Jose Duarte, a graphic designer, has lately been presenting information using physical objects. These balloons, for example, represent the number of Internet users in (from left to right) China, the EU, India, Brazil, Mexico, and Portugal.

Link via Urlesque

New Orleans-based crafter Miss Malaprop made a dress covered with stuffed animals for the most recent Mardi Gras. She accidentally sewed through her finger with a sewing machine needle while making it, but "Either way, I’m happy with the way it turned out, it was very fun to wear and very SOFT!"

Link via Craft

The whole Snow White story -- well, the Disney version, anyway -- is told in this lovely back tattoo. I'm not completely sure who's responsible, but it's been attributed to an artist named Ping who lives in Taiwan.

via Caramel, Carmel

Saunas are great, but they're not very portable. Here's a gadget that tries to solve that problem. The sauna pants wrap around your nether regions and give them the Finnish treatment.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SP2D1M via DVICE | Image: Amazon.com

The Environmental Transport Association (UK) developed the QTvan -- a travel trailer that can serve as a shelter for users of mobility scooters. It contains a bed, a 19" television screen, and a kettle. Available options include a satellite dish, a gaming console, and a heater. You can watch a video of it at the link.

Link via OhGizmo! | Photo: ETA

(Video Link)

Garage genius Jörg Sprave, who invented the machete-firing crossbow, has made a multi-shot slingshot that repeats like a Gatling gun:

The Slingshot Channel took the challenge to design a rubber powered version of Mr. Gatling's great invention. And here it is: Eight 20 mm balls, on their way to the target in less than half a second. The theoretical firing rate is 960 rounds per minute, slightly faster than the popular M16 assault rifle.

via Geekosystem | Sprave's Blog

Italian journalist Luigi Barzini once said that imperturbability was the quintessential British quality. They certainly wouldn't let German air raids disrupt a good round of golf. Just make a few changes to the rules, keep calm, and carry on.

Link via Ace of Spades HQ

redditor lulalai snapped this shot this morning. It reminds me (as well as a lot of other redditors) of the Eye of Saruon presented in the LOTR movies. Do you agree?

Link

Allegedly, this is a photo of the personal stationery used by musician Ray Charles in 1990. Musical staff would be a wonderful medium for letter composition, don't you think?

via Doobybrain

Juliet Ames of The Broken Plate Pendant Company made this knuckleduster out of china:

I pity the fool who messes with me in a dark alley. *SMASH* Only drawback is that I bet they can only be used once.

Probably.

http://ibreakplates.com/2011/02/china-knuckles/ via Craft

(Video Link)

The ad agency Fresh Green Ads, which emphasizes eco-friendly marketing solutions, made this ad in Scheveningen, the Netherlands. It becomes visible only when wet. The Dutch phrase means "never lets you go."

Agency Website via Super Punch

The International Criminal Court is currently addressing, among other issues, Kenya's 2007 presidential election. A judge politely suggested that attorneys stop wearing the wigs traditionally worn in Britain and its former colonies:

Justice Ekaterina Trendafilova paused briefly at the end of the hearing to pass a hair-raising judgment.

"This is not the dress code of this institution," she said.

"In this quite warm weather maybe it will be more convenient to be without wigs," she added with a smile.

It is unusual for lawyers to appear at the International Criminal Court in wigs, but not unheard of. At least three lawyers wore wigs during the initial appearance of three Kenyan suspects on April 8, without Justice Trendafilova issuing any dress code guidelines.

Link | Photo (unrelated) via Flickr user Steve Punter used under Creative Commons license

We can assume that Jar Jar is so despised that trophy such hunting is legal even on Naboo. This tattoo has been attributed to Wes at Darkside Tattoo in White House, Tennessee.

via Look at This Frakking Geekster

For six years, Tara Frey of River Falls, Wisconsin, has been preparing for prom. She's carefully made a dress, vest, bracelets, earrings, headbands, and shoes out of Starburst wrappers:

Tara's mother would buy 20 bags of Starburst at a time to get the huge amount of wrappers needed to make the dress and the accessories. "The whole community gave us wrappers…My mom hand [Starburst] out to people and ask for the wrappers back, and don't rip them!"

Miss Frey's costume fit nicely into the Candyland theme for this year's prom at her school.

Link (warning: auto-sound) via Urlesque | Photo: ABC News

This image made me laugh the moment that I saw it. deviantART user Hillary White's gallery is filled with all sorts of hilarious juxtapositions, like Voltron dancing in a Monet painting and Brainy Smurf getting assassinated during the French Revolution.

Link via Nerd Bastards

Previously: Cutting Open an Animal and Crawling Inside to Survive During a Storm in the Wild