Who needs NASA? Spending less than it costs to take an airplane ride, a handful of industrious Spanish students sent a balloon 100,000 feet into space, tracking it by radio signal via Google Earth. From 20 miles above t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/teens-launch-balloon-into-space-take-pictures-for-less-than-100/Ever wonder what happens if a conjoined twin perishes while still attached to their sibling? In much the same way, Camilo Jose Vergaga explores the results of having one half of a building deserted while the other ha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/how-the-other-half-lives-on-the-abandoned-halves-of-paired-townhouses/Artist Anne Karsten led a group of 4th and 5th graders through the process of designing monsters. Then she made 24 plush versions of the monsters based on their drawings! The toys were then sold (to their parents) as a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/plush-monsters-designed-by-kids/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSmErM74V8][YouTube - Link]I don't know what they're talking about, but the show is awesome! - via uncoachedFrom the Upcoming ueue, submitted by filipe_sda.Game, japan, Video, wt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/best-game-show-ever/Commisioned by Yellow Pages in New Zealand, the architectural firm of Pacific Environments designed this amazing treehouse/restaurant.The concept is driven by the ‘enchanted’ site which is raised above an open...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/the-yellow-treehouse-restaurant/Photo via Cute OverloadW00t! For today's Neatorama and Hobotopia's Caption Monkey contest, we have this incredibly cute photo via Megan Frost's awesome blog Cute Overload.Contest rules are simple: place your caption in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/caption-monkey-57-pandas-butt/Oingo Boingo is a strange band with an odd name, but not quite as strange as the group started out. In 1972, they were originally a performance art group called The Mystic Knights of The Oingo Boingo. The group was a ble...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/17/music-tidbits-oingo-boingo/(College Humor link) David from Southwest Airlines has a shtick that's a welcome break from the usual pre-flight instructions! -via Digg rap, flight attendant, preflight instructions...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/flight-attendant-rap/This is one tough rabbit, it's not only rough enough to take on a snake, but it actually manages to get the snake to try to climb a tree. Link Via I Am Boredanimals, rabbit chasing snakes, snakes in trees...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/rabbit-chases-a-snake-up-a-tree/The story behind this saga of the mysterious old car collection is long, twisted and still uncertain. Some time ago someone anonymously posted pictures of dozens or more classic cars covered in dust and apparently hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/urban-legend-reality-or-both-amazing-collection-of-hidden-vintage-cars-found/Modern Mechanix blog spotted this in a copy of Ye Olde (1918!) National Geographic Magazine: an advertisement for a typewriter with variable fonts.No Other Typewriter Can Do This— Change instantly from Mi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/no-other-typewriter-can-do-this/Sorry to bring you the bad news, guys. Timothy Salthouse, Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia studying cognitive aging, found that reasoning, speed of thought and spatial visualization start to decline...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/cognitive-ability-declines-starting-at-age-27/Joel Scilley of Audiowood combines his love of music and woodworking into an amazing work of art: behold his custom turntable "Barky" made from a raw-edged slice of log!Check out the rest of his turntables: htt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/joel-scilleys-audiowood-turntable/Ever since the advents of the Internet, online publishing, and now blogs, people have tooted (is that the right verb? anyhoo ... ) the clarion calls of the immiment demise of print media.And now, the economic crisis have...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/seattle-post-intelligencer-will-stop-publishing-newspaper-become-web-only/Talkin' bout change, the Sci Fi channel is ditching the name they had for over two decades for something new: Syfy. Yes, you read that right. Syfy.Why? Because "Sci Fi" is too limiting, apparently:The princ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/goodbye-sci-fi-hello-syfy/The stripe patterns on tigers are unique to the individual animal, but sufficiently similar that matching by humans is tedious and imperfect. The new software automates the process. The most obvious applica...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/photo-recognition-software-indentifies-tigers/The NCAAA basketball tournament starts this week! The 64 teams are scheduled, but how familiar are you with the schools? Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss asks you to identify the state in which certain colleges (...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/where-is-that-tournament-bound-school/Math meets home decor in this tatted Sierpinski triangle by mathematician Ted Ashton! The tiny lace triangles became fractals as they are connected. Link -via Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories math, fractal, Sierpinski...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/sierpinkski-lace/What does the United States do with its nuclear waste? According to the Department of Energy, there is enough spent nuclear waste in the United States to fill a football-field-sized hole 15 feet deep. From a pletho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/nuclear-waste-storage/Emilio Marcos Palma made history, and the Guiness Book of World Records, in 1978 just by being born! His father was in charge of the Argentine army's Esperanza Base near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula. As a politic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/first-child-born-in-antarctica/The human brain is quite susceptible to logical fallacies that can mess up our lives and our societies. One of them is probability. Our brains are stupid when it comes to calculating probability. As a result, we all...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/5-ways-common-sense-lies-to-you-everyday/The town of Oaxaca, Mexico celebrates Noche de Rábanos, or Night of the Radishes, every December. Radishes up to two feet long are carved into intricate scenes as carvers compete for prizes. It's just one of ten bizar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/top-ten-bizarre-food-festivals/Everything you ever wanted to know about Roman candles, including how to make your own, in in this article at Confession of a Fireworks Man. I once made the mistake of thinking I could hold a one-inch display candl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/roman-candles-2/Psst! Do you want to make a few extra bucks? The economy is tough out there for artists but we have good news for you: we are hiring freelance graphic designers to design nifty T-shirts for the Neato...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/neatorama-is-hiring-illustrators-and-models/Hello, everyone! A few weeks ago, we had our third Mystery Sale, and the response had been overwhelming (thank you to everybody who participated!)I know many of you are wondering where your Mystery box shipment is at. Fo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/neatorama-mystery-sale-update-31609/Veterinary medicine is a truly interesting field. On one hand, many procedures and medications are created for and tested on animals before they are used on humans. Alternatively, because there are so many species of ani...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/6-crazy-veterinary-procedures/When Neil Berrett decided that he wanted to resign from his job because of a health issue in his family, he decided that rather than give his boss a ho-hum resignation letter, he'd give him a yummy one instead!"Dear...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/cake-of-resignation/Obamamania is a boon for businesses trying to cash in on the new President's popularity - and while we opt to skip most of 'em on Neatorama, I find this one fascinatingly irresistible to post: German frozen food company...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/obama-fingers-fried-chicken-tenders/Image: Dave MacDowell Studios [Flickr]This is excellent: Artist Dave MacDowell painted this mash-up drawing of To Kill A Mockingbird/Exorcist for a show at Thinkspace Art Gallery.Don't miss Dave's other pop-culture acryl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/to-kill-a-mockingbird-exorcist-mash-up-painting-by-dave-macdowell/John Almany David Crigger was surprised to find that his electric bill jumped to $350, so he decided to get even with his utility company:That many pennies weighs about 170 pounds, so the two men worked to carry the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/man-paid-electric-bill-with-duffle-bags-of-pennies/
