Quick, Now Run Somebody Through!: Video Camera Taped To The End Of A Sword. <em>So Whimsical</em>: 'LEGO Thief' Stop Motion Short. Moi j aime les tapette. Le syndrome du larbin. SHORT stories - The Deep - PES. First Person Shooter In Real Life (FPSIRL) _l8x16ixF4h1qzfd9ho1_500.jpg (Image JPEG, 445x700 pixels) Unusual toy commercials - Boing Boing publicité. Santa Claus. Santa Claus is the primary figure of worship for Christians until the age of ten. He is best known for his annual trip around the world in which he breaks into homes to leave toys built by slaves. &&(na Just The Facts Santa was based on St. The Original Jolly Fat Man The legend of Santa can be traced back to St. The modern image of Santa was solidified in the pages of history by Thomas Nast, a famous cartoonist who seemed to have a thing for drawing fat men.
Oh, we see where he got the fat man thing. In modern times, traditions and customs involving Santa vary from culture to culture. The Santa Proof Many attempts have been made to disprove Santa through science, most probably because physicists need pure children's tears for experimentation. Now do you believe in Santa? These complaints, while commanding a deep understanding of the physical world show a neglectful-at-best understanding of Santology. There Are No Flying Reindeer There are too Many Children There Isn't Enough Time! Santa and Satan. The 8 Most WTF Ideas In the History of Transportation. Invent the next great innovation in transportation technology, and you'll be living in a house made of platinum. The problem, of course, is that your innovation has to actually, you know, work. And not be utterly ridiculous.
For many decades, inventors have completely failed both of those criteria. Three Wheeled Vehicles The design of a tricycle seems to be pretty good at keeping toddlers from falling off, so one would assume that it's a fairly stable system. Well for starters, here is the world's top selling three-wheeled vehicle, the Reliant Robin. We're not engineers over here, but we're going to go out on a limb and say that taking a corner with just one wheel to balance all the weight on the front of your car ups the likelihood of tipping over and rolling down the street from "possible" to "guaranteed.
" Another noteworthy attempt is the Sinclair C5, which we have to give credit to for sticking more closely to the classic tricycle in design. Toyota Personal Mobility Concepts Doink. 5 Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam. A conservative commentator recently made headlines by claiming 10 percent of all of the world's Muslims are terrorists. An amazing claim, considering that equals 150 million terrorists and if each were to pull off an attack killing just 40 people, they could exterminate all non-Muslim life on earth. Either they're not all that dedicated to terrorism, or the claim is utter insanity. Well, if there's one thing everyone thinks of when they hear "Cracked.com" it's "friend of Islam.
" Which is why we feel compelled to clarify a few misconceptions for our readers. . #5. For millions of people in the West, when you say "Islam," the first mental image that pops into mind is this: A two-person Scotch-garded version would sell like hotcakes. A woman covered head to toe in a burqa. But the whole hide-them-under-a-veil thing must be pretty big among Muslim communities, otherwise Europe wouldn't be all in in a dither over the things, pushing for bans and whatnot.
But Actually... Much like hot pants. #4. [Animation] Meet Buck, le cerf qui vivait comme un humain. Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010: Editors' Picks. Electric Eel Powers Christmas Tree. How To Turn Google Translate Into Google Beatbox. For reasons inexplicable, a “Today I Learned” thread on Reddit has turned into a treatise on how to make Google Translate beatbox for you, among other things. It must have taken some intense experimentation for Redditor Harrichr to get here but he somehow stumbled upon the following combination of steps. 1) Go to Google Translate 2) Set the translator to translate German to German 3) Copy + paste the following into the translate box: pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch 4) Click “listen” 5) Be amazed :) Since the original post both the thread and meme have expanded into slight tweaks and variations, including Technocopter, Helicopter and Dubstep.
YCombinator user iamdave actually posted a guide to making your own beats: zk = suspended cymbal bschk = snare pv = brush bk = bass tk = flam1 vk = roll tap kt = flam2 kttp = flam tap krp = hi hat tap pv = short roll th = better hi hat thp, ds = instant rimshot. Image: Datz.ro. National Geographic's Photography Contest 2010. National Geographic is once again holding their annual Photo Contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. For the past eight weeks, they have been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to rate them as well. National Geographic was again kind enough to let me choose some of their entries from 2010 for display here on The Big Picture. Collected below are 47 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature. Captions were written by the individual photographers. (47 photos total) Kanana Camp, Botswana. Pulling over by the side of the road to watch a grazing giraffe, we spotted an amber head lurking behind a small mound.
A hungry lioness. Molecular biologist on the dangers of pornoscanners. Jason Bell, "a molecular biologist and biophysicist... a Ph.D. candidate in Steve Kowalczykowski's lab at UC Davis," has posted a detailed critique of the research on the safety of airport backscatter radiation scanners. His specialty is the "molecular mechanism of how mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA2, result in cancer," and he's posted a detailed, lay-friendly explanation of the scientific concerns expressed by the UCSF team that believes that they are unsafe for use.
Which brings me to how the scanner works. Essentially, it appears that an X-ray beam is rastered across the body, which highlights the importance of one of the specific concerns raised by the UCSF scientists... what happens if the machine fails, or gets stuck, during a raster. How much radiation would a person's eye, hand, testicle, stomach, etc be exposed to during such a failure. What is the failure rate of these machines? Genetically Modified Bacteria Can Fix Cracked Concrete. Researchers at the U.K’s University of Newcastle have created a new type of bacteria that generates glue to hold together cracks in concrete structures — that means everything from concrete sidewalks to buildings that have been damaged by earthquakes.
With approximately 5% of all man-made CO2 emissions coming from concrete production, any way to cut down the necessity to manufacture new concrete is a big deal. Bacillus subtilis The “BacillaFilla” is a genetically-modified version of a common soil-bound bacteria called Bacillus subtilis that contains cells that only germinate when they come into contact with the pH of concrete. Once away from the concrete, the bacteria self-destructs (thanks to a gene). When the cells have been germinated, they burrow deep into the concrete until they reach the bottom. No word on when this bacteria will be ready for commercialization, but we’re hoping it’s sometime soon! Via MSNBC. The Funk Hunt | PTS | Play That Sound. Underbelly Project: Massive, "Underground" Street Art in Abandoned MTA Stations - Culture. The New York Times unveils a behind-the-scenes appraisal of the Underbelly Project, the massive underground street art installation decorating the walls of an abandoned New York City subway station and created by Workhorse and PAC.
It features contributions from 103 global artists—including big names like Ron English, Swoon, and Revok—but almost no one has seen it. Known to its creators and participating artists as the Underbelly Project, the space, where all the show’s artworks remain, defies every norm of the gallery scene. Collectors can’t buy the art. The public can’t see it. And the only people with a chance of stumbling across it are the urban explorers who prowl the city’s hidden infrastructure or employees of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. That’s because the exhibition has been mounted, illegally, in a long-abandoned subway station. Photo by Workhorse, for The New York Times, from a slideshow of photographs of the Underbelly Project.
Extraterrestrial Love: ET. Lovestory) Shaming The Caterpillars: Carved Leaf Art. Carved leaf art is exactly what it sounds like: actual leaves carved into art. Or -- OR -- actual art carved into leaves. Either way, my hands are far too shaky to ever attempt anything like this. And that's not just my drinking problem talking, although of course it is because that f***er never shuts up. "BEER ME! Wait, wait -- take a shot first. " Natural leaf carving is actual manual cutting and removal of a leaf's surface to produce an art work on a leaf. The process of carving is performed by artists using tools to carefully remove the surface without cutting or removing the veins. Chinar trees, huh? Hit the jump for five more of the holy shit that's some hand/eye coordination. The art of cutting leaves by Nature's Art [koikoikoi] Thanks to Heather, who talked to the hookah-smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland who considers this a direct insult to his race.
Do Not Like: A Rat-Brain Guided Robotic Car. A little car guided entirely by a living rat's brain: what could go wrong? Well it could crash it's way through the grocery store's cheese isle for one. Plus leave its little rat-pellets all over the floor for two. *heaving* I thought somebody was leaking chocolate chips! The animal-robot hybrid was developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, who explained its purpose to IEEE Spectrum: "We wanted to develop a brain-machine interface system aiming for future wheelchairs that paralyzed patients can control only with thought," says Osamu Fukayama of the university's Medical Engineering and Life Science Laboratory. "RatCar is a simplified prototype to develop better electrodes, devices, and algorithms for those systems. " That. sounds. terrifying. It's a Rat! Thanks to Shaun and Shane, who agree rodent-brain guided cars are the beginning of the end. Light Drive. Une séquence en stop-motion étonnante réalisée par Kim Pimmel pour le FITC San Francisco, utilisant les techniques de light-painting à partir d’un vynil.
Des séquences montées sur la bande-son du trailer de Tron Legacy. Les sources de lumières sont à découvrir dans la suite de l’article. Les sources de lumières : Light Studies. Chiral Projection Artwork. Une belle projection artistique sur un écran et une sculpture en papier taïwanais intitulée « Chiral » par le créatif Robert Seidel , actuellement présenté au Museum of Contemporary Art de Taiwan. Un soundtrack réalisé par Richard Eigner. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite. Dark Side of the Lens. Un superbe « documentaire vidéo » par le photographe et le bodyboarder de renom Mickey Smith, explorant le monde du surf et tout son travail.
Un shooting à travers le littoral atlantique et en Irlande, pour un tournage en Super 16mm et Canon 5D MKII. A découvrir dans la suite. Salesman Pete Animation. Voici ce film d’animation en version complète et intitulé « Salesman Pete » sur une réalisation de Marc Bouyer, Max Loubaresse et Anthony Vivien. L’histoire d’un gentil vendeur un peu maladroit qui est aussi un agent-secret. Le tout sur une musique de Cyrille Marchesseau. Procrastination. Une vidéo matérialisant bien le concept et le thème de la « procrastination » : l’art de repousser à plus tard ce qu’on doit faire. Un travail des australiens de The Dmc Initiative, composés de Nathan Drabsch et Chris Edser, autour d’une feuille restant blanche. Sound-design par Ism Studios. Longboard Girls Crew. Ash Free Handing It In Seville | BOMB IT. Zeroing Animation. Adopt-a-bot's Photostream. The Definitive Beastie Boys Sample Source Collection.
Mining bacterial genomes reveals valuable 'hidden' drugs. They're Not Even Sick!: Fruit And Veggie MRI's. Dammit, Why Didn't I Think Of That?: Futuristic Japanese Watermelon Coolers -- <em>On Wheels</em> Secret society of urban explorers in Paris. Actualité > Balades océaniques dans Google Earth.
I Must Live There: Bacon-y Foodscapes. Univers Sale Soldeur - une vidéo Comédie et Humour. "Rock Co.Kane Flow" par DE LA SOUL feat MF DOOM (prod. JAKE ONE). : L'Oreille en Feu! Robots Breaking Asimov's Laws Of Robotics. I'm Calling It: Sleep Suits -- The Next Big Thing. "Pop Surrealism" Done Right: The Art of Mark Bodnar Boing Boing.