Here's an inspiring tale of Kelli Lim, a triple amputee who beat the odds to become a doctor:The Michigan native, 26, does not use a prosthetic arm and manages to perform most medical procedures - including giving in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/triple-amputee-becomes-a-doctor/India's Tata Motors plans to introduce the first mass produced car powered entirely from compressed air. The CityCat model, shown above, has a range of 125 miles, and scoots around at up to 68 mph. Filling up is a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/a-green-drivers-dream-a-compressed-air-car/There's been a post about David Armand here on Neatorama earlier. Here are a few more clips - plus the old one, since it's been removed from YouTube. "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" by Paul Young [YouTu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/johann-lipowitz-aka-david-armand-mimes-again/In a recent raid on an al-Qaeda "torture chamber" in Iraq, US soldiers captured a set of drawings depicting crude torture methods like "putting head on a vise," "blowtorch to the skin," and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/al-qaeda-drawings-of-torture/Artist Philippa Lawrence travelled all over Wales to wrap majestic dead trees as part of her art project:One of the most prominent trees was located next to the A48 on the outskirts of Cardiff. It was wrapped in pale...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/philippa-lawrences-wrapped-trees/What is that black spot on Mars? Turns out its an entrance to a really, really deep cave on the planet:The hope for the HiRISE images was that we could see some details from inside the hole. But as you can see by the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/martian-cave/Here's something amazing: the pistol shrimp uses its claw as a sonic weapon!As the claw snaps shut it fires a blast of bubbles. Incredibly as the bubble collapses it momentarily reaches the temperature of the sun. Th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/pistol-shrimps-sonic-weapon/No children like homework, but it's supposed to be good for them, right? Right? Maybe not, according to Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish. In their book The Case Against Homework, the authors argued that despite tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/is-homework-hurting-our-children/Willy Volk of Gadling wrote about some really, really weird things people keep in jars.Believe me, the octopus on the left is probably the least weird thing you'll find in this article: Link - Thanks Willy!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/weird-things-people-put-in-a-jar/Psst! Wanna rent a labyrinth? You can rent this replica of Chartres labyrinth from the Labyrinth Company: Link - via Coquina Daily...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/rent-a-labyrinth/What influenced George Lucas' Star Wars? A lot of classics went into the creation of Star Wars. Here's ABC World News webcast on what inspired George Lucas.For instance, did you know that Yoda was modeled after Einstein?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/films-that-influenced-george-lucas-while-making-star-wars/It seems to be of some use and I think it's a cool thing to design and make by yourself. Click image to play or follow the link to CollegeHumor....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/another-slow-lego-machine-bottle-opener/Part of the Star Wars Celebration IV in Los Angeles last week was The Vader Project. DKE Toys distributed Darth Vader helmets to 66 participating artists to embellish in their unique styles. http://www.starwars.com/com...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/the-vader-project/Flickr user PaperRelic creates collages of ephemera, which you can see in this collection. At the beginning of January 2005 my love for paper evolved into a love for collage. This photoset is a place I post some o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/collage/A mashup of the multiplayer online game World Of Warcraft and the early 90's song "I'm Too Sexy", by the British pop band Right Said Fred. Link [YouTube] - via Uber-Review...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/too-sexy-for-world-of-warcraft/Our weekly collaboration with Cellar Image of the Day brings us the image of this strange animal: a rare soft-shelled turtle called Cantor's giant turtle. A 24-pound female Cantor's giant turtle — known for its...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/soft-shelled-cantors-giant-turtle/The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader.Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the most dramatic incidents in U.S. history - and the source of persistent questions. D...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/the-truth-about-pearl-harbor/Oxypedia, whose motto is "where the shrimp are always jumbo," is an excellent source for oxymorons.See if you agree with their Top 50 Oxymoron picks, including gems like temporary tax increase, clearly misu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/oxypedia-the-encyclopedia-of-oxymorons/Bunk Strutts of Say No to Crack ran across this mysterious dried fruit, called Igde Pshat, from a local grocery store.IS THIS THE PERFECT SNACK FOOD, OR WHAT? No significant nutritional value, it’s grown in thi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/mysterious-fruit-igde-pshat/Do you get writer's block? Turns out this malady is so ancient that in 367 BCE Greek philosopher Aristotle developed a rhetorical method to jog the author's brain!Here's a modern adaptation of Aristotle' concept at Beaut...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/busting-through-writers-block-aristotle-style/Photo credit: Christop W. SensenEngineers from Sun Microsystems and Fakespace Systems created this awesome immersive virtual environment that looks very much like the Holodeck in Star Trek!http://cave.ucalgary.ca/images....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/the-holodeck-is-here-cave-virtual-reality/This late 12th century English painting depicts various surgical procedures for hemorrhoids, nose polyps, and cataract! The surgeries shown above are pretty dramatic, especially when you consider how often patients d...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/12th-century-surgery/Here's a funny and creative ad for Carlton Draught, with a parody song inspired by Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.Link [YouTube]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/funny-beer-ad/In 1967, Austrian artist Walter Pichler created this peculiar contraption of a TV helmet called "Small Room" which allows the user to watch TV in peace (and isolation!)http://www.2wice.org/issues/uniform/prot1....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/walter-pichlers-tv-helmet/Every now and then comes a concept that is so promising that it is just begging to be made into real products! Eric Zhang's Bubble Head Webcam is one such product - come on and make it, already! Link - via Eduyayo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/28/eric-zhangs-bubble-head-webcam/Any fellow language geeks out there? Having been a student of English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai and Lao I consider myself to be somewhat of a language geek. I've always been fas...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/27/the-click-song/Check out Mehmet Ozgur's awe-inspiring "smoke works" photography - I'm sure they're digitally enhanced, but still very, very awesome. Link - via Papelera 21...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/27/mehmet-ozgurs-smoke-works/Is Iowa (and perhaps other states) "abducting" senior citizens by forcing them into nursing homes against their will?Here's the story about Linda Wilson's fight to get her 88-year-old grandma Mary Stenlund back...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/27/grandma-snatcher/Hampton Landmarks (yes, sponsored by Hampton Hotels) has a huge searchable database of US landmarks, complete with photo and descriptions.For example, take this one along I-10 in Cabazon, California: Dinny the dinosaur.*...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/27/a-huge-list-of-cool-us-landmarks/Here's a guy you don't ever want to pick a fight with: Nikolay "Russian Giant" Valuev, who, at 7 feet tall, absolutely towers over his opponents (before pummelling them to oblivion). Nikolay also happens to be...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/27/nikolay-russian-giant-valuev-worlds-tallest-and-heaviest-boxing-champ/
