Apparently, surviving a nuclear holocaust isn't enough. Science has created a cyborg cockroach, complete with its own power source. What could possibly go wrong? *em...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/scientists-create-cyborg-cockroach-with-own-power-source/Is it inappropriate or genius? Or maybe it's both. David S. Palmer used a torch to create portraits of people killed by a bullet, on a canvas of bullet shells casings. David wro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/bullet-portraits/By now, I'm sure you have all heard about SOPA and PIPA being as how every blog in the world has been talking about them as of late. Even those that are usually apolitical (like Neatorama) have taken a stand against...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/people-freaking-out-over-the-wikipedia-blackout/(YouTube link) Luc Bergeron, known as Zapatou, mixed 71 different cover versions of the song "Rolling in the Deep" to make this video. There are a lot of talented young people on YouTube. -via The Daily WhatAdele, sup...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/rolling-in-the-deep/Hanson as a heavy metal ban? MMMBop to that! In his series DeathPop Club, designer Mark Hall-Patch created a set of logos for pop bands and singers in the style of heavy metal: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/heavy-metal-logos-of-pop-bands/36-year-old Silicon Valley computer specialist Trent Arsenault is father to 14 children, yet he's a virgin. How did he do it? Sperm donation, of course .. and now, the government is trying to stop him: Trent Arsen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/virgin-fathered-14-children/If you browse reddit, you may have noticed that when someone posts a very old picture of a relative, someone always restores and colorizes it as a gift to the submitter. A lot of these amazing photo restorations are...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/like-they-were-taken-yesterday/Despite of what you may have heard, opposites actually don't attract. A new study shows that despite what most people say about seeking a wider circle of friendship (say, in a large...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/opposites-dont-actually-attract/Valentine's Domo - $12.95 This Valentine's Day give your fresh smelling, apple hating sweetheart the Valentine's Domo from the NeatoShop. No, we aren't suggesting that the one you love has a small flatulence problem.Â...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/valentines-domo/Did you know today is Winnie the Pooh Day in honor of his creator, A.A. Milne’s birthday? If Mr. Milne were still alive today, he’d be turning 130 and he would no doubt be honored to see that his creation is still...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-winnie-the-pooh/It took me a while to get this juggling image by urban artist ABOVE, who wrote: it might sound weird to most people but similar to a burglar waiting and observing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/rise-above-my-fears/Cloudy skies over Beijing? Actually, no - the gray haze you see above is pollution. NASA's Aqua satellite captured the patch of winter haze over the mega cities of Beijing and T...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/pollution-over-beijing/Yesterday marked 100 years since Robert Falcon Scott and the others of his expedition reached the South Pole. Photographer Herbert Ponting recorded images of the journey, although he did not personally accompany Scot...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/scotts-south-pole-expedition-100-years-later/Nitrozac and Snaggy from The Joy of Tech made a comic to cover the site during the internet strike. See, there are things to do that aren't on the web! Link -via Laughing Squidinternet, strike, SOPA, blackout...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/what-to-do/(YouTube link) The book by Greg Stones, in video form. -via Everlasting Blortpenguins, counting, Book amp Literature...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/goodbye-penguins/You've seen mermaid's purses on the beach, in places where skates and rays are common. They are the animals' egg sacs. Not something you'd think of having for breakfast, but that's okay, because this dish only lo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/a-mermaids-purse-for-breakfast/(YouTube link) A song from LaughPong about the SOPA and PIPA bills now before congress. While many sites have simply gone down for today in protest, Consumerist has a list of posts about the bills you can access to ca...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/the-day-the-lolcats-died/January is Braille Literacy Month. Did you know that? Here are some other things you might not know about Braille. 7. There are three different “grades” of Braille Every grade represents a different skill level,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/15-facts-to-share-during-braille-literacy-month/You know, when someone confides that they sometimes Google themselves, the classic answer is "You'll go blind!" But this Twaggie, illustrated from a Tweet by @IamMsMoneypenny, strikes close to home for me today. You...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/existence/Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website. In 1932, Jerome Howard, soon to be universally known as "Curly" joined The Three...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/whatever-happened-to-curly/As you may know, Congress is considering two bills, SOPA and PIPA, to combat online piracy, ostensibly by foreign rogue websites. While the aim seems noble, the devil is in the details....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-the-internet-needs-your-help/This side-by-side comparison of scenes from Kindergarten Cop and the video game Silent Hill shows an eerie similarity between the two seemingly disparate stories, but are they really that different?...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/silent-hill-apparently-takes-place-in-school-from-kindergarten-cop/(YouTube Link) This impressive tablet-style unit is called the ePawn Arena, a digital tabletop gaming unit which debuted at CES 2012. It's billed as "the next level of Dungeons and Dragons style gami...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/digital-tabletop-takes-board-games-to-a-whole-new-level/This is not the sort of place you'll want to take your grandma for lunch, this is the Capcom Bar, a themed restaurant which will feature food and desserts styled after video games. Video games and food-two g...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/video-game-themed-restaurant-will-serve-delicious-brain-cakes/Worried about some pastry scarfing TSA agent "confiscating" your cupcakes for further analysis in their belly? Then get your hands on these TSA-compliant cupcakes from Silver Spoon Bakery, featuring posts with Richar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/tsa-compliant-cupcakes-help-your-desserts-arrive-at-their-destination/Usually video game themed weapons look like shiny plastic, perfect for cosplay but not likely to put fear in the hearts of all who oppose you. But these arm blades, inspired by the video game Bloodrayne, loo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/dont-poke-your-eye-out-with-these-real-live-bloodrayne-blades/Didn't Starship Troopers feature aliens hitting the Earth with rocks? Well, I'm sure that it's nothing. Anyway, we're getting hit by meteorites of Martian origin: Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of r...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/meteorites-from-mars-rain-down-on-earth/The cute little fella even has his own trailer! Oh, they grow up so fast. Enjoy these years while you can. Link -via Jalopink | Photo: Twitter user LedsKatCorvette...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/adult-corvette-towing-a-baby-corvette/(YouTube link) It's quite easy, really. You don't even need any heavy equipment. In 1981 the Ostry family in Nebraska wanted to move their barn to higher ground. Ostry’s son Mike showed his father some calculat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/how-to-move-a-barn/(Video Link) I can't find much information about this video, other than that the people are speaking Dutch. They're obviously having a good time. But if you have to rake those leaves, it's like a Sisyphean hell....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/digital-rug-changes-as-you-walk-over-it/
