8 Million Dollar Car.
This is the Maybach Excelero. It's a 700 horse power concept car. Hurry up and get yours today! At this price it won't last long! Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/8-million-dollar-car/Archive for February 2007
Got Balloons?
A beautifully-executed timelapse video of the 2006 Reno Balloon Race, made up of still shots from a Canon digital camera. Absolutely breathtaking! Click Play or go to YouTube to watch. (Hat Tip to Teho's Blog f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/got-balloons/John W. Cornwell's Pneumatic Potato Gun.
John W. Cornwell built a pneumatic potato gun that can shoot out tennis balls at 300 mph! Link - via Make...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/john-w-cornwells-pneumatic-potato-gun/Al Franken for Senate?
I must have been asleep, since I didn't hear that liberal comedian and Saturday Night Live actor Al Franken [official website | wiki] is considering running for Senate in (where else) Minnesota in 2008. He's sup...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/al-franken-for-senate/Cynosphere: Dog Powered Tricycle.
This unusual tricycle, built in France in 1875, was powered by two dogs! The development of the weird vehicle was halted when The Society for the Protection of Animal thought it was cruel. Link - via Arbroath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/ynosphere-dog-powered-tricycle/Tailor Jumped for the First and Final Time from the Eiffel Tower Wearing Overcoat Parachute.
From the Darwin Awards:Monsieur Franz Reichelt with his early parachute - an outstanding example of the way in which early aviators were as spectacular in their failures as in their successes. Reichelt was an Austria...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/tailor-jumped-for-the-first-and-final-time-from-the-eiffel-tower-wearing-overcoat-parachute/Astronaut Sunita Williams Set New Female Spacewalking Record.
US astronaut Sunita Williams set a new record for female spacewalking - she has now spent more time in space than any other woman:Williams broke the previous female spacewalking record of more than 21 hours when she...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/astronaut-sunita-williams-set-new-female-spacewalking-record/Sausage and Chocolate Dopey
I am not pregnant, promise but looking at this fine art work makes me really hungry. Maybe because I am German? http://www.art-space.nl/artwork.php?idxArtist=18&idxWork=513 - via Zaeega...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/sausage-and-chocolate-dopey/7 Deadly Sins and Their Combinations.
Found at Bits & Pieces Original Link - via Miss Cellania....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/7-deadly-sins-and-their-combinations/Velour Sweatsuit ... for Dogs.
Yes - that is a two-piece Velour Sweatsuit for dogs! Now your pooch can stroll down the street in style.Link - via Eduyayo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/velour-sweatsuit-for-dogs/Police Chief Gave Traffic Ticket to Himself!
From the website:Village of Kewaskum Police Chief Richard Knoebel said he was driving to work when he became distracted by a truck stopping on one side of the street.He said he didn't see a school bus with i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/police-chief-gave-traffic-ticket-to-himself/Dog Riding a Bicycle.
This dalmatian rides a bicycle better than me! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Say No to Crack...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/dog-riding-a-bicycle/The Chili-Eating King.
Manuel Quiroz, a 54-year-old taxi driver from Mexico City, sure can eat chili. Heck, he can even rub the spiciest of chilis on his skin and even squeeze their juice into his eyes without so much as blinking!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/the-chili-eating-king/DIY Liquid Battery.
Photo: Mike WalkerThis article from PopSci tells you how to make your own homemade liquid battery using copper sulfate, water and electrodes! http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/70d6cf287b550110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.ht...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/diy-liquid-battery/Rottweiler is Mom to Two Lambs.
Lucky and Charm are two lambs that are being reared by Molly the rottweiler: Ms Foster added: "The cat came into the kitchen the other day and walked over to the bucket where the lambs were sleeping, but Molly p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/rottweiler-is-mom-to-two-lambs/The Mathematics of Sewers.
Photo: SiologenFrom the Bldgblog, a story about the mathematics of sewers:Rumor has it that a university outside Manchester teaches courses in mathematics and knot theory not inside comfortable, well-lit classrooms &...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/the-mathematics-of-sewers/Racist Magazine/Book Thrives in Japan.
Ejovi Nuwere and Japan Probe wrote about a racist "mook" (magazine/book) called Gaijin Hanzai Ura File or Foreign Crimes Secret File published by Eichi publications being widely available in J...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/racist-magazinebook-thrives-in-japan/Frozen Tidal Wave.
Actually it's just frozen glaciers that look like a tidal wave. Still - very cool (and cold!) http://www.harkvideos.com/arctic.htm - via Outhouse Rag...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/frozen-tidal-wave/Throwing Beans at a Gorilla.
This week's Cellar Image of the Day and Neatorama's pick of the week is this photo of a gorilla being taunted by beans!What? You can't feed the animals at the zoo? Not in Japan! Well, at least for the bean-scattering cer...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/throwing-beans-at-a-gorilla/The Next Generation Folding Chair
I stumbled on this amazing fold-up couch while browsing YouTube this morning. Does anyone know where these can be purchased? Push play to watch the video, or follow this link [YouTube]....
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/the-next-generation-folding-chair/T-Shirt Factory.
Japanese apparel company Beams T wants to make art more accessible. Since original art is way too expensive for the average Joe, the company focuses instead on printing art on the wearable blank canvas: T-shirts!Every ye...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/t-shirt-factory/Rubikcubism.
That's Malcolm McDowell as Alex in A Clockwork Orange. This pixelated image is composed of dozens of Rubik Cubes used as pixels. http://www.space-invaders.com/rubikubism.html - via Microsiervos...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/rubikcubism/Popcorn in Slow Motion
Watch how the tasty explosion that happens in milliseconds as water in the corn kernel expands (the whole process lasts just 13 seconds) Link to youtube video 1 | Link to youtube video 2 - via Knuttz...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/popcorn-in-slow-motion/Chair Made From Electronic Waste.
Chilean artist Rodrigo Alonso Schramm designed this stool made from electronic waste cast in clear resin:http://www.musuchouse.com/rodrigo_alonso.html - via Core 77...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/chair-made-from-electronic-waste/Paris, a Roman City.
In Paris, a Roman City website, you can see the city as it stood when the Roman conquered it (then called a town of Lutetia [wiki]) in 52 BC: Link - via A Daily Dose of Architecture...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/paris-a-roman-city/Scientists Mapped the Altruism Center of the Brain.
Scientists from the Duke University Medical Center claimed that they have found the "altruism" center of the brain:Scientists say they have found the part of the brain that predicts whether a person will be...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/scientists-mapped-the-altruism-center-of-the-brain/For Sale: Old Missile Bases.
Twentieth Century Castles is real estate company with a very, very unique angle: they sell (or broker) homes built on old underground missile bases! LinkSee also: Subterranean Fortress for Sale...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/for-sale-old-missile-bases/Eye of Sauron, with Tesla Coils.
This neat "Eye of Sauron" [wiki] image was made with tesla coils, with rotating long breakout point (whatever that is!): Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/eye-of-sauron-with-tesla-coils/iPhone Cake.
Found at Newlaunches - via Gizmodo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/iphone-cake/Neat Video of Clever Hand Shadow Play.
This hand shadow play (actually, an advertisement for a car of all things) is quite neat and very well done: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Advertising for Peanuts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2007/02/05/neat-video-of-clever-hand-shadow-play/
