Ngoc: three decades without sleep Sixty-four-year-old Thai Ngoc, known as Hai Ngoc, said he could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973, and has counted infinite numbers of sheep during more than 11,700 consecutive sleepless nights. “I don’t know whether the insomnia has impacted my health or not. But I’m still healthy …
1USB Aroma Therapy Aroma therapy is one of the latest fads which makes this USB air freshner a must have. This gadget plugs right into your PC’s USB port and can generate three different aromas. Now here’s the cool part, you actually get to choose what scent you want using your computer.Source 2ElekTex Smart Fabric …
1SoundArt Canvas Speakers SoundArt takes canvas art and turns it into a speaker. The system includes a distributed mode loudspeaker that sits in the frame, your choice of canvas print and a powerful sub woofer.Just hang it on your wall, plug it in your music source and enjoy the space around you. From music to …
1Electromechanical teenager repellant Howard Stapleton (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) invented an electromechanical teenager repellant — a device that makes annoying high-pitched noise designed to be audible to teenagers but not to adults. The “Mosquito” ultrasonic teenage deterrent aims to solve the problem of unwanted gatherings of youths and teenagers in shopping malls, around shops and anywhere …
1Eskimo Nebula The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), also known as the Clownface Nebula, was discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1787. From the ground, it resembles a person’s head surrounded by a parka hood. In 2000, the Hubble Space Telescope produced this image of it. From space, the nebula displays gas clouds so complex that …
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1Bluetooth LEGO Car Open Interface has created a nifty LEGO car that is controlled via Bluetooth mouse using their patented “BLUEmagic Host Application Programming Interface”. A Bluetooth mouse controls the direction of a Lego car. Move the mouse forward and the car moves forward. Move the mouse backward and the car moves backward. Move the …
1Chuck Norris Facts Chuck Norris is more famously known as Walker, Texas Ranger. Norris is the object of an Internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts documenting and proclaiming fictional, often heroic feats and characteristics, which began to circulate in late 2005. Some of them: Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris doesn’t …
1Ancient Lost City of Angkor Wat This NASA sattelite photo shows the ancient city of Angkor Wat emerging from the Cambodian rain forest. Visible are large structures, roads, moats, water supply and surrounding habitations and farms. 2Manhattan just after the 9/11 Attacks Lower Manhattan, Post 9/11 Attacks (9:15 AM) –Credit: spaceimaging.com. 3Indonesia, Before and After …
Harold Edgerton built a special lens 10 feet long for his camera which was set up in a bunker 7 miles from the source of the blast which was triggered Nevada – the bomb placed atop a steel gantry anchored to the desert floor by guide wires. The exposures are at 1/100,000,000ths of a second. …
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1Pontiac Bonneville Special (1954) The Pontiac Bonneville Special was a purpose-built concept car unveiled at the General Motors Motorama in 1954, the first 2-seater sports car Pontiac ever produced. Designed by renowned designer Harley J. Earl and hand built by Hommer LaGassey and Paul Gilland, the Special was an experimental car, a two door, grand …