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Riche Sowa created his own island paradise that floats on plastic bottles.  The island is totally self sustaining, as he has lots of fruits and vegetables growing, has a bathroom, a solar oven, a comfy hammock, even pets!  He hopes to one day float around the world.  See a clip from an episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!:

The island is pretty nice!!

via: Buzzfeed

Watch this parrot do 20 tricks in 2 minutes.  This is all kinds of awesome!

Senegal Parrot performs 20 parrot tricks in just 2 minutes:

1. Wave
2. Nod
3. Turn Around
4. Target
5. Wings
6. Shake
7. Hello
8. Climb Rope
9. Coin Drawer
10. Piggy Bank
11. Flip Card
12. Bowl
13. Play Dead
14. Slinky
15. Fetch
16. Somersault
17. Basketball
18. Bat
19. Slide
20. Ring on Peg

Visit http://trainedparrot.com for information about how to train tricks to parrots.

via: The Daily What

Believe It or Not!, the owners of Koi Acres feed their Koi fish with a baby bottle:

Footage from the YouTube channel of Koi Acres.

via: Weird Asia News

Have you ever thought about creating a digital back up of yourself?  Watch as New York Times reporter Amy Harmon interviews Bina48, a robot who has been embedded with the memories and thoughts of a real woman named Bina Rothblatt.

Created by the Terasem Movement, who also offers the CyBeRev Project.  A website where you can preserve your identity for eternity.  You upload photos, video, audio of yourself, as well as complete tests all in an effort to preserve your being.  Sounds very Total Recall to me. Did you catch her say “conspiring to take over the world”. Scary!

via: The Daily What

13-year old Hibiki Kono created a wall-climbing vacuum suit.  See him in action here:

via: Geekologie

Watch Artist David Kassan finger paint this super cool portrait of a man with a beard on his iPad:

Kassan used the iPad’s Brushes app to create the portrait in a three hour session.

via: Asylum

Lizzie Velazquex of Austin, Texas must eat every 15 minutes to stay alive.  She suffers from a rare condition that keeps her from gaining weight.

Source:  AOL News

Did you see Back to the future?  Remember Marty McFly and his hoverboard?  Well, designer Nils Guadagnin created this replica from the movie…but this board actually hovers!  Check this out:

HOVERBOARD – NILS GUADAGNIN from nils guadagnin on Vimeo.

It hovers with the use of a electromagnetic and laser system.  For more info on this technology, check out Crealev.

Look Ma…no hands!  I present the world’s first programmable, automatic origami art.

Scientists see this as the first step towards sheets that morph turn into tools, like a cup or a wrench. Go go gadget!

Source: i09

I didn’t think this video would creep me out like it did…but it is kind of cool to watch how this crab sheds his exoskeleton. 

I used to love Spider Rolls!

Via: The Daily What