See-Saw Bookshelf.
The concept is so simple it's genius! Here's the see-saw bookshelf created by designer BCXSY: Link - via Smidigt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/see-saw-bookshelf/Archive for June 2007
Crazy Japanese Pitching Technique.
That's one crazy Japanese baseball pitching technique! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Say No to Crack...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/crazy-japanese-pitching-technique/The Clinic: Hospital-Themed Club in Singapore.
It's not unusual for clubs and chic restaurants to have "themes," but The Clinic in Singapore steps it up a notch: their theme is hospital (complete with wheelchair dinner chairs).Hope their food is better than...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/the-clinic-hospital-themed-club-in-singapore/Migaloo: White Humpback Whale
That's a migaloo, or a white humpback whale (which may or may not be an albino, scientists aren't sure):Record numbers of humpback whales are on their annual migration up Australia's east coast, including the rare wh...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/migaloo-white-humpback-whale/1,800 Year Old Mummy Preserved in Salt.
Archaeologists discovered an 1,800-year-old mummy of a 3rd-century man, a salt-mine worker from northwestern Iran, whose body is preserved in salt.During the Roman Empire period, just after the fall of Parthia, a sal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/1800-year-old-mummy-preserved-in-salt/Dancing Traffic Cop.
At YesButNoButYes, a whole lotta dancing traffic cops:Traffic cops need to draw attention to themselves, and I respect anyone who can take a boring job and make it worth uploading to YouTube. Link [a bunch of em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/dancing-traffic-cop/Smiling Bird.
The elusive recurve-billed bushbird or the "smiling" bird was recently rediscovered by scientists in Colombia after a 40-year absence.Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/smiling-bird/Transgendered 6-Year-Old.
Here's a story about Jazz, a 6-year-old transgendered kid:On the surface, the Jennings and their four children are a typical American family. But their youngest child, Jazz, is only in kindergarten, and already she i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/transgendered-6-year-old/Seat 29E: the Airplane Seat From Hell!
Here's the funniest airline complaint ever, complete with artistic depiction of how sucky seat 29E truly is."I constructed a stink-shield by shoving one end of a blanket into the overhead compartment - while eff...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/seat-29e-the-airplane-seat-from-hell/Pi-Nuts Bar.
Neatorama reader El Arcano took this pic of the pi-nuts bar in Gent, Belgium. Link [Flickr] | Pi-Nuts website - Thanks El Arcano!Previously on Neatorama: H-Bar (yes, photoshopped, unfortunately), Fubar and Fooba...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/pi-nuts-bar/Criminals Prefer Nike Shoes.
The British police is launching "Footwear Intelligence Technology" system to track footprints left at crime scenes. Apparently, crooks prefer Nike: 6 out of the 10 footprints left by criminals are from Nike sho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/criminals-prefer-nike-shoes/Bizarro: Lesser Known Crash Testing.
Here's Bizarro comic for today! For more, check out Dan Piraro's website: Bizarro....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/bizarro-elderly-crash-test-dummy/USB Engine Hub.
Here's something new from SolidAlliance: a USB engine hub complete with vibrating motor.Link (with video goodness)- via Engadget, Thanks Eric!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/usb-engine-hub/Insulation Made from Mushrooms.
Two years ago, Eben Bayer was given a college assignment to create a sustainable insulation. Since he grew up on a mushroom farm in Vermont, he immediately gravitating to growing mushrooms as eco-friendly insulation...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/insulation-made-from-mushrooms/Reusable Write-On T-shirt.
Think Geek has a t-shirt you can customize, wash, and customize again! Fill in the blanks for the "I'm in ur..." meme and express your daily geekiness. Comes with a marker. Link (Thanks, Jan!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/reusable-write-on-t-shirt/Where Do Cats Come From?
Discovery Channel reports on a study designed to trace the lineage of the modern house cat. The results:Cats' ancestry was traced to five types of wild cats [which] managed to interbreed at various times, with the re...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/where-do-cats-come-from/Rare lemur triplets.
The Palm Beach Zoo announced the arrival of red ruffed lemur triplets, born May 21st. This lemur species is critically endangered, with only around 1,000 surviving in the wild. Isn’t this one adorable? Yes, he o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/rare-lemur-triplets/Holden Monaro GTS Grill.
An enterprising Australian guy turned a classic Holden Monaro GTS into a barbie!http://jalopnik.com/cars/where.s-the-shrimp?/on-the-barbie-holden-monero-gts-barbecue-grill-271272.php - via Born Rich | See also Neatorama'...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/holden-monero-gts-grill/Pepsi Ultraman.
Holy moly! Someone made a Pepsi Ultraman! Does this make anyone thirst for a Pepsi? Found at Tigers and Cranes....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/pepsi-ultraman/Best in the World: British Camouflage.
We've posted the couchmouflage, catmouflage, carmouflage, and satmouflage before, but the Brits got 'em all beat. In fact, they're so well camouflaged you just have to take my word that there are two - TWO! - British sol...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/best-in-the-world-british-camouflage/Japanese Robotic Dead Body Remover.
Leave it to the Japanese to make a robot for ... removing dead bodies from the street! Must be preparing for Zombie Walk [wiki] Tokyo or something.Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/japanese-robotic-dead-body-remover/Yarr! Best License Plate Ever.
Found at Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/yarr-best-license-plate-ever/Lethal Injection Attack Droid.
We've featured Christopher Conte's mechanical sculptures before - but this one is so cool we just have to do it again: Lethal Injection Attack Droid Prototype.Link (Don't miss the Unmanned Attack Helicopter, a radio-cont...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/lethal-injection-attack-droid/World’s Oldest Car Headed For Auction.
The catchy-sounding De Dion-Bouton et Trapardoux was built in France in 1884, and amazingly, it’s a three owner car. Among its many credentials, “La Marquise†is a steam-powered four-wheeled car...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/worlds-oldest-car-headed-for-auction/Melting Wall Clocks.
Cincinnati artist Hilary Wiezbenski designed these melting wall clocks, reminiscent of Salvadore Dali’s Persistence of Memory. Clocks can be ordered in several shapes and many colors, and you can have you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/melting-wall-clocks/Design-a-Toilet Contest.
Attention, architects, designers, and engineers! Italy needs more public toilets, so port-a-potty company Sebach is holding an international competition. Get your chemical toilet cabin design in by August 4th and you may...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/design-a-toilet-contest/Chopines.
These are twenty-nine-inch platform shoes, called chopines, from sixteenth-century Venice. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art:Developed in the early sixteenth century and especially popular among Venetian wo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/chopines/Female Expressions.
How to read a woman’s facial expressions. For clueless men. This explains a lot. We women tend to assume you guys know how to do this already, since it’s so simple for us. Link -via the Presurfer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/female-expressions/Kite Cam.
Randall Munroe of xkcd launched a kite with a camera to take elevated photos. This one is of the Charles River and Northeast Boston. That's a pretty high-flying kite! Link -via Cynical-C...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/kite-cam/Alphanumeric persistance of vision display.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories tells you how to make your own alphanumeric persistance of vision display. That is, if you are geeky enough to understand it. If not (like me), you’ll enjoy looking at th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/28/alphanumeric-persistance-of-vision-display/
