1Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt Want to be a walking Wi-Fi detector? The Wi-Fi Detector Shirt ($19.99)has a basestation design on its front with signal waves emanating from it that glow according to the intensity of a nearby network’s strength. For example, a weak signal may only light up a couple of bars on your shirt, while …
Created by Tesla coils –a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891–, its fascinating sparks come from discharges of very high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Until the 1920s, Tesla coil circuits were used commercially in sparkgap radio transmitters for wireless telegraphy, and in electrotherapy and quack medical …
This hybrid species fish was born between a carp and a leather carp in the pond of a personal house in Chongju. A Stink Bug A Death’s Head Hawk Moth Heike Crab, native to Japan A Sheild Bug The axolotl, a neotenic species of salamander, a salamander that does not go through metamorphosis. An Eucorysses …
Another funny statue in Reykjavik, Iceland –thanks Mace! El Parque del Amor, Lima, Peru –thanks Sandra in Prague, Czech Republic –thanks for the info Eric! In Cheltenham, UK In Stockholm, Sweden Cupid in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Worcester, USA, they call it “the turtlefucker” –thanks Ryan and Caroline! “The Awakening” in Haines Point Park, Washington, D.C. …
Residents of Stourbridge, West Midlands (UK) and surrounding villages were having a pleasant surprise when they took their milk bottles. They would find pictures of animals, often cows or mice, carefully carved onto the glass in astonishing detail. The artist, called by neighbors as ‘bottle Banksy’, would take the used milk bottles from doorsteps and …
On December 2008, Oddee’s crew went to one of the most amazing waterfalls in the world. Located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones, the waterfalls of the Iguazu River consists of nothing less than 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles); the most impressive of all …
Bringing together imagery from many different satellites and astronaut missions, NASA’s Earth Observatory publishes fantastic images with highly detailed descriptions, feature articles and more. Gathered here are some standout photographs from the collections in the Earth Observatory over the past years. The East African volcano Nyiragongo accounts for 20 percent of all recorded eruptions in …
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From the tiniest veins, arteries and nerves to serial cross-sections of the spinal cord, these incredibly detailed dissections show and label most every part of the human body. The collection is the product of a 17-year collaboration between David L. Bassett, a School of Medicine alumnus and faculty member known for his elegant dissections and …
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Meet Batman Bin Suparman.Aparently this young man from Singapore was blessed in 1990 with being named after two superheroes: Batman and Superman.“Bin” means “son of”, so his name is really “Batman son of Superman”, which is even funnier… –thanks Eyal! Best US Passport ever. The hawaiian flower necklace, a set of pincers as beard, the …
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