Cyborg Insects Are Real
Soon the Pentagon will announce they’ve managed to create cyborg insects, that will give the US a technological edge in future conflicts. Ubyka‘s cyborg insects are a glimplse of the future, when insects and animals will be fitted with war gear like rockets, cannons, chemical sensors and other deadly devices. With names like Rapidus Explodus […]
Recompute – The Environment-Friendly PC
Are you worried your PC could be more environment-friendly? You’re right, but don’t worry, thanks to Recompute you don’t have to give up web-surfing. Recompute is a green concept that means to completely revolutionize the computer industry. Instead of a plastic, aluminum or iron case, Recompute uses a recyclable and renewable case, made out of […]
Home-Made Motorcycle
Are you sad because you can’t afford to buy that Harley-Davidson chopper you’ve always dreamed of? That’s ok, the economic crysis hit us all hard, but don’t worry you can build a fine chopper yourself, like this guy did. This Chinese dude proves to us all that if you want something really bad you can […]
Greenpeace vs. Russian Police – Part 2
Believe it or not the same Russian Greenpeace activist got busted by the police again, just days after the first incident. If there’s one think I admire about the poor environmental activist who faced the Russian police a few days back, it’s his persistence. The man actually got released by the police andreturned in front […]
Tough Guy Race 2009
Known as the toughest competition in the world, the Tough Guy Race asked its question again in 2009, “Are you strong enough?” More than 5,000 people gathered at the start line of the Tough Guy Race this year, only to face the torture of a 13 km endurance course, designed by a former Grenadier Guardsman […]
Not Your Usual Barbie Dolls
How about a redneck or trailer-trash doll for your kids? No? It’s your loss! I knew the doll-making industry was going downhill ever since that Gay Bob – The World’s First Gay Doll hit toy-store shelves. Trailer trash dolls were first produced in 1998 and their first star doll came out in 2005. Her name […]
Japan’s Ice Hotel
Japan opens ice hotel, tourists rush to book rooms. Following the model of norththern-European countries like Sweden, Japan opened an ice hotel in Alpha Resort Tomamu’s ice village, on Hokkaido Island. The living-rooms, bath-rooms and bed-rooms are all made out of ice, and it costs two people 80,000 yen ($696) to spend the night. Dinner […]
Neuburg Ice Swimming 2009
The traditional Neuburg Ice Swimming event is considered the biggest swimming event in Europe. This year over 2,000 brave swimmers from all over Germany gathered in Neuburg an der Donau for the 40th anniversary of the event. Neuburg Ice Swimming 2009 took place on January 31. Europe’s biggest swimming extravaganza featured swimmers desguised as sea-gods, […]
World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain
The chocolate fountain at the Bellagio, in Las Vegas is simply delicious. Rising 27 feet above ground, and touching the ceiling, the chocolate funtain in Jean Philippe Patisserie displays a spectacular series of small chocolate waterfalls, filled with white, dark and milk chocolate. Over 2,100 punds of tasty melted chocolate circulate through this wonder of […]
Wing Bowl 2009
For some Americans the Super Bowl was not the most important sports even of the past week, the Wing Bowl was. You gotta love Buffalo wings, they’re delicious, but would you get up at 5 in the morning to eat as man as you can?That’s what the contestants of Wing Bowl 2009 had to do […]
Rolex Time Sand
Who better to make time sand than one of the world’s most famous time-piece manufacturers, Rolex. In order for an hourglass to acurately measure time, its sand would have to be of uniform size and texture. Michael Marcovici used this kind of sand in one of his latest artworks. Famous for stacking 10 million $100 […]
Grafitti-Covered Kelburn Castle
One of the oldest castles in Scotland, Kelburn is now also one of the most modern. Kelburn castle was built in the 13th century, remodelled in the 16th century, and opened to the public, as a country park, in 1977. It’s one of many beautiful castles in Britain, but Kelburn stands out through its bizarre, […]
How Russia Treats Greenpeace
Well Greenpeace is definitely not the most loved organization in Russia. I don’t know exactly what that adorable human trash can told those guys from the “OMOH“(Russian Police), but one thing is for sure, they didn’t like it. So they decided to throw the poor protester in their van and take him to the gulag […]
How To Make A Rainbow Cake
Doesn’t look like a very natural cake, I know, but what’s a few chemicals here and there. i just thought I’d post the images of the whole “making a rainbow cake” process, but if you’re interested in getting the recipe and other pointers on baking one of these babies, visit Omnomicon. Not sure if I […]
Inside a Professional Camera
Ever wondered what a professional camera looks like on the inside? You know how merchants slice watermelons at the market, so you can see they are ripe? I think somebody used the same sales strategy on this professional camera. How else would you explain this oddity, a camera sliced in half. I can think of […]