Apache Helicopter Made Out of Plywood
It’s amazing what some people can do with something as plain as plywood. This amazing Apache Helicopter model was created by Jasper Knight, an artist from Sidney, Australia, who uses materials such as plywood, Perspex, cardboard and old traffic signs for his art. Knight’s plywood creation measures six meters in length, almost half the size […]
Cool Coffee-Making Manga Robot
This isn’t some kind of coffee filter designed to look as a robot. This thing really makes coffee just like we humans do. Designed by Clockwork, a Japanese dude who’s into manga and robotics, the coffee-making robot uses 20 digital KRS-788HV servos, a servo motor, both controlled by a PCB located in its head. The […]
Peace and Calmness in the Center of Urban Chaos
Times Square is one of the most crowded places on Earth, but that didn’t stop 200+ people from practicing yoga right in the middle of it. On the morning of the Summer Solstice, on June 21, 2009 more than 200 yoga enthusiasts gathered in the “Crossroads of the World” for the seventh annual free yoga […]
Teen Makes Prom Dress Out Of Coffee Filters
A young, inspiring fashion designer created her prom dress using nothing else but coffee filters. 18-year-old Aimee Kick, from Missouri spent an entire month making her own prom dress out of coffee filters. Apparently Aimee spends a lot of her free time in local coffee shops and is known as “the girl with a coffee […]
Beer-Bike Bar of Amsterdam
The Dutch love to ride bikes and drink beer, so they decided to mix them together and created the Beer-Bike Bar. Able to accommodate between 10-19 beer lovers, the Beer-Bike Bar is powered by its clients’ pedaling. An increasingly popular party-mobile, the beer-bike is equally popular with both men and women, but it has raised […]
Man Builds Life-Size Bumblebee Transformer
It may not be as cool-looking as the life-size Gundam robot in Tokyo, but, for a home-made statue, this real-life Bumblebee Transformer is pretty awesome. A big Transformers fan from Lemoore, California, Tom Rhoads decided to build a Bumblebee replica right in his front yard. He started working on the 18-foot-tall statue right after his […]
Aurora Borealis from Outta Space
The people from The Telegraph have just published a set of photos of the Aurora Borealis phenomenon, taken from out of space. The shots were taken on various expeditions into space.
World’s First Zero-Gravity Wedding
The bride and groom, both sci-fi fans, decided they didn’t want a conventional wedding so they opted for one in total weightlessness. Noah Fulmore and Erin Finnegan, two love-birds from New York City, spent nearly $20,000 on a 90-minute-long zero-gravity wedding. The ceremony was performed in a modified Boeing 727 jet that takes roller-coaster-style dives, […]
Fire-Up That V8
Having your engine die-out on you can be a real tragedy, but knowing you can turn it into a kick-ass grill can make things a lot better. Trent Whatley had the idea of an engine grill cooking-up in his head for about two years, but due to lack of time and parts he kept putting […]
Toe-tal Annihilation in England
Competitors went toe to toe last weekend, for the title of World Toe-Wrestling Champion. Who knew something as silly as toe-wrestling was an actual sport, right? Well, turns out it really is and people have been clashing their toes in the World Toe-Wrestling Championship for the last 14 years. This year’s competition was held in […]
Dracula’s Couch
This creepy piece of furniture looks like something Count Dracula would have in his Transylvanian castle. Von Erickson, the dark matter behind the Coffin Couch, thought you might want to experience the comfort of afterlife a little sooner. Folding up to a completely shut position and featuring a velvet covered thick foam cushion, can be […]
Red-Deer Butchering in Russia
BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE PHOTOS, BE WARNED, THEY ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED! Welcome to the village of Salba, 610 km southeast of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. This is where 600 Siberian Marals (a subspecies of Red-Deer) lose their antlers every year. These photos, taken June 15 2009, at a private ranch, […]
La Tomatina – Biggest Food Fight in Colombia
What started as La Tomatina of Bunol, Spain, is now also a popular celebration in Sutamarchan, Colombia and even Dongguan, China. On June 14, locals of Sutamarchan and many tourists gathered on an old football field to stage Colombia’s biggest food fight of the year. Around 15 tons of tomatoes were sacrificed in La Tomatina […]
Star-Wars Chipmunks
What do chipmunks and Star-Wars have in common? I have no idea, but Canadian illustrator Chris McVeigh though it would be funny to mix them together. Using a lot of patience and a significant amount of almonds, McVeigh managed to convince these cute, furry rodents to pose with action-figures from the popular sci-fi series Star-Wars. […]
15-Year-Old National Texting Champ
‘Surprisingly’ the US Texting Champ is a 15-year-old girl. Kate Moore, a young girl from Des Moines, Iowa, took home the title of 2009 US Texting Champion and a prize of $50,000. But she had to work hard for every cent. LG, the contest organizer, made this year’s competition a very difficult one. Contestants had […]