While some scientists are working on an invisibility cloak to hide things, Cornell postdoctoral researcher Moti Fridman and his colleagues have been working on a "temporal cloak," to hide events in time. A physical...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/temporal-cloak/It appears that redditor infeKteDx never paid attention to any grocery shopping his family did. Now he is on his own and is totally overwhelmed by the simple task of purchasing bread. The resulting thread is priceles...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/buying-bread/Now that you know what is expected of you, you'll be able to prepare that little talk for your friend's upcoming wedding. Another gem from The Doghouse Diaries. Link -via Blame It On The VoicesWedding, speech, to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/wedding-speeches/An unnamed man in the town of Montmélian, France, dropped his wallet into a sewer opening in a parking garage and went to retrieve it. He then became stuck, with his head in the pipe and his legs sticking out of the man...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/man-rescued-from-sewer-faces-more-trouble/I Love Nerds Knit Beanie | $29.95 Let the world knew you love nerds with this rockin' Nerd Beanie from the NeatoShop! Keeps your head warm and serves as an excellent icebreaker (pun intended) at the same time. These 1...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/i-love-nerds-beanie/Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website. Why do nerds so often wear glasses? This is an interesting question, and obviousl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/why-do-nerds-so-often-wear-glasses/Tired of playing Skyrim on your console and want to instead play mandolin while living out your dreams as the Dragonborn? Then you'd better head over to TT Guitars on Etsy to get your own Skyrim electric mandolin. Of cou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/you-can-finally-rock-out-with-skyrim/Everyone is still buzzing about the news that the Arrested Development movie is finally in the works after years of discussion, but in the aftermath of that bomb, it was easy to miss the news about another...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/are-you-ready-for-a-party-down-movie/Not only are these Dalek Oreos simply adorable, they also look absolutely delicious, made with Devil's food cake balls on top of an already tasty chocolate cookie. LinkFood, sweets, Daleks, desserts...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/11/exterminate-your-waistline-with-dalek-oreos/(Video Link) As a proud chinchilla owner, I can tell you, it's hard enough to socialize them, let alone train them. That's why this video is just so darn impressive -aside from how adorable the little guy is on hi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/the-worlds-best-trained-chinchilla/What do old school tabletop gamers, people who have recently discovered pen and paper roleplaying games, and those who are sick of paying a monthly fee for their MMO and/or want to actually see their fellow players s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/you-can-help-develop-dungeons-and-dragons-5th-edition/Vampire Poetry | $11.95 A modern poetry kit that gives you all the words and none of the work! The Vampire Magnetic Poetry Kit from the NeatoShop has 200 blood-sucking word magnets you can combine over and over again...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/vampire-magnetic-poetry/(Video Link) "This commercial isn't real, neither are society's standards of beauty." Wait, that's not a real picture? Apparently not. Filmmaker Jesse Rosten critiques the beauty publishing industry in this video. H...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/revolutionary-new-beauty-treatment-fotoshop-by-adobe/For this striking work, Korean artist Do-Ho Suh placed thousands of tiny human figures below a sheet of glass. They support the weight of visitors who walk through the Singapore Tyler Print Institute. This exhibit wi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/beneath-your-feet/How did Rod Gillies accomplish this feat? He used LEGO bulldozer treads to operate the scrolling skyline. They alternate between one and two-brick widths to give the assembly flexibility. Link -via MakeLego, s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/lego-superman-actually-scrolls-across-the-tv-sreen/We've previously seen a TARDIS purse made of duct tape, but this one is a professionally-made, durable polyester fake leather purse. Officially, its dimensions are 28 x 16 x 16 cm, but.... It's made by Etsy seller...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/tardis-purse/Cyclops won't have to wait at the door. He and his friends are the hippest mutants at this club. View more images of their adventures by Kevin Wada and Max Wittert at the links. Link and Link -via The Mary SueXMen...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/the-x-men-go-clubbing/The latest issue of Icon magazine looks at the future of food production, including the application of modern design principles to food and the use of home 3D printing for culinary purposes. The cover image...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/papercraft-industrial-burger/They are comic sans supporters. They are legion. They do not forgive. They do not use Helvetica. Word by word, icon by icon, they're changing typography. Goudy preserve us. Link -via Brian J. Noggle Previously:...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/imagine-a-world-where-comic-sans-is-the-only-typeface/In 2010, scientists announced the discovery of a new primate species, the Myanmar Snub-nosed Monkey, which we posted here. At the time, the only known specimen was a carcass. Now, photographs of a group of these monk...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/myanmar-snub-nosed-monkeys-photographed-alive/If your blind date ends suddenly, then you might as well leave anyway. Marleen Jansen's table just expedites the process. Link -via That's Nerdalicious! | Designer's Websiteseesaw...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/see-saw-table/This amazingly large, and incredibly detailed, production model of the starship Serenity from the scifi tv show Firefly was recently unearthed in a Universal Archives warehouse. Like many models used in p...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/massive-model-of-starship-serenity-discovered-in-warehouse/This staircase makes four 90-degree turns, yet forms a continuous loop that would not be possible in the real world. Optillusions is a blog with more illusions like this. Pretty dumb, yes, but good for a laugh. And ea...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/optillusions/A driver in Sacramento, California, had trouble getting his car started. He heard a funny noise coming from the engine and found a cat tangled in the motor belts. Firefighters cut through the belts and were able to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/cat-caught-in-car/(YouTube link) Animal Planet shows how baby sloths get a bath. Then they hang them out to dry! The babies would rather just stay dirty, but they are rewarded with a treat. -via Arbroathsloth, bath...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/bathtime-for-baby-sloths/You've read about plants that eat animals, like the Venus Flytrap and the Pitcher Plant. Philcoxia does it, too, but you can't see it, because this Brazilian plant works underground, using sticky leaves that gro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/plant-eats-worms-underground/(YouTube link) Fabian Gaete Maureira is an artist in Santiago, Chile. Here he demonstrates his fast finger painting technique for people on the street. See more of Maureira's work at his site. Link -via redditArt, pai...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/flash-finger-painting/If you ever wondered why it is so important to be exact in math, particularly in engineering math, then take a look at cases in which a math error resulted in deaths. Remember the Hyatt Regency disaster in Kansas City so...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/6-small-math-errors-that-caused-huge-disasters/People who write for the internet will make a list out of anything. That said, I wish I had thought of this one first! It appears that tacos make people go crazy and commit crimes. They throw tacos, get in fights over...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/the-30-best-taco-related-crimes-ever/(vimeo link) No cartoon bunnies were harmed in the making of this violent cartoon by Dylan Vanwormer and Logan Scelina. Carrot Crazy was their senior thesis film at Ringling College of Art and Design. -via the Presurf...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/10/carrot-crazy/
