What do you get when you cross a hammock and a bed? Why, the floating bed, of course! This bed was invented by Jeff Huff, who claimed that the gentle rocking motion helps people fall asleep faster and sleep better.

Link – via Nothing to do with Arbroath.

Instructables has this step-by-step guide on how to make your own 3" trebuchet [wiki] from paperclips that can throw little balls of blue-tac to an amazing 4 feet.

You will need:

1 pair of pliers (needle nose would be best but i don’t have those at work)
1 pair of scissors (yay for scissors)

7-8 paperclips
sellotape
thin string
blu-tac
a piece of corrugated card (approx 6X6")
Ballast (I used a bunch of batteries from our recycling box)

Link – via digg

Russian astronauts repairing the space station uses improvised tools because … they lost the real ones!

The missing items include a rubber bag with a clasp needed to hold a residue collection plate which will be removed from the outside of the station during the spacewalk. Instead of the rubber bag, several bags secured with bungee cords will be used for carrying the plate, which has toxic contaminants. …

"It’s a lot like your house," said Paul Boehm, lead spacewalk officer. "You set your car keys down somewhere and hopefully you find them again later when you try to remember it."

Link – via PopSci Blog

Coronado Police Department in the laid back city of Coronado in San Diego bay, California, has a new police car: a 2006 Mustang GT!

Link [video]

Neatorama reader Darren Ballingall created this 3D Space Invaders Flash Game:

I thought you guys might be interested in this version of space invaders I created in flash. It’s a 3D version with a few different arrangements of the levels.

A lot of the sounds are done from memory so forgive me if they’re not quite right.

I tried to make it as simple as possible and as close as I could remember to the original from the version I had when I was a kid.

I’ve played other remakes of space invaders but they didn’t have the same retro feel.

Actually, it was quite challenging to play Space Invaders in 3D!

Link – Thanks Darren!