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Lego House
Saturday, January 22, 2011 · 3 Comments
This is unbelievable! An entire house built out of Legos, including all the contents. The house even includes a Lego cat! Thanks to Melody for the link!
2 Legged Pig Walks Without Hind Legs
Friday, January 21, 2011 · 5 Comments
Meet Zhu jianqiang (translates from the Chinese to mean “strong-willed) a two legged pig that gets around on her front hooves. The female piglet was born into a litter of nine siblings and was born without back legs. Although neighbors and friends encouraged her owner, Wang Xihai to put her ...
Cat Gets Summoned For Jury Duty
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 · 3 Comments
Since the Boston municipal census allows you to list your pets, Anna and Guy Esposito did just that and listed their cat Sal. Unfortunately now Sal has been called to jury duty. “Anna filed to have her pet disqualified from the service requirement on the grounds he is “unable to ...
85 Year Old Builds Cathedral Single-Handedly
This cathedral constructed out of salvaged materials, has been a project 50 years in the making. Justo Martinez an 85 year old from Madrid, has been working on this amazing cathedral single-handedly since he left an order of Monks due to an illness. He has dedicated his life to building ...
Meet Heidi, the Cross-Eyed Opossum
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
An opossum in Germany has become a worldwide internet sensation. The cross-eyed 2 year old, named Heidi, is yet to make her debut at Leipzig zoo, but already she’s attracted over 110,000 Facebook fans. That’s more than the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Heidi’s the latest in a line of much-loved ...
This Octopus Is Actually A Chair
Monday, January 17, 2011 · 1 Comment
Maximo Riera’s Octopus Chair is a crazy realistic art piece that evolved from sketches to 3D renders to CNC’d blocks which were assembled, glued, sanded, and painted by hand. This chair is first of a The Animal Chairs collection, consisting of more than 15 different pieces. Source: Notcot
Ripley’s Acquires Lint Artwork of Biblical Proportions
Michigan artist Laura Bell is a little fuzzy about the details of her portrait -The Last Supper. That’s because she used fluffy dryer lint as the medium for her take on this famous work of art. The massive masterpiece measures 14 feet long by 4 feet tall and has been acquired ...
This Concrete Dress Purifies the Air
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 · 2 Comments
This dress, called ‘Herself,’ is made from a special kind of pollution-absorbing flexible concrete that’s been sprayed onto fabric. Which begs the question: what kind of undergarment does one wear under concrete? From Catalytic Clothing: This textile sculpture called “herself” (from a bigger project called catalytic clothing) is the beginning ...
Science Is Trying to Beam Images Directly Into Your Contacts
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
So in an apparent bid to one up 3D technology, scientist are trying to go one further with beaming images directly into your contacts. Uh….does this seem like a bad idea to anyone else? Researchers at the University of Washington have been working on extremely tiny and semi-transparent LEDs designed ...
3D Paper Art
Monday, January 10, 2011 · 9 Comments
Cheong-ah Hwang creates images out of layers of paper, to give off a 3D effect. She focuses on a variety of subjects such as animals, fairy tales, and iconic geek icons.
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