Google has a neat feature that I'd never heard of before today. You can draw a distribution curve and Google will find the search term frequency that most closely resembles it. Mine ended up being "2008 sports cars."

Link -via Kottke

Thanks to some eccentrics, the fedora is making a comeback. I guess it's that whole Don Draper chic thing. But it strikes me as inappropriate headgear for the workplace, or public places in general. This helmet made by Garrett Mace offers a classier, yet subtle statement to people that you meet.

If you think the above photo of the helmet is impressive, then just wait until you see the video at the link. The LED fibers can light up in complex, variable patterns and colors. It's a really amazing piece of fashion design.

Link -via Nerdcore

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According to Marc Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prize and the Annals of Improbable Research, some Korean businessmen own special suits that emit a pleasant aroma when rubbed. These suits allow the owners to remain fresh after very long days at work and play. Here's Abrahams demonstrating the effectiveness of his peppermint-scented suit to a test subject.

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Sadly, the original outboard motor isn't inside the case. Etsy seller windchimesandmore replaced it with a small 2-cycle engine. Still, it blends vigorously and would make a fine conversation piece at parties.

Link and Video -via Technabob

I would love to have this in my home! Adam Ben-Dror took a classic candlestick-style phone and made it cordless. It's completely functional, thanks to parts that he acquired from a company that specializes in restoring old phones and converting them into modern ones.

Link -via Geekosystem | Ben-Dror's Website

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YouTube user vrflyer installed a tiny, fake instrument display in a model F-16. He placed a doll inside, but replaced the head with a camera. The camera moved to track the movements of vrflyer's own head. So as the plane flew, he saw a simulation of what a F-16 pilot would see.

-via Geekologie

Does your ego need a cheap boost? Make one of these portable and wear it around your neck!

My prediction: the future of augmented reality includes upvote and downvote buttons for individual people. In the meantime, we'll have to be satisfied with this interactive object built by Mario Klingemann and displayed at the UAMO festival in Munich.

Link -via Make

The artists/pranksters at TrustoCorp made three fake tabloid magazine covers and left them in store magazine racks throughout New York City. If not for the graphics, would you even know the difference?

Link -via Nerdcore | TrustoCorp | Photos: Arrested Motion

Previously on Neatorama: TrustoCorp's Public Art

During their wedding reception, Justin and Heather Hartley arranged guests in the poses of a Battlestar Galatica promotional picture. The BSG photo was in imitation of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. That's kind of a dark tone for a wedding, but let's work with it.

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deviantART member Ray Lin composed stunningly realistic sculptures of four Futurama characters: Professor Farnsworth, Nibbler, Zoidberg, and Leela. It appears that he's working on Zap Brannigan and Fry now. Which Futurama character would you like to see in clay?

Gallery Link -via Nerd Bastards

The Japanese design firm nendo and the electronics company Elecom came up with this innovative mouse design. The Kandenchi has three buttons and a scroll wheel. It connects to a computer through a wireless hookup.

Link (Google Translate) -via OhGizmo!

The British government has opened a new airport in Wales that will provide services only to unmanned aircraft. Among them is the Royal Air Force's Watchkeeper drone, which is pictured above. Before this airport opened, there were few places where the Royal Air Force could test its drones. Now the RAF will have 500 square miles of airspace accessible from this airport.

Other nations, including the US, restrict the flight of private unmanned aircraft. The Welsh government hopes to lure them to this new facility devoted to their needs.

Link -via Popular Science | Photo of RAF drone by Flickr user P.A. King used under Creative Commons license

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Researchers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center have built a machine that keeps a heart designated for transplantation active. Using this machine increases the amount of time that the organ can remain outside of a human body but still suitable for a transplant.

You can skip ahead to 1:10 in the video to see the super freaky cool scene of the heart beating in the life support machine.

Link -via DVICE

I wish that she had talked to me first. I would have gotten her one for half that price. Plus a small handling fee, of course. But like the wooden iPad that a woman in South Carolina purchased, it wouldn't have worked. According to the police report, the victim:

[...] told deputies that she was approached by two black males who claimed to have purchased iPads in bulk and were selling them for $300 apiece. After McDowell explained that she only had $180, the duo agreed to sell her the device at a cut rate.

But when McDowell drove home and opened the FedEx box containing the iPad, she instead discovered the wood with the Apple logo. The “screen”--which was framed with black tape--included replicas of iPad icons for Safari, mail, photos, and an iPod. It also had what cops described as a “Best Buy sales ticket.”

Link -via Technabob | Photo: Spartanburg County Sheriff

It all started four years ago with a xkcd panel. Then it turned into a meme, nay, a movement of people around the world playing games, usually chess, on roller coasters and water rides.

Can this photo be topped? How would you do so? -via Geekologie