The robotics lab at Ben Gurion University in Israel has created a robot that walks on the ceiling. SpiderBot has suction cups tethered to the ends of its four legs. It aims a leg at a spot on the ceiling, then sho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/spiderbot-walks-on-the-ceiling-by-shooting-retractable-suction-cups/Paul Elkins built this lightweight travel trailer for his trip to the Burning Man festival. It has a roof-mounted wind turbine for electical power, as well as a solar cooker and water heater. It weighs only 100 pou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/an-eco-friendly-bicycle-hauled-travel-trailer/(YouTube Link) Tezcatlipoca is a three-minute animated short film by Robin George that uses music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake to tell the story of the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca: Like other Aztec deities, he cou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/tezcatlipoca/Visitors to the Bristol Zoo can read all about the species Homo sapiens in this plaque hung by the window of the zoo’s cafe. It says, in part: After a gestation period of nine months, humans usually liv...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/new-species-at-the-bristol-zoo/(YouTube Link) Sixteen-year old Daniel Pelletier is paralyzed from the waist down and has endured twenty-five surgeries during his recovery, but he doesn't let that stop him from being an accomplished skateboarder....
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/daniel-pelletier-paraplegic-skateboarder/Flying these days is about as pleasant as a root canal, with security hassles, delays, poor service, expensive or nonexistent food, and cramped seats. But was it always this way? The answer, of course, is no. And...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/air-travels-glory-years/Officials acting on a tip searched a bus in Tarapoto, Peru for cocaine. They had been alerted that the cocaine was in a crate of turkeys, but they didn’t see any. However, the two live turkeys appeared bloated. Police...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/live-turkeys-stuffed-with-cocaine/Pull a petal off this lovely flower and you have a light! If you play “he loves me, he loves me not,” be careful not to get burned. It’s just one of a collection of artful and innovative matchboxes at Crooked Bra...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/match-and-matchbox-designs/(YouTube Link) YouTube user macjonesnz programmed his CD-ROM tray to repeatedly open and close. Then he tied a string between the tray and his child's car seat. Result: sleeping baby. Via Bits & Piecesbaby, L...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/linux-baby-rocker/Attach this spout to a bottle of liquor. As you pour, a LED light will illuminate the liquid. Unlike similar gadgets, it only lights up when liquid pours through it, adding a cool visual effect to bartending during i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/26/electrapour-illuminates-your-drinks/
