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Here are some awesome pool trick shots. Link [YouTube] – via eBaum’s World
Frederik Samuel created this Flash video of how flags of various countries would have been designed had they been subject to clients’ wishes. Some flags are “corrected” in order to achieve political correctness (like erasing the star of David in the Israel flag as not to offend other religions) whereas others are “rebranded” (like the Canadian flag) to achieve that on-the-edge pop look.
Link [Flash] – via The Grumpy Gamer
John Kovalic’s My Little Cthulhu. This is just so out-of-this-world awesome! Link – via Notcot
Harriet Harriss and Matt Harrison will exchange vows and rings. Nothing unusual about that, except the rings will be made out of their own bones!
The scientists extracted the participants’ wisdom teeth to get at a sliver of bone that attaches them to the jawbone.
They then dissolve the bone mineral and extract the bone cells to go into the lab.
These are fed with nutrients and grown on a "scaffold" material called bioglass, a special bioactive ceramic which mimics the structure of bone material.
The real goal, of course, is to learn to grow large bits of bone for those with cancer or who need bone replacement.
For those people who can sleep through anything, here’s the perfect gift: a boombox-printed pillow.
NASA is now planning to create a permanent base on the Moon, after astronauts begin flying back there in 2025. Link
This incredible photo was taken by blogger and naturalist Maryke Gray, who had the extraordinary privilege of witnessing the birth of this baby mountain gorilla — and the ensuing donnybrook over the placenta. Maryke tells the story in her blog, The Virunga Gorillas:
Last week, I was carrying out some routine monitoring on the Hirwa group of Gorillas, with my fellow researcher Nzamurambaho, Muhire, a tracker who often leads me to the gorillas.
We were monitoring the gorillas early in the morning when a female caught our attention. We suddenly realised that we were going to witness a gorilla giving birth. This is incredibly unusual and has only been noted two or three times in the past. The mother, gave no observable indication that birth was imminent, and delivered her infant quickly and easily. Like other mammals, the birth commenced with the water sac which was broken after a couple of minutes by the mother picking at it. The baby came very quickly (a matter of minutes from start to finish), the mother picked up the infant and started to lick her child to clean it. The other members of the family were unaware of what had taken place and they continued their normal activities, as the female had moved away from the group into the bamboo to give birth alone. After giving birth, the female moved back to join the group with her infant, at which point the other gorillas became aware that a birth had taken place. At this point there was fighting between all the females over the placenta, as all the females wanted a share. The silverback had to intervene to calm the situation down and to protect the new baby and mother. After the situation had quietened down the females were very curious and all of them came close to the new mother to observe the new baby.
Kiev, Ukraine. Via English Russia
Still fighting your office war by snapping rubber bands around? Well, it’s time you get the USB Cannon for true office war arsenal supremacy!
Link – via Random Good Stuff
No time to exercise? Pish posh – with Olga Kisseleva’s Powerbike, you can exercise while biking on your way to work! Link – via Make.
From the website:
Arsonists who enjoy burning down a festive Swedish straw goat may have met their match this year.
In the 40 years since the tradition started, the giant goat of Gavle has often gone up in flames within days.
But this year the 13-metre (43ft) high goat has a coat of flame-resistant chemicals, and the authorities are determined it will see in the New Year.
"No-one is going to get our goat this year," says a local spokeswoman with confidence.
Link | Goat webcam – via Arbroath
When his students asked him how to save energy in making furniture, Dr. Christopher Cattle, a retired furniture design professor said: grow it straight from the tree!
Links: Richard Reames’ Arborsmith | Dr. Cattle’s Grown Furniture
It’s an upside down pre-lit Chrismast tree! Why?
The inverted shape makes it easier to see ornaments, which hang away from the dense needles and do not get lost in the foliage.
Link – Thanks Tiffany!
Here’s the 50 Greatest Commercials of the ’80s, as compiled by GIANT Magazine: Link - Thanks Luke!
Joe Kyte makes some awesome topiary sculptures. See some of his works here: Link
Photographed by flickr St̩fan . Links: Lego Panda [flickr] | Lego Tiger [flickr] Рvia The Cute Project
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With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the UCSB Libraries have created a digital collection of over 6,000 cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. In an effort to bring these recordings to a wider audience, they can be freely downloaded or streamed online.
Xerox scientists have created the erasable paper: image and text printed on it disappears within a day, and the paper can be reused again and again (which saves trees!)
To develop erasable paper, researchers needed to identify ways to create temporary images. The "a-ha" moment came from developing compounds that change color when they absorb a certain wavelength of light but then will gradually disappear. In its present version, the paper self-erases in about 16-24 hours and can be used multiple times.
Link – via Tech Ticker
Chris Rule recut Mary Poppins as a horror flick! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Boing Boing and The Disney Blog
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Kevin Lim has a neat slidesow of Stowboard, the foldable skateboard (it also acts as a rolling bag carrier!)
Link [Flickr] | Stowboard website
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From the website:
This technology allows to wave plastic optical fibers alongside synthetic fibers, forming a luminous fabric. The luminous fabric is similar to a synthetic fabric (it can be sewn, hand washed,…), except that it can emit light when connected to a specific electronic module. This electronic module can be powered either by a disposable or rechargeable battery, or by a small mains transformer (for non wearable items).
Unlike standard optical fibers, the fiber optic fabric emits light along the full lenght of the fibers.
