Tennessee Musician Creates 27-String Guitar
Keith Medley has been a master guitar builder for most of his adult life, and while he has created custom instruments for many famous musicians, his most impressive guitar is the one he made for himself. If you’re missing a guitarist or two for your band, stop worrying, because the 27-string guitar Keith Medley invented […]
Video Card Museum Opens in Kharkov, Ukraine
It all started with a small private exhibition, but now the Video Card Museum in Kharkov is open to the public, and growing larger every day, thanks to donations made by video card enthusiasts. I stumbled across some photos of this museum while searching for writing material on an obscure Russian site, and after doing […]
Texas Inventor Makes Water Out of Thin Air, Beats Drought
Terry LeBleu of Granite Shoals, Texas, is one of the few people who can honestly say he’s not worried about water restrictions in these times of drought, and that’s because he has the Drought Master, a machine that makes water out of air. The concept of LeBleu’s water-making machine is pretty simple – the Drought […]
Paris Museum Displays Skateboarders’ Dream House
The PAS House, a skateboarding living environment concept thought up by French pro skater Pierre Andre Senizergues and designer Gil Le Bon Delapointe, has finally been brought to life at the La Gaite Museum, in Paris. Pierre Andre Senizergues has been in love with his skateboard ever since he first discovered it, as a teenager, and […]
Artist Builds Castles Entirely from Human Hair
Miami-based artist Agustina Woodgate has used clumps of human hair to create 3,000 bricks, which were then used to build two fantasy castles for her I Want to Be a Princess series. Human hair seems to be a very popular art medium these days, considering a number of artists are using it to make all […]
Quilled Starry Night Is Just Too Cool for Words
This piece of quilled eye candy was created by Susan Myers, of Suzy’s Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom, and it’s not only one of the coolest reproductions of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, but one of the most awesome artworks I have ever seen. I wrote a post about the art of quilling some time ago, and it became […]
Couple Get Married in Geeky Ceremony Conducted by Computer
A couple who found each other through an online social network called “Sweet on Geeks”, decided to geek out their wedding by having a computer program called Reverend Bit perform the ceremony. Miguel Hanson and Diana Wesley had one of the most unusual yet appropriate weddings in human history. Hanson, a Houston web developer and […]
Artist Sets Record for World’s Most Complex Connect-the-Dots Drawing
Melbourne-based artist Thomas Pavitt has set an unofficial record for the world’s most complex dot-to-dot drawing, after completing a 6,239 dots replica of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. One of the most popular themes in Thomas Pavitt’s art is the use of basic techniques to create very complex masterpieces. And since connect-the-dots is one of the […]
Chinese Men Turn to Pole-Dancing to Tone Their Physique
After noticing the positive effects pole-dancing has on the bodies of female practitioners, a growing number of Chinese men decided to get past their inhibitions and started practicing pole dancing as a way to strengthen their muscles. China is the home country of popular martial arts like Kung Fu and Tai Chi, and engaging sports […]
10 Coolest Finds of the Week #3
Blonde Causes Most Expensive Car Crash of the Year (SWNS) You Can Own Your Own Town for Just $800,000 (Geekosystem) A Journey to Find the Mysterious and Elusive White Spirit Bear (Environmental Graffiti) World’s Longest Motorcycle Can Seat 25 Riders (Metro) World’s Most Expensive House Goes on Sale for $175 Million (Daily Mail) Guinness Record […]
Submarine Enthusiast Converts Small Barge into U-Boat Replica
Richard Williams may be 51 years old, but he still has the dreams of a young boy. Sure, he’s not the only one, but unlike others he set out to fulfill them. I guess it’s true what they say, better late than never. As a child, Richard was a big Star Trek fan, but never […]
German Fashion Designer Creates Clothes from Milk
Yes, that white stuff cows make. Anke Domaske, a German fashion designer/microbiologist, has found a way to create a special fiber from milk and use it to make fashionable eco-clothes. The 28-year-old designer realized there’s more to milk than meets the eye, and since she’s always had a thing for science, she and her team […]
Sweet Meat Desserts by Jasmin Schuller
They might look good enough to eat, but Jasmin Schuller’s desserts aren’t at all what they seem. The artist made them using weird ingredients like meat scraps, blood and grease. Austrian artist and photographer Jasmin Schuller proves you don’t unnecessarily need image processing software like Photoshop to put consumer perception to the test. For her Sweat […]
Chinese School for Gold Diggers Proves Big Hit
Why bother building a successful career, when you can just marry yourself a rich guy that will pamper and take care of you, forever? A Chinese school, ironically named the Beijing Moral Education Center for Women, claims it can teach single ladies how to get their hands on a billionaire. I know, it sounds like new […]
Thai Artist Builds Functional Alien-Predator-Themed Motorcycle
What if an Alien and a Predator decided to put aside their differences and have a baby? It sounds crazy, I know, but I’m guessing that’s what Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn had in mind when he built this mad-looking motorcycle. Roongrojna is a Bangkok-based artist who creates all kinds of awesome metal sculptures, based on popular monsters, […]