Chess Set from Nuts and Bolts.
Claude Rieth built this cool DIY chess set from nuts and bolts. Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/18/chess-set-from-nuts-and-bolts/Archive for January 2006
T. Beth's Light Trail Photos.
For more cool light trail photos using a digital camera, see her blog: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/18/t-beths-light-trail-photos/Man Drinks A Case of Beer, Performs Amateur Surgery Perfectly.
When Jude Gonzalez split open his scalp while surfing in a remote Indonesian island, boat skipper Tom Plummer who happened to be nearby had to perform a 4 hour surgery - his first...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/17/man-drinks-a-case-of-beer-performs-amateur-surgery-perfectly/"Royal" Sex Offender Caught by Student Journalists.
Joshua Gardener, a 22 years old convincted sex offender, tried to pass himself off as Caspian James Crichton IV the 5th Duke of Cleveland in order to attend high school.Student journalists at t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/17/royal-sex-offender-caught/Clay Edgin's Guide of How to Tear Things in Half!
Clay "Gripper King" Edgin explains how you can tear a phone book and a deck of cards in half....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/17/clay-edgins-guide-of-how-to-tear-things-in-half/Octavio Ocampo's Family of Birds
For more very cool illusion pics, see Planet Perplex's awesome collection: http://www.planetperplex.com/en/gallery.html. Octavio Ocampo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/17/octavio-ocampos-family-of-birds/Heather Cox's Wheelchair and Frosting.
Don't miss Heather's skeleton cookie cutters, aspirin wedding cake and very other cool creations! Link (via Jaf Project)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/16/heather-coxs-wheelchair-and-frosting/Man Solves Rubik's Cube Puzzle in 11.13 Seconds!
Leyan Lo, a 20-year old Caltech student, set a new world record for solving a Rubik's Cube in just 11.13 seconds. He beat a previous record of 11.75 seconds set by Jean Pons.Way to go, Leyan!Li...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/16/man-solves-rubiks-cube-puzzle-in-1113-seconds/Medical Use of Super Soaker!
Dr. David Keegan and Dr. Susan Bannister pulled a McGuyver when they improvised using a Super Soaker Max-D 5000 to treat their patient's ear wax!Neither a formal ear syringe, nor...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/16/medical-use-of-super-soaker/Wojtek Rychlik's Dawn Moonset.
Wojtek's Pikes Peak Photo website has many more amazing photos: Moon & Sky | Sun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/16/wojtek-rychliks-dawn-moonset/Micro Combustion Engine - Coming Soon?
Cambridge and Birmingham Universities researchers are collaborating to create the world's smallest internal combustion engines.If they succeed, the micro-engine will outlast today's NiCad and L...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/16/micro-combustion-engine-coming-soon/Penguins Waddle But Don't Fall: a Science Mystery.
Max Kurz, a professor at the University of Houston, wants to know why penguins waddle but don't fall (unlike humans). "Compared to other terrestrial animals, penguins hav...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/16/penguins-waddle-but-dont-fall-a-science-mystery/Gunshot Shock Wave.
This schlieren image shows the two spherical shock waves of a .44 magnum. Gary Settles of Penn State University will tell you all about shock waves here: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/gunshot-shock-wave/Han Solo in Lego Carbonite.
Nathan Sawaya, a professional Lego artist, built this model of Hans Han Solo frozen in carbonite with about 10,000 Lego bricks!Link (via The Green Head)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/hans-solo-in-lego-carbonite/Was Columbus a Pirate?
Spanish scientists Jose Antonio Lorente Acosta of the Granada University is conducting a genetic test to see whether Columbus was not a Genoan merchant, but a Catalan pirate instead! While...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/was-columbus-a-pirate/Fogbow.
A fogbow is formed by much smaller droplets of water than a rainbow. These droplets are too small to reflect and refract sunlight, so instead diffraction of light is dominant. Since a fogbow i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/fogbow/Crossing the Antarctic on a Polar Catamaran.
Spanish explorers Ramon Larramendi, Juanma Viu and Ignacio Oficialdegui set a new world speed record by crossing the Antarctic using a "polar catamaran" pulled with giant kites!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/crossing-the-antarctic-on-a-polar-catamaran/Aunt Jemima Arrested!
Jackie Brown, an activist who dressed up as Aunt Jemima, was arrested after disrupting the City Council meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. Brown, president of the Jacksonville...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/aunt-jemima-arrested/Tom Chamber's Horse Talk.
To see more of Tom's awesome photos, see: Link (via Jaf Project)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/15/tom-chambers-horse-talk/Hobbit Dollhouse.
Livejournal user Obeliamedusa built this amazingly intricate Bilbo Baggin's hobbit dollhouse! Link 1 | Link 2 (via Boing Boing)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/14/hobbit-dollhouse/NES Punchout Live Recreation.
Transbuddha has a clip of this awesome live action recreation (with live music ensemble!) of Nintendo's Punch Out - my all time favorite game!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/14/nes-punchout-live-recreation/Michael Hanttula's Museum of Food Anomalies.
Michael Hanttula maintains the internet's Museum of Food Anomalies or MOFA. He's got some crazy-looking food! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/14/michael-hanttulas-museum-of-food-anomalies/Tubular Lava Helictites.
Dave Bunnell has an awesome site dedicated to caves and lava - this one above is a picture of tubular lava helictites: Helictites are an eccentric or "vermiform" form of stalacti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/14/tubular-lava-helictites/Festo's Upside-Down Hot Air Balloon.
From the website: The upside-down balloon appears at first glance to be standing on its head. In actual fact, there is a concealed cabin on the underside and a further dummy cabin on the t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/14/festos-upside-down-hot-air-balloon/China Man Can't be Photographed.
There's something weird going on here... Ye Xiangting told the reporter about his recent visit to the Yangzhuang police station to get a photo taken for a new ID card. He sat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/14/china-man-cant-be-photographed/Sony Reader: Arthur C. Clarke's Newspage Came True.
SciFi ideas that actually become reality is the idea behind Technovelgy - above is Sony Reader, an electronic book reminiscent of the newspage (Arthur C. Clarke, 1968 2001: A Space Oddsey). Lo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/13/sony-reader-arthur-c-clarkes-newspage-came-true/Guess This Mysterious Object.
Guess what this strange object is....
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/13/guess-this-mysterious-object/Manuel Corchuelo's $1.2 million Shack.
From the website: Its front windows wish you “Feliz Navidad” in paint that won’t wash off. The landscaping consists of four shriveling cacti and a patio piled with empty...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/13/manuel-corchuelos-12-million-shack/Michael Light's 100 Suns.
A stunning collection of nuclear bomb tests. From the website: After the Limited Test Ban Treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1963, nuclear testing went undergroun...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/13/michael-lights-100-suns/Why You Need to Ride a Velomobile.
A velomobile is a recument trike with a cab - Bryan Ball wrote a list of top 10 reasons why you *need* to ride one. I like particularly this one: 3. Perfect solution for your neighbor who a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2006/01/13/why-you-need-to-ride-a-velomobile/
