The Viennese art group Gelatin designed a 200-foot-long toy rabbit on the side of the Colletto Fava mountain in Italy. From the website: "Gelatin members say the bunny is not just for walking around - they are expecting hikers to climb its 20 foot sides and relax on its belly." Link |
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Lemur IIb is a rock-climbing robot developed by NASA for martian mountains. It climbs by gripping with three legs and feeling for a place to grip with the fourth. Link (via The Raw Feed) |
E.W. Barton-Wright took a martial arts system of fighting with walking sticks developed by a Swiss professor of arms, M. Vigny, and assimilated it into a his own system called "Bartitsu". For real! It was published in the Journal of Non-Lethal Combatives. Link |
| University of Pittsburgh scientists have developed a robotic arm that can be controlled by thought alone. Human trials to begin soon. Link |
Liquid sculpture is the process of creating shapes by dropping and splashing water, then photographing these forms, which last only a few thousands of a second. Very cool photos. Link |
| Vetenarian Jon-Paul Carew successfully removed a 13-inch serrated knife from the belly of Elsie, a 6-month old Saint Bernard puppy who swallowed it. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/26/puppy.swallows.knife.ap/index.html (via Attu Sees All) |
| Pittsburth's Safar Center for Resuscitation Research (huh?) scientists have successfully revived dogs after clinical death (i.e. no heartbeat, no brain activity). The scientsts developed technique that drained the dogs veins of blood and filled with ice-cold salt solution. Three hours later, they replaced the blood and the zombie dogs are brought back to life by an electric shock. The scientists hope to develop the technique further for use in humans. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15739502-13762,00.html |
| Blair is a world renowned branding a scarification (apparently there is such a word) artist. For more of his works, see http://spc.bodymodification.com/portfolios/blair/ |
Sigurdur Stefnisson of Iceland took amazing photos of northern lights or auroras. |
| Mark Sinclair draws on Post-It notes and then scans the work for your viewing pleasure. The result? The Post It Theater. |
Mark Ryden's wonderful artworks are not to be missed. See some of his works here:Wondertoonel |
Stephen Lynch plays his guitar and sings hilarious songs a lá Adam Sandler. http://www.whatarerecords.com/artist/stephen_lynch/discography.html Not to be missed: What If That Guy from Smashing Pumkins Lost His Car Keys? |
If you're a diehard fan of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, then you'd want Ross Howard and Jon Broberg's amazingly crafted Middle Earth Furnitures. http://www.middleearthfurniture.co.uk/ |
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