Richard Cotton took a photo of this very scary looking spiny orb weaver spider during his travels to Angkor Wat, Cambodia. He's a brave man, because it that were me, I'd be run...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/29/spiny-orb-weaver-spider/Apollo Diamond, a start-up company founded by a former Bell Labs scientist in his garage, has succeeded in making big, flawless diamonds for jewelry and technical applications. Linares buil...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/29/flawless-man-made-diamond/Ikea and Deutsch teamed together to make "everyday fabulous" for New Yorker in this guerilla marketing blitz in preparation for Design Week in New York City. They pu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/ikea-bus-stop/The Cloud Appreciation Society has a neat collection of clouds that looks like things. The photo above was taken by Angelo Storari in Ancona, Italy.Link | Cloud Gallery...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/the-heart-cloud/Peter Callesen made this very cool paperworks out of a regular A4 paper and glue. See his other creations: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/peter-callesens-impenetrable-castle/Found at Bits & Pieces....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/honk-and-duck-t-shirt/Marky Cutkosky and colleagues at Stanford University created this gecko-like robot with sticky feet that can scamper up a wall. Stickybot, developed by Mark Cutkosky and his t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/gecko-robot-climbs-up-a-wall/Chris drew this to illustrate broadband companies battling for rights in rural America for NetWorker Magazine.See more of Chris' artwork here: http://www.chrisbuzelli.com/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/chris-buzellis-battle-for-broadband/Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti took this cool photo of cats staring longingly at drying fish in Islati, Iceland. See Pennti's photo gallery at Photo-Eye here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/cats-fish/See this quirky art sculpture in action: http://www.adamjanes.com/comfyshow/comfyphotopages/comfyphoto02.html | Adam Janes' website (via Jaf Project)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/adam-janes-and-erick-pereiras-comfy-head-chopping-block-head-washer/Blatte's website has an awesome collection of fractals! This one's aptly titled "Green Dragon" and it's available as a desktop wallpaper. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/blattes-fractal/Yes - that's a Google Maps satellite photo of a big ship on dry land in Whampoa, Hong Kong.Turns out that it's the landmark of the Whampoa Garden housing estate - the ship is a tr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/28/ship-on-dry-land/From the website: A dragon-like dinosaur named after Harry Potter's alma mater has performed a bit of black magic on its own family tree, say paleontologists who unveiled the "Dragon K...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/dragon-like-dinosaur-named-after-hogwarts/NASA will launch a new mission dubbed Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) to study a mysterious glowing cloud that has been spreading around the world: The Aeronomy of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/mysterious-glowing-cloud/We've featured Theo Jansen's amazingly complex wind art before, but it's worth another look see. Hit play or go to YouTube Link | Theo Jansen's website (This one's for you Adam Beane!) Theo Jan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/theo-jansens-wind-art/Carl of theWAREHOUSE has a neat collection of Ripped Off Logos and Stolen Images. (Thanks Carl!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/plumbercats-ho/Yes, the Net has everything, including an annual competition of DIY stickers. This one above, an entry by Geo from Germany of a funny cartoon character jimmying a showcase lock,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/stickeraward/Byron sent me this photo of a two-tailed lizard found in his home in Orlando, Florida (Thanks Byron!).For other lizard curiosities, see previously on Neatorama: Weird...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/two-tailed-lizard/Theispot.com showcases works of over 1,100 commercial illustrators from over 16 countries. You can browse by subject or artist, and even buy illustrations online!Link (Than...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/thousands-of-illustrators/Mikel's artwork shines fruits in a new light: Link (Don't miss Sacrifice of Subject Matter and the fantastic reflections of Freedom Horn!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/mikel-glass-pumpkin-battle-2002/For you literary-junkies, it turns out that Jane Austen's letters contain many references to shopping: From the letters it is apparent that the Austens bought some of their groceries on cre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/lets-go-shopping-with-jane-austen/Harry's other books on travel and adventure wouldn't make it to Neatorama. But his book, titled "Moles and Their Meaning", sure is a shoe-in: .. every mole upon the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/harry-de-windts-moles-and-their-meaning/Lots of remixed propaganda: http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/PhotoAlbum1.html...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/27/micah-wrights-remixed-propaganda/Fred Eerdekens is a Belgian artist who elevates shadow into an artform. Can you believe that those the shadows of those squiggly copper lines above spell out a sentence? Amazing!Link (Than...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/fred-eerdekens-shadow-art/Cameron Kelly proposed to his girlfriend Angie Kreimer using a 113-page self-published book titled "50 Reasons Why You Should Marry Me and 51 Reasons Why I Should Marry You&q...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/a-literary-proposal-50-reasons-why-you-should-marry-me/Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada, hosts two great sand sculpture contests: the Vancouver Sun Tournament of Sand Sculpture Champions and the World Championships of Sand Sculpture....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/harrison-hot-springs-sand-sculpture/Max Dürsteler of Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland won 1st prize at the 2006 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest with this illusion.Also, don't miss the rest of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/max-drstelers-the-freezing-rotation-illusion/Tessellation or tiling in art is made famous by M.C. Escher. Here's Hans Kuiper's version, using a famous duck!Link | Gallery...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/hans-kuipers-duck-tesselation/From the website:This project, called TAKELUMA, is a phonetic writing system for representing the sounds of English. In this system, when phonemes are spoke, htye leave their m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/26/peter-chos-takeluma/
