Steampunk Lamps

Here's a cool lamp created by steampunk designer, Art Donovan. Some pretty interesting designs that definetly mimic the subculture accurately and artistically. Check out the lamp in better detail and see other awesome stuff on his site through the link below.LINK

"Dead" Lady Comes Back to Life

This is really freakin' weird. Val Thomas, a West Virginia woman, had two heart attacks which lead to no brain waves occuring for more than 17 hours. Then her heart stopped and she was considered dead by doctors. Rigor Mortis, the condition that causes dead bodies to stiffen had already set in and her fingers had began to curl. A respiratory machine kept her "lifeless" body breathing for consideration for organ donation. Ten minutes after they pulled everything other than the respirator she woke up and started talking to people in the room. Needless to say, doctors are stunned with this first time medical miracle/mystery. Check out the news story at the link below.LINK

Tokyo Freeway Interchanges

Ken Ohyama's Flickr account has some of the coolest pics I've seen on Japanese freeway interchanges. I guess these ones are from Tokyo. Here's one modest example from a really phenomenal photoset. Check it out at the link below.LINK

Japanese "Evil" Snack Marketing

Tohato, A Japanese food producer, has launched an intersting new marketing campaign to get the word out on some new spicy snacks they're making. The two products are awesomely named "Tyrant Habanero Burning Hell Hot" and "Satan Jorquia Bazooka Deadly Hot." Customers can use their mobile phone camera to scan in a barcode on the snack and join an army for an online multiplayer game. You can either join the Habanero Evil Army or the Satan Jorquia Evil Army. The awesomest thing about the game seems to be that both armies are "evil!" Click the link below for more info on this over at the MobHappy blog.LINK

Photos from Television

Mike Sacks has a large collection of photos taken from TV that have some comedic value. Here are a couple examples of his collection. Check out the link below for more.Link

Virtual Iraq for Veterans

Albert Rizzo, a University of Southern California Clinical Psychologist, has developed a new virtual reality system that simulates the horrors of Iraq to help vets suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). The system uses a head-mounted display, earphones, and a smell generator to re-create the many horriying elements of the battlefield. Seems kind of strange way to treat someone who is still freaking out cause of war time experiences but according to the research it will help the veterans become desensitized to their fears. The U.S. Department of Defense is currently testing the system on soldiers returning from Iraq with serious psychological trauma. Read more about it in the New Yorker after the link below.Link

Monopoly Graffiti

Here's an interesting bit of street art/graffiti from the streets of Chicago from found over at the Wooster Collective, an online collection of street art. Check out the link below for the source and more from the Wooster Collective.Link

Auto Sofa

Here is an interesting piece of art created by Fred Bailey. The couch is entirely handcrafted in metal with no fiberglass and all black leather seats. It even has working headlights and tail lights. Only one drawback though - it has a $40,000 price tag! Check it out over at Ebay through the link below.Link

Chalkboard Laptop

Here is a coll customized MacBook Pro Laptop that has been coated with chalkboard paint on the top side to allow chalk note taking while sipping on a cup of coffee. Kinda cool but also kinda weird. Hope you enjoy it. Made by some dude named Russell Davies and he's apparently named it the BlackBoardPro. Click the link below for his blog entry on it.Link

Ukrainian Sand Sculptors

The Zigura Brothers from the Ukraine are sand sculptors that have quite a bit of talent. Check out their webpage for more of these interesting sand sculpted creations.
(This sculpture is kinda weird. Yoda seems really at home there on Vader's lap and R2D2 seems way too interested in Vader's butt...)

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