Peter Terren of Tesla Down Under (featured before on Neatorama) did a take on Rodin's The Thinker if he just happened to have a spare Tesla coil. The result is - literally - electrifying!Peter's protected from the se...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/18/the-modern-thinker/To help promote its new movie, Star Trek invited graffiti, special effects and pop artists from all over the world to "re-interpret" the USS Enterprise. This one above is by Jeremy and Claire Weiss, m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/18/enterprise-art/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3D4CqHbJM][YouTube - Link] Philips Carousel is a short film by Adam Berg and Stink Digital (music by Michael Fakesch) to promote the company's new movie theater-proportioned 21:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/18/philips-carousel/Madrid-based Industrial designer Javier Alejandre created a mix-and-match lamp unlike anything we've seen before. His lamp ChromoSoma takes inspiration from the genealogical tree, which lets the owner choose his or her o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/18/chromosoma-lamp-by-javier-alejandre/There are those who proudly put their masterpieces up on Craftster while there are those who can only ogle at them. And then there's Craft Fail, for people who are not shamed to show their earnest, albeit unsuccessful at...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/18/we-cant-all-be-handy-with-scissors-and-glue/remanence : variance from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo. Here is quite an amazing and beautifully rendered video shot in Tokyo by Samuel Cockedey. Shot over the span of a year with Canon DSLRs (mostly 350d), processed...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/remanence-variance/In 2000, Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius created a character named Scarygirl, a cute but slightly odd little girl who has a giant octopus as a guardian, and thought of a game. Flash forward nine years later, he h...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/nathan-jurevicius-scarygirl-flash-game/Sure, there will always be people who have more money than you, but did you realize that some pets do, too? Here are seven dogs and seven cats that have money to burn!Gunther IV, the German Shepherd: This dog actuall...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/pet-millionaires-seven-cats-and-dogs-who-are-actually-richer-than-you/The strange but true story of the State of Franklin, and the events that led to its creation. It is quite a strange (some might say tall) tale that arose from the ashes of the American Revolutionary War:In Augu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/franklin-the-lost-state-of-america/If this isn't history's most awesome video clip of an elephant in action, then I don't know what is ... Behold the water skiing elephant which performed for the 1959 Pittsburgh Bicentennial regatta.Hit play or go to Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/water-skiing-elephant/Photo: Lance Wilson via Love Made VisibleLove beer? Here's something for you: a neat collection of vintage beer cans by Lance Wilson and Dan Becker. According to TheDieline blog, the duo have over 2000 beer cans from the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/vintage-beer-cans/What to get your barbecue-lovin' number cruncher? How about this spreadsheet barbecue grid, designed by Roma Voroneshski of Art. Lebedev Studio? LinkThis reminds me that I should update one of our favorite Neatorama post...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/spreadsheet-bbq-grill/Who says being a geek isn't sexy? Flickr user SA Steve has a large collection of neat vintage computing ads from old magazines and other photos. Check it out: Link [Flickr Photoset]retro, vintage, computer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/two-bytes-are-better-than-one/Tunas at the Tsukiji Fish Market. Photo: Fisherman (Wikipedia)Psst! Love your tuna sashimi? Well, eat up because they may not be around much longer. The World Wildlife Fund has a dire report saying that unless current fi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/eat-your-sushi-now-tuna-will-be-wiped-out-by-2012/One of the way scientists try to combat cancer is to selectively disrupt angiogenesis, the process by which blood vessels form to support the growth of the tumor cells.Biotech company Amgen launched a spiffy new website...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/tumor-angiogenesis-explained-in-plain-english/Aw! Being the Internet slowpoke, I've just learned that NASA has bucked the will of the people and named the International Space Station's next module "Tranquility" instead of the rightful winner of the online...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/democracy-be-damned-nasa-nixed-colbert-iss-node/After putting long hours at work and navigating the treacherous waters of office politics, you've finally landed that promotion you've been after - but is it good for you?Not according to this study by economic and psych...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/promotion-is-bad-for-your-health/This July, I will be driving from London to Mongolia, in a piece of #### car, all in the name of charity. I'm taking part in the Mongol Rally. It is, in fact, as ridiculous as it sounds. What: The Mo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/trying-to-save-the-world-by-driving-to-mongolia/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luf6ZepNY6o][YouTube - Link]How are babies made? Is it through a very complicated process, or through the baby-carrying stork? This video by Cassidy Curtis and Racquel Coelho just...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/how-babies-are-made/When notorious gangster Al Capone was incarcerated at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, he was treated with deference by guards, and maintained powerful connections from behind bars. I don't know about the wa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/al-capones-prison-cell/Librarian Ross Horsley has a blog in which he enters words for children to learn. However, letting your children see these definitions may destroy their childhood. Link -via b3ta Dictionary, definitions...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/my-first-dictionary/Rochester, New York-based artist Andy Gilmore's artwork shows us that simple form and colors can create mesmerizing geometric art. This one above, titled mmmmmmm (available for sale at his Etsy's shop), is unlike anythin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/andy-gilmores-geometric-art/Whatever you do, don't get into a fight with Japanese samurai Isao Machii! If he can cut a rubber bullet fired straight at him in two, then chopping off your noggin is trivial. Yup, you read that right: he can cut a bull...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/samurai-isao-machii-probably-can-circumcise-a-fly-in-mid-air/This neatolicious: Dan McPharlin creates what is probably the cutest papercraft set of miniature analog electronic devices, from tape recorder to retro synthesizers. Take a looksee: Link [Flickr Photoset] - via The Termi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/dan-mcpharlins-mini-retro-electronics-papercraft/High speed photography is cool, but this photo of water, spelled out by good ol' H2O is beyond awesome! It's done by photographers Norimichi Inoguchi, Shinichi Maruyama and Wayne Wilson of Biwa, Inc.http://www.biwainc.co...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/water-spelled-with-water/Photo: C.G. MuthanaFrom National Geographic Magazine's Daily Dozen, a collection of user submitted photographs as selected by photo editor Susan Welchman, here's an amazing entry. I'd like to think of it as celebrating e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/just-one-more-coconut/Chris Biblis was 16 when his leukemia treatment required radiation that would leave him sterile. He cryogenically froze his sperm and 22 years later...voila! Baby girl! This is the record setting amount of time sperm has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/girl-born-from-22-year-old-sperm/Liana Maeby [pictured at left] is a blogger who's fascinated by the complex and memorable names of the correspondents on National Public Radio: Renee Montagne, Korva Coleman, Lakshmi Singh, Sylvia Poggioli, Corey Flintof...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/16/make-yourself-an-npr-name/(Daily Motion link) French prankster Remi Gaillard creates havoc with a real-life version of Pac-Man. -via Metafilter Previously at Neatorama: Gaillard's Super Mario Kart. Remi Gaillard, pacman...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/16/pac-man-runs-amok/Monasteries have always welcomed travelers. When they are no longer used for monks, they make great hotels. Many have upgraded their accommodations in recent years to compete with luxury resorts. As well as being...
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