[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQpnMDaF-aE][YouTube - Link]When he was 16 years old and despite having no formal training, Adrian Mann of New Zealand decided that he was going to build a piano. Not just any pian...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/worlds-largest-and-longest-piano-built-by-teenager-adrian-mann/What do you get when you combine taxidermy with gadget hacking? Instructables users noahw and canida released the step-by-step instruction on how to make your very own taxidermied computer mouse: Link - via Rue The Day!M...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/computer-mouse-taxidermied-mouse-mouse-mouse/Talking about gadgets, our pal WebUrbanist has a really nifty post about the evolution of geeky gadgets we all love, from cell phones to video games ...(Don't miss the Zihotch telephone dial watch!)Linkwatch, gadgets, Zi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/evolution-of-geeky-gadgets/Their fathers ruled nations with an iron fist - so what's an offspring to do? If you ever wonder what the descendants of dictators have been up to, check out this interesting post by our very own Stacy over at mental_flo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/descendants-of-despots-where-are-they-now/You see a woman being dragged down a deserted staircase in a subway station, fighting off a rapist and screaming for help - do you:a) immediately run to help her, possibly at your perilb) call the cops from the safety of...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/was-it-cowardice-or-just-being-sensible/We've featured many unusual and geeky wedding cakes on Neatorama, but (excuse the pun) this one takes the cake! Behold the Stargate Wedding Cake:Absolutely everything on the top display is hand made, including the wo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/stargate-wedding-cake/The Bruins game is over, but the entertainment doesn't stop! Check out the progress of this (blonde) lady going the wrong way on the escalator ...Go, lady, go! Link [embedded YouTube clip]blonde, escalator...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/blonde-going-the-wrong-way-on-an-escalator/Green is in, and big corporations left and right are jumping on the bandwagon ... but are they really trying to be environmentally-conscious or is it just a case of "greenwashing"?WebEcoist takes a look at the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/green-or-greenwashing/The 80s TV show MacGyver earned the name immortality as a synonym for a resourceful person who can solve any problem with only the objects within reach. It's also used as a verb for this process. Today's Lunch...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/macgyver-quiz/After World War II, the French could not afford the most sophisticated military equipment, and so improvised with what they had on hand. Hence their production of scooter-mounted 75mm recoilless rifles. Blogger Jam...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/scooter-mounted-cannon/There will be a lot of dyed eggs for Easter, but if you're going to eat them, you usually have to remove the colorful part first. Not so with these eggs! Jayne at Barefoot Kitchen Witch adapted the recipe for Chinese t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/edible-easter-eggs/Tom and Ray Magliozzi are the stars of NPR's popular Car Talk, but they aren't the only people who make the show what it is. The website gives credit to a huge and interestingly-named staff. For example: Alternative...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/car-talk-staff-credits/Helmut from Austria and and Oliver from Switzerland took a train trip across Russia and into North Korea, without arranging their entrance point with the North Korean tourist agency. They took a route that was supposed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/vienna-to-pyongyang/Our pal Mike Jacobsen and Phil Selby of The Rut have created a fantastic new wecomic called Urf. It's about life on Planet Urf, which is a lot like Earth but slightly different, and is filled with Urflings, who face prob...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/the-urfs-webcomic/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdi9n_U37Y][YouTube - Link]Animal trainer Kevin Richardson has a unique relationship with Meg and Amy, two lionesses he has worked with since they were cubs. They are devote...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/swimming-with-a-lioness/In another example of a marriage proposal not going according to plan, comes this story from New York. Don Walling decided to propose to his girlfriend, Gina Pellicani, on the Brooklyn Bridge while his fami...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/fiance-drops-engagement-ring-off-brooklyn-bridge/If you want too much information about a couple of cats, see Gus and Penny's Twitter page. These cats Tweet! Or, more acurately, their cat door Tweets when they go in and out. The door isn't the famous Flo Control Projec...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/tweeting-cat-door/Tastespotting is a community-driven visual potluck with irrestitible photos. You can sign up and submit photos and recipes, or just browse the tempting site. The photo here shows Creamy Scrambled Eggs and Asparagus on...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/tastespotting/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXx4vXFESek][YouTube - Link]A cat door is built for cats, but obviously that's not the only things that can pop in! What's this all about? You have to watch to find out ...From the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/06/not-just-a-door-for-cats/The fast-paces time-wasting word game, indeed! DeepLeap is like speed Scrabble. Make words out of the letters you are given, but hurry before they disappear! Link -via BuzzFeed Scrabble...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/deepleap/Sure cheating is bad, but when a single exam has the power of controlling your destiny (as China's "gaokao" or college entrance exam does), the pressure to do well can be too much.To make sure that people don't...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/cheaters-jailed-on-state-secret-charges/Neanderthals and their precursor, an early human species called Homo heidelbergensis, were often thought of as violent and uncaring, rejecting newborns with severe deformities. A recent discovery, however, may...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/cavemen-did-have-compassion-they-cared-for-disabled-children/Take a close look at the two photos above. Notice anything different? Well, the original photo (top) is of Israel's new cabinet. Problem is, it contains two female ministers. Since publishing pictures of women are consid...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/find-the-ladies-the-israeli-cabinet-version/Photo: Rugani et al.They may be just 3 or 4 days old, but chicks can already do simple arithmetic. Inspired by experiments with human babies, Rosa Rugani of the University of Trento Center for Mind/Brain Science in Italy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/chicks-are-no-dummies-they-can-do-math/Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends (2009) by Ron AradThe meaning behind the name of Ron Arad's USA-shaped bookcase (Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends - whaaaa?), but it's easy to see how cool i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/ron-arads-bookcase-shaped-like-the-united-states-of-america/And so it has begun: scientists have created a robotic system that has made novel scientific discovery without any human input:Scientists designed "Adam" to carry out the entire scientific process on its ow...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/robot-makes-scientific-discovery-entirely-on-its-own/Bad at math? Try chocolate! At least that's what researchers Emma Wightman, David Kennedy and colleagues found in the latest (and yummiest) scientific study:Mental arithmetic became easier after volunteers had been g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/chocolate-helps-you-do-better-in-math/Prison inmates are an innovative bunch (case in point: pruno), so it should be of no big surprise that they've found ways to smuggle contrabands into prison. But this method is surely unique: inmates at a prison farm in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/prisoners-smuggle-in-cell-phones-with-pigeons/Macaque monkeys in Lopburi, Thailand, were observed apparently teaching their young how to floss. These particular monkeys used human hair from visitors to the shrine. Because the visitors view the monkeys as...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/04/monkeys-teach-their-young-to-floss/Our pal Tokyoflash needs your help: they're designing new (and very neat looking) clocks and are looking for feedback on some product development. Here's a short survey of 9 different clock designs - are they interesting...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/04/help-tokyoflash-design-their-new-clock/
