The Best Case Scenario forum user D.Heiße has created a number of unique case mods, including one in a tree trunk and one shaped like a sine curve. His most recent endeavor was to make one out of concrete. He built a mold with of Plexiglass, sheet metal, and welding rods and then poured concrete in. You can see process photos at the link.

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Oliver Noble of Film Drunk compiled every scream that Arnold Schwarzenegger uttered during his film career, from Conan the Barbarian in 1982 to Collateral Damage in 2002. Content warning: Jingle All the Way (1996) is included.

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David Johns created a portrait of Darth Vader using the script of Star Wars as his medium. At the link, you can zoom in to see what's written in different parts of the image.

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Dave Talley, a homeless man who lives in Tempe, Arizona, found a backpack containing $3,300 in cash. He turned it into a local social services agency:

The temptation to keep the money was almost overwhelming, he said. Then, his conscience kicked in.

"The reality set in that it wasn't my money and it needed to be turned over," he said.

Inside the backpack was a flashdrive with a resume belonging to Bryan Belanger, a student at Arizona State University and the owner of the backpack:

"It's humbling, and it puts things into perspective," Belanger said of Talley's decision. "From his point of view, he could've taken care of himself by paying for rent or something with that money."

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Michael, the cousin of YouTube user grtwhthunter4, was born without arms. Watch him shoot and reload a 1911 .45 ACP handgun using only his feet.

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Researchers at Nokia's laboratory in Tampere, Finland, developed a touchscreen interface that can be used on blocks of ice:

A near-infrared light source mounted behind the "screen" bathes it in invisible light, and an array of near-infrared cameras, also behind the wall, are focused on the front surface. A hand placed on the ice reflects the light towards the camera array and the signal each camera receives helps a nearby PC establish the hand's position, size and motion. The PC is also connected to a projector, which uses the data to project imagery - such as flames - beneath the user's hand.

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Previously: Water-Based Touchscreen

The hacker group NYC Resistor hosted a competition of QR coded foods. Pictured above is one entry, a laser-etched pancake. At the link, you can view a Flickr set of the contest submissions.

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The good people of Epic Meal Time, who previously brought us the greasiest sandwich in the world, recently created either the best or the worst corndog ever made (depending on your point of view). It's made of 18 slices of bacon with the bacon grease turned into a sauce, a pound of ground beef, and 3 hot dogs wrapped in cheese. The chefs drenched this concoction in corn meal and deep fried it. At the link, you can watch a video of its creation and consumption.

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Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine attempted to measure the computational power of the combined synapses in the typical human brain. Lead researcher Stephen Smith wrote:

One synapse, by itself, is more like a microprocessor--with both memory-storage and information-processing elements--than a mere on/off switch. In fact, one synapse may contain on the order of 1,000 molecular-scale switches. A single human brain has more switches than all the computers and routers and Internet connections on Earth.

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Fuyuhito Moriya, 39, lives with his mother in a custom-built home set on a lot that's only 30 square meters. It used to be a parking space. Moriya spent $500,000 constructing a compact three-story house on the site:

South-facing, large windows create the illusion of space. Minimal furniture and clutter keep the small home tidy. Hideaway cabinets for kitchen appliances and half size sinks shrink expected space.

Even the spiral staircase shaves inches, drawn as a triangle instead of a circle, slashing the space's diameter. The corners of the staircase become small closets, to stash shoes.

"Every single corner is used," says Moriya.

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Mike Niemann, a Mazda Miata enthusiast, painted his Miata with Sharpie markers. He spent 22 days and about $100 of markers on the project.

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Previously: The Painted Lamborghini

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It's Uzbekistan vs. Qatar in the 2010 Asian Games. First, the Uzbek goalie trips over his own feet. Then the Qatari forward misses an unopposed kick directly in front of the Uzbek goal. Then another Qatari player kicks the ball completely over the goal. And that's in just ten seconds.

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The Milan-based advertising agency H-57 Creative Station made three posters that depict Star Wars characters typographically. The two other posters at the link illustrate Yoda and Darth Vader.

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Keiko Takahashi made these adorable little measuring tape robots. They move like snails, slowly inching forward. Her project is called "Meter Crawler":

A meter crawler protrudes its steel measure four or eight cm. The body of the crawler follows the steel measure and thus moves forward. When it is taken away from floor, it stops moving, and the steel measure holds into the case. When it is on a floor, it starts protrudes its steel measure and move forward.

Video at the link.

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As an experiment, artist Sarah Musi sent blank postcards to forty-five famous artists. She invited them to create art with the postcards and mail them back:

So I had this thought the other day: what if I made little pieces of art and sent them to a bunch of famous artists, along with a tiny blank canvas for them to create something and return it? Would I get anything back? Would they even read my request?

Pictured above is the response from cut paper artist Jayme McGowan.

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