Awesome! But it's not life-size. So the artist, whose name I think is Songsong Jakganim, has a bit more work to do.

Link (Google Translate) -via Nerd Approved

If you have a large dog, then an old computer monitor probably won't serve as a dog bed. Sara Alleman does, so she used an old television set that she found for free on Craigslist. It looks like a simple refinishing project -- unless you want your dog bed to be cable ready.

Link -via cecilia

(Video Link)

Problem: spilled beer in bars. Solution: spill-proof beer. Brilliant! Hahn Brewery has advanced the human race with its robotics research. And just think about the potential spin-offs, such as spill-proof liquor!

-via That's Nerdalicious!

I'm glad you asked! No, it's not creepy and I don't judge you at all. Neither does Matt Soniak of Mental Floss, who answered this burning question. From his response:

Malaria parasites can spread among mice through cannibalism and blood-drinking, and scientists think that the simian immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis spread among chimpanzees the same way. (However, none of this has been shown in humans, and such a study probably wouldn’t pass an ethics board anyway.) It’s also possible that people could pick up tapeworms through cannibalism.

However, the biggest health threat tied to cannibalism is prion diseases, a group of neurodegenerative disorders that are spread by eating contaminated meat. Prions are misfolded proteins that wreak havoc in healthy bodies by causing healthy proteins to change shape and convert even more proteins into prions. You wind up with a cascade of misshapen proteins that cause tissue damage and cell death, and eventually brain deterioration, loss of motor control and death. It’s nasty stuff, and the human brain, bone marrow, spinal cord and small intestine can all harbor prions, which aren’t easily killed denatured by cooking.

Link -via Geekosystem | Image: MGM

(Video Link)

Are you doing anything important for the next ten hours? Well, drop it anyway. YouTube user Murdock129 will keep you entertained for that entire time. Just imagine that you're a bridge officer on a Super Star Destroyer. Lord Vader is standing behind you, preparing your annual employee evaluation.

-via Technabob

P.S. If you're a Trekkie, then you may prefer the 24-hour Enterprise-D ambient engine noise video.

These would be great for a hip coffee shop! Etsy seller Vilma Farrell uses old coffee filters to add colors and shapes to lampshades.

Link -via Dude Craft

(Video Link)

From YouTube user FONentertainment comes a performance of what our own Alex Santoso calls "...the best piece of music ever written in the history of mankind." But on traditional bluegrass instruments? Nay! -- on more modern equipment.

-via Nerdcore

Redditor splongo asks two questions:

If a perfectly spherical ball is sitting on a perfectly flat surface, what is the size of the contact area? Would it not be infinitely small?

I'm at a loss for a completely coherent answer. I don't think that, as a physical reality, there can be a perfectly spherical or flat object. But as a theoretical model (e.g. the formula for a sphere), there can be such objects, and therefore intersection between them. Would the surface area of the intersection point be non-dimensional, or just incalculably small?

How would you answer splongo's questions?

Link -via The Agitator | Photo: katerha

I would totally become a Disney princess fan if they made this Batman movie. Alas, it only exists as three images by cartoonist Cat Londers. Who should write the story? Frank Miller, of course -- for the gritty, hard realism that we expect from Disney princess movies.

Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Catwoman -via io9

Are the buttons on your mobile devices too small to use? Just wait until you try this Game Boy! YouTube user Soukitti carved it out of a toothpick. Here it is pictured next to a one yen coin. The video at the link includes shots of him cutting it with an X-ACTO knife and painting it with a tiny brush.

Video Link (Google Translate) -via Geekologie

(Video Link)

For years, I've been suggesting that what you see in this video may be the true, unseen reality of our existence. The sketch comedy troupe Caution: May Contain Nuts shows was real adventuring is like. Warning: foul language.

Official Website -via The Uniblog

If I understand it correctly, this 1972 Dodge van was used by the Melvins, a grunge band that has been active since 1983. In the days before his commercial success, Kurt Cobain had a relationship with this band and drew the KISS logo on the side with markers that he shoplifted from a grocery store in Montesano, Washington. So, obviously, this van is of tremendous artistic and musical significance. Also: a hot ride. It sold on eBay today for $99,999.99.

Link -via Jalopnik

Guys, has a woman ever left you tongue-tied by her mere presence? There may be a scientific reason. Researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands performed the Stroop test -- a classic test of cognitive performance -- on men and women. The experimental groups were told that they were being observed by either male or female observers during the test. Men, when told that a woman was observing them, did poorly:

Once again, women’s performance on the test did not differ, regardless of whether they were expecting a man or woman to observe them. But men who had been told a woman would observe them ended up doing much worse on the second Stroop task. Thus, simply anticipating the opposite sex interaction was enough to interfere with men’s cognitive functioning.

Link | Photo: Flickr user Osamu Uchida

(Video Link)

While sailing in the Mediterranean, Simon Sivertson wondered what it would be like to be dragged behind a boat. This activity is not new, but the device that Sivertson developed in response allows the user to stay underwater and have greater control over his/her movement. The Subwing has two hinged diving planes that adjust pitch and spin. This video shows a diver using one.

Company Website (warning: auto-sound) -via Dude Craft

Björn Hurri used a series of illustrations to imagine Star Wars as a product of the 1870s instead of the 1970s. Here's Yoda in a hookah bar on Dagobah. At the link, you can find others showing Chewbacca, Han Solo, Princess Leia, C-3PO and more. Jabba the Hutt is shockingly human and naked.

Link -via Dejan Mauzer