing-protein-responsible-for-lung-cancer/

Chameleon Blacklight Tattoo.

Tattoo artist Richie of Electric Soul Tattoo uses this blacklight-reactive ink for this tattoo. Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/23/chameleon-blacklight-tattoo/

Gordon Rutter's Two Headed Ducks.

Gordon Rutter of Edinburgh, Scotland, has a private collection of weird - I mean really weird, stuff.In addition to the two-headed duck on the left, he also has the Hand of Glory...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/23/gordon-rutters-two-headed-ducks/

World's Largest Embroidered Shoe.

From the website: Visitors are fascinated by the world's biggest embroidery shoe at a shoe exhibition in Shenyang, N. China's Liaoning Province Saturday, April 15, 2006. Th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/23/worlds-largest-embroidered-shoe/

T-52 Enryu "Rescue Dragon" Robot.

Japanese company tmsuk made this giant rescue robot called T-52 Enryu ("Rescue Dragon"). The giant robot has a bulldozer-like base and a 5-m long arms that can lift c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/22/t-52-enryu-rescue-dragon-robot/

17th Century Indian Sandalwood Spectacles.

Check out Antique Spectacles & Other Vision Aids' fantastic collection of vintage spectacles: Link (via Ursi's Blog)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/22/17th-century-indian-sandalwood-spectacles/

Susan Barstow's Disappearing Rabbit Trick.

From the website: Follow the rabbit tracks. BAM! The tracks suddenly end where the wing prints of an owl start. This picture was taken by a friend of a friend who teaches in Bethel, Alaska...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/22/susan-barstows-disappearing-rabbit-trick/

Tom Phillips' Hairy Skulls.

Artist Tom Phillips takes casts of human skulls and then cover them in his own hair clippings: A work in (slow) progress features two casts of the skull covered in my own hair...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/22/tom-phillips-hairy-skulls/

3 Steps Ahead's Short_Life's_Story.

Rekcv said: I've seen lots of metaphors about life in various places, but this is, by far, the most accurate one, as it reflects perfectly how fast everything passes and, at the same time,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/22/3-steps-aheads-short_lifes_story/

Nicole Steen's Dirty Dishes.

Check out the entire collection of custom ladies on latex - don't worry, safe for work: they're just painted dishwashing gloves! http://www.thetartgallery.com/gloves.html (via...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/21/nicole-steens-dirty-dishes/

Filipino Crucifixion.

On Good Friday, Filipino Catholic devotees in Lenten, Philippines were nailed to the cross (for real) in an annual ritual. From the website: Forty-five-year-old Ruben Enaje grimaces as he...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/21/filipino-crucifixion/

Modern Day Noah's Ark.

Dutchman Johan Huibers is building a modern day Noah's Ark! The 47-year-old from Schagen, 45km (30 miles) north of Amsterdam, plans to set sail in September through the interi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/21/modern-day-noahs-ark/

Getty Museum's Devices of Wonder.

The Getty Museum has a very cool interactive "edutainment" exhibition featuring vintage devices from the wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities) of 1600s to the 1...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/21/getty-museums-devices-of-wonder/

Comic Speech Balloon Smartphone.

Designers at Plusminus.ru want to create this smartphone that looks like a comic speech balloon. Smartphone featuring a color touchscreen - speech balloons are brought to real life from com...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/21/comic-speech-balloon-smartphone/

Crime and Punishment - a CoBlog with Grow-a-Brain.

This is the first post that I am "co-blogging" with Hanan who blogs at grow-a-brain.I don't know how Hanan came up with those fantastic links on a particular topic day after day after day - his...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/20/crime-and-punishment-a-coblog-with-grow-a-brain/

CK Wilde's Money Art.

Artist Christopher "CK" Wilde chose an expensive medium for his art: money.From the website:Wilde painstakingly cuts various shapes out of paper money from around the world to f...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/19/ck-wildes-money-art/

How to Instantly Stop a Baby from Crying.

I wonder if this loses its effectiveness if overused. If you can't see the video above, click on to You Tube: Link (via Metafilter)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/19/how-to-instantly-stop-a-baby-from-crying/

Terra Wind: World's First Amphibious RV.

This amazing amphibious RV is manufactured by a company aptly named Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International LLC. They also make amphibious Hydra Spyder sports sedan, the unsinkable Hydra T...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/04/19/terra-wind-worlds-first-amphibious-rv/
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