Robot Band Compressorhead Puts the “Metal” in Heavy Metal
Compressorhead is not your usual heavy-metal rock group. The band’s three members are all robots, but they’ve proven they can cover hits by rock legends like Motorhead or AC/DC honorably. They’re even scheduled to play alongside The Chili Peppers and The Killers, at the Big Day Out Festival, in Australia, this summer. Assembling, cooking, waiting tables, […]
Japan’s “Infidelity Phone” Keeps Extramarital Affairs Private
These days, the world is going crazy over smartphones, but in Japan, people who engage in extramarital relations remain faithful to a seemingly outdated mobile phone which does a great job of keeping their affairs private. It’s even been nicknamed the “uwaki keitai” or “infidelity phone”. The Fujitsu “F-Series” flip-phones are not coolest-looking or most feature-full mobiles […]
Nigerian Artisan Covers Car in Woven Raffia Palm Cane to Advertise His Business
Ojo Obaniyi, a talented artisan from the Nigerian city of Ibadan has come up with an ingenious way of advertising his raffia palm cane weaving services – he covered the inside and outside of his Volkswagen pickup in the natural material. There are a lot of raffia palm cane weavers in Nigeria, but one of them […]
Meet the Guy Who Built a Train in His Basement
Canadian Jason Schron loves VIA trains so much that he actually spent four and a half years and $10,000 building his own genuine replica of a 1980s VIA train cart, accurate down to the tiniest details, right in the basement of his home, in Vaughan, Ontario. “The train is where I feel most at home,” Schron […]
Woman Plans To Eat and Drink Only Starbucks for a Year
A Seattle-based woman by the name of Beautiful Existence (her legal name) has set a very strange challenge for herself this year – she plans to eat food and drink beverages only from Starbucks for all of 2013. No, she’s not addicted to Starbucks products. Beautiful Existence just likes to set year-long challenges for herself. For example, […]
Creepy Spider Dress Protects Wearer’s Personal Space
Don’t you hate it when total strangers invade your personal space by getting a little too close for comfort? By wearing the high-tech Spider Dress you can now send them a message in the shape of a creepy artificial spider leg pressing against their body. Netherlands-based designer Anouk Wipprecht has designed one of the scariest […]
Illustrator Documents Her Shopping for the Last 6 Years by Drawing Her Everyday Purchases
From everyday groceries to household appliances and rare souvenirs, artist Kate Bingaman-Burt, from Portland, Oregon, keeps track of everything she buys by making silly drawings of something she purchases every day. She started this habit six years ago and has since then published two volumes of a book on the topic, called Obsessive Consumption – […]
Quirky Calendar for Nerds Goes on Sale in Germany
A group of three self-confessed nerds hired a photographer to create a calendar that would appeal to fellow gamers and vintage technology fans. The 2013 Nerd Dreams Calendar recently went on sale in Germany but is available to geeks worldwide. Are you a big fan of iconic devices like the Atari ST, Commodore C64 or Steve Jobs’ […]
Russian Artist’s Paintings Are Made with Dead Butterfly Wings
Vadim Zaritsky, a former police officer turned artist and entomologist uses a very strange medium for his artworks – butterfly wings. The subjects of his unique paintings range from landscapes and still life to portraits of political figures and famous artists. I know it sounds cruel, but before you label Vadim Zaritsky’s art as a […]
Designer Creates Fashionable Dresses Out of Thousands of Colorful Rubber Bands
Bulgarian-born designer Margarita Mileva spends around 90 hours painstakingly knotting rubber bands together to create wearable dresses. Her latest creation numbers 18,500 rubber bands. The first time we featured Margarita Mileva on OC was back in 2011, when she created a stunning pastel dress out of 14,235 pieces of rubbery office supplies. She beat that record […]
Siberian Doctors Use Sticks to Literally Beat Drug Addiction
There’s a new way to beat your addiction, but it hurts, a lot. Psychologists at a Siberian drug clinic are using corporal punishment to help drug, alcohol and even sex addicts get their lives back. The bizarre treatment involves lashing patients’ buttocks with sticks and canes. “We cane the patients on the buttocks with a […]
Sick Gambling in Taiwan – Betting on When Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Will Die
A macabre gambling trend has taken off in Taiwan’s thrid largest city of Taichung. Doctors, nurses and even the families of terminally ill cancer patients are placing bets on when the sick will die, for the chance to win three times the wagered sum. It’s sick what some people will do for money. According to […]
Mind-Blowing Landmark Artworks Are Made Exclusively with Doodles
If you think doodling is just child’s play, you definitely haven’t seen Sagaki Keita’s works yet. This amazing Japanese artist can recreate virtually anything from classic statues and paintings to famous landmarks using thousands of tiny doodles. We first discovered Sagaki Keita’s talent two years ago, when he took the art world by storm with […]
Chinese Millionaire Works as a Street Cleaner to Set a Good Example for Her Kids
Yu Youzhen, a millionaire from Wuhan City, China, has been making headlines recently, after it was discovered she works as a street cleaner, for a 1,420 yuan monthly salary, in order to set a positive example for her two children. During the 1980s, Yu Youzhen was just an average vegetable farmer in the Hongshan District Donghu Village Huojiawan, working hard […]
Creepy White Chocolate Baby Heads Are Surprisingly Popular
I’m a big fan of white chocolate, but not even the strongest sweets craving couldn’t make me take a bite out of Annabel de Vetten’s creepy baby heads. They’re way too scary for me, but according to the English food artist they’re quite a hit at parties and baby showers. The disturbing white chocolate artworks were originally designed […]