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• DeLorean Hovercraft
• Ice Cube Recipe Is Complicated
• Plush Spiked Watermelon
• Horseshoe Knife
• "Baby Got Back" Sung By the Movies
• Nintendo Zapper Holster
• Let's Fly Through (a Very Small Section of) The Universe
• The Dark Knight Returns...To The Bathroom!
• 50 Main Street
• Android Dream: Time Lapse Video Clip by Samuel Cockedey
• Researchers Create 100,000 DPI Image with Nanotechnology
• Pools in the Sky: A World Tour
• How to Draw a Cartoon Shark
• Modern Day Pirates Have Their Own Letterheads
• Phantom Hand is More than Original Hand
• Somebody: A YouTube Orchestra
• The Updated Geek Signs Of The Zodiac
• The Sartorial Toddlers: How Rich People Dress Their Kids in $1,000 Outfits
• Harvey Dent?
• The Calamity of the Olympics
• New Fan Made Star Trek Web Series
• The Oval Office Apple Bowl
• PTSD: A Very Modern Trauma
• Fire Ants and Techno-Chaos
• Geeky Pet Art by Alana McCarthy
• Retro Styled Rayguns Made From Found Objects
• Street Stone: Turning Marble Sculptures into Instant Hipsters
• Honeypot Ant
• iPhone Faux tail
• A Map Of Japan Made From 1.8 Million Lego

DeLorean Hovercraft Posted: (Video Link)  Roads? Where Matthew Riese is going, he doesn't need roads. He built this amazing hovercraft after raising $5,644 on Kickstarter. Riese's motive was a worthy one: It's the year 2010, a new decade is upon us, and the question everyone is asking is, "Where is my flying car, already?!" What I'm building isn't a car, and it doesn't "fly", exactly, but I think it's a step in the right direction. Link -via Nerd Approved

Ice Cube Recipe Is Complicated Posted: Food.com member CrissyG posted a helpful recipe for ice cubes. But before you rush off to make your own, be aware that some chefs gave it bad reviews: Link -via VA Viper

Plush Spiked Watermelon Posted: What a perfect gift for some little boy or girl who wants to play picnic! Felicia Haywood made plush versions of all of the ingredients for a watermelon spiked with vodka. Link -via Craft | Felicia Haywood's Site

Horseshoe Knife Posted: I've just discovered that there's a crafting tradition of forging horseshoes into knives. This knife by Reed's Blacksmith Shop in Arizona is a good example. The blade is four inches long and the knife comes with a fitted sheath. Link | Crafter's Website

"Baby Got Back" Sung By the Movies Posted: (YouTube link) YouTube user dondrapersayswhat took clips from 295 movies to make a supercut of the lyrics to Sir Mix-a-Lot's classic 1992 song "Baby Got Back." Unfortunately, the famous intro that Alex loves to quote is not included. The movies are named in the closed caption (CC) subtitles. -via Metafilter

Nintendo Zapper Holster Posted: Pocket carry isn't safe, so A.F. 275 made a plastic over the waistband holster for his Nintendo Entertainment System Zapper: After making it of course I had to range test it. So I ran through six rounds a Duck Hunt, drawing on each duck from a holstered position and nailed every one of them. Link -via Everyday, No Days Off

Let's Fly Through (a Very Small Section of) The Universe Posted: We've seen "fly through the universe" video clips before, but this one is the best yet! Miguel Aragon, Mark Subbarao and Alex Szalay created this animation above from the most recent data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. While you gawk at the clip, remember this: each "speck" you see is a galaxy containing billions of stars. There are about 400,000 galaxies in the animation - a small slice of the universe which is estimated to contain as many as 500 billion galaxies. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via APOD

The Dark Knight Returns...To The Bathroom! Posted: This custom Batman toilet paper holder was made by a tongue-in-cheeky sort of fellow named conrick, and it's all sorts of wrong! Hasn't old Batsy been put through enough trials and tribulations lately, now he's gotta stand around looking embarrassed while you do your business?! This thing is so wacky, if a friend had one in their house I'd probably hatch a Joker inspired scheme and abscond with it...for the sake of the Dark Knight's dignity, of course. Link  --via Obvious Winner

50 Main Street Posted: Falah Khatib, Newark, Delaware Do you live on 50 Main Street, Anytown, USA? Then you're part of a unique but very diverse slice of America. Italian-born photographer Piero Ribelli spent six years criss-crossing the country to interview and photograph fifty people in fifty towns in fifty states who all share the same address: 50 Main Street. The Daily Mail has more photos: Link | Piero's website | Book on Amazon

Android Dream: Time Lapse Video Clip by Samuel Cockedey Posted: We've featured time lapse clips of Samuel Cockedey before on Neatorama, but somehow I missed this one. Here's "Android Dreams," a fantastic time lapse Samuel shot over a year in Tokyo (mainly in the Shinjuku area). It's made in tribute to Ridley Scott and Vangelis whose work on Blade Runner became his inspiration. Check it out: Hit play or go to Link [Vimeo] - Thanks Samuel!

Researchers Create 100,000 DPI Image with Nanotechnology Posted: Colored nanoscale image (a) Before the addition of metal in the nanostructures (b) Color is observed after the addition of metal (c top) Zooming into th eimage (c bottom) The nanostructure as observed in electron micrograph (Image: A*STAR) Magazine print is 300 dpi or dots per inch; standard web resolution is at about 72 dpi and Apple's fancy schmancy Retina display is at 326 dpi. The sharpest inkjet and laserjet printers can get 10,000 dpi but none of these can match what researchers at A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering: a full-spectrum color image at 100,000 dpi using metal-laced nanometer-sized structures. "Instead of using different dyes for different colours, we encoded colour information into the size and position of tiny metal disks. These disks then interacted with light through the phenomenon of plasmon resonances," said Dr Joel Yang, the project leader of the research. "The team built a database of colour that corresponded to a specific nanostructure pattern, size and spacing. These nanostructures were then positioned accordingly. Similar to a child's 'colouring-by-numbers' image, the sizes and positions of these nanostructures defined the 'numbers'. But instead of sequentially colouring each area with a different ink, an ultrathin and uniform metal film was deposited across the entire image causing the 'encoded' colours to appear all at once, almost like magic!" added Dr Joel Yang. Link In a nod to tradition, the researchers used "Lenna," the cropped image of Playboy centerfold model Lena Söderberg, that is credited as the very first JPEG image.

Pools in the Sky: A World Tour Posted: Imagine swimming in the sky! You can imagine all you want, but there are quite a few hotels and resorts that have pools high above the ground, and some are quite scary-looking. Not this one. This multi-level infinity pool pictured here is at the Ubud Hanging Gardens resort in Bali. Other sky-high pools have glass bottoms. See a roundup of these high-flying swimming hles at the Alantic. Link -via the Presurfer

How to Draw a Cartoon Shark Posted: It's Shark Week! You can celebrate by drawing a cute little shark on your notes, chalkboard, or even email. Mark Anderson of Andertoons makes it easy with a short tutorial on drawing a cartoon shark. Link-Thanks, Mark!

Modern Day Pirates Have Their Own Letterheads Posted: Piracy sure has come a long way from the days of Blackbeard. For one, modern day pirates have letterheads (or is it lettarrrrheads?). Ben Berkowitz of Reuters came upon a correspondence from a pirate group which congratulates the owner of a seized tanker for being hijacked: The cover sheet, in memo format, is addressed "To Whom It May Concern" with the subject line "Congratulations to the Company/Owner." "Having seen when my Pirate Action Group (P.A.G) had controlled over your valuable vessel we are saying to you Company/Owner welcome to Jamal's Pirate Action Group (J.P.A.G) and you have to follow by our law to return back your vessel and crew safely," the memo begins. The tone of the memo belies the violent reality of the pirate's actions. As of early August armed Somali pirates hold more than 170 hostages, according to the IMB, and were responsible for 35 deaths in 2011 alone. "Do not imagine that we are making to you intimidation," the memo says, before signing off with "Best regards" and the signature of Jamal Faahiye Culusow, the General Commander of the Group. Lest there be any doubt about who Jamal is or what he does, his signature is accompanied by his seal -- yes, Jamal has a stamped s e al -- depicting a skull and crossed swords with the name of the group. Sadly, no image of the pirate letterhead: Link Image: Pirate Pencil Sharpener from the NeatoShop's Pirate Shop

Phantom Hand is More than Original Hand Posted: A strange case of a woman with a hand amputation lends credence to the idea that our brains know what our bodies should be like, even if our bodies vary from the norm. The woman, referred to as RN, was born with a deformed right hand that had only three fingers. That's all she ever had. Then when she was 18, her hand was amputated after an auto accident. Like many amputees, she eventually began to feel she had a "phantom hand." "But here's the interesting thing," says Paul McGeoch at the University of California, San Diego. "Her phantom hand didn't have three digits, it had five." RN was aware of a full complement of fingers, but her phantom thumb and index finger were less than half the usual length. With training using a mirror box trick – a tool that creates the visual illusion of two hands – McGeoch and V.S Ramachandran, also at San Diego, managed to extend her short phantom finger and thumb to normal length. McGeoch says this study indicates that there is a hardwired representation in the brain of what the body should look like, regardless of how it actually appears in real life. It shows us more about the balance between the external and innate representations of a limb, he says. Read more at New Scientist. Link -via Arbroath (Image credit: Flickr user Andrew Catellier)

Somebody: A YouTube Orchestra Posted: Wouter "Wally" De Backer (or Gotye, as you may know him) noticed the "mountain of interpretations" of his song Somebody That I Used To Know on YouTube and decided to do something about it. No, he did not issue take down notices. Instead, he decided to create a remix of remixes, and the result is quite epic. See for yourself - Here's Somebodies: A YouTube Orchestra. (He even listed the links to the covers on his blog)

The Updated Geek Signs Of The Zodiac Posted: If you've always felt like there was an Undead Slayer, Pirate, or Spy lurking inside you, it's probably because of your Geek Zodiac sign. In this annual zodiac the animals are replaced by beloved icons of geekdom, with the years under each sign determined by the year when the first example of the icon (approximately) appeared in popular culture. I'm an Undead/Slayer, so i'm totally gonna PWN the upcoming zombie apocalypse! (design by Joshua G. Eckert, concept by James F. Wright) Link  --via Geekologie

The Sartorial Toddlers: How Rich People Dress Their Kids in $1,000 Outfits Posted: The rich are different than you and I. For one, their kids are much better dressed. Well, much more expensively dressed anyways. Meet the sartorial one-percentlings: Juliet Sandler dresses in the latest $650 dresses and $400 shoes from Parisian fashion house Lanvin. Juliet is 3. Her mother, Dara Sandler, says she dresses her daughter in the latest fashions because Juliet is a reflection of her — even though her daughter can't spell the names of the designers, let alone pay for their clothes. "I dress my daughter exactly the way I dress myself," says the 33-year-old Manhattan mother, who spent $10,000 for her daughter's summer wardrobe. She plans to spend a few thousand dollars more for fall. Top fashion designers are pushing more expensive duds for the increasingly lucrative affluent toddler demographic. [...] Some designer houses like Oscar de la Renta and Marni say they're careful to keep the clothes appropriate for kids. But there are plenty of miniature versions of the adult looks that raise eyebrows because of their eye-catching prices and sophisticated styles. Anne D'Innocenzio of AP has the story: Link (Photo: Anthon Unger/AP)

Harvey Dent? Posted: This fine-looking cat is named not Harvey Dent, nor Janus, nor Two Face. Not even Lokai or Bele. Her name is Venus. But her mask is quite fetching! Link

The Calamity of the Olympics Posted: You may be one of those people who prefer the Winter Games to the Summer Games because the skating, sledding, and skiing all come with a risk of a slip and fall. You may have even avoided all the sunshine and brotherhood of the Olympics television coverage. For you, The Guardian has a gallery of images featuring the slips, falls, and screwups of the London Olympics. Warning: contains faceplants, falling horses, and one bloody face. Link -via Breakfast Links (Image credit: Paul Hanna/Reuters)

New Fan Made Star Trek Web Series Posted: (YouTube Link) This is episode 1 of a new fan made Star Trek web series, and aside from some audio syncing difficulties and some minor technical imperfections it looks pretty good! Watch episode 1- Secret Voyage, and see if you'll be tuning in for the rest of the webisodes in this voyage across space...the final frontier. --via Geek Tyrant

The Oval Office Apple Bowl Posted: The president keeps a bowl of apples in the Oval Office, which ends up in a lot of photographs -forty of them in this collection gleaned from the White House Flickr photostream. You have to wonder if anyone ever eats one of the apples, or slips one in their pocket. And who's in charge of making sure the bowl is full of fresh apples? I keep a fruit bowl on the dining room table, and it constantly needs a refill. Link (Image credit: Flickr user The White House)

PTSD: A Very Modern Trauma Posted: We've been familiar with the term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder since the Vietnam War. The diagnosis of PTSD revolves around the presence of trauma and symptoms that include "intrusive memories, hyper-arousal, and avoidance of reminders or emotional numbing." Most of us figured it was a modern name for a condition once called shell shock, battle fatigue, or something else even further back in time. But until now, few studies have systematically looked for PTSD or post-trauma reactions in the older historical record. Two recent studies have done exactly this, however, and found no evidence for a historical syndrome equivalent to PTSD. A study just published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders looked at the extensive medical records for soldiers in the American Civil War, whose mortality rate was about 50-80 greater than modern soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. In other words, there would have been many more having terrifying experiences but despite the higher rates of trauma and mentions of other mental problems, there is virtually no mention of anything like the intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of PTSD. A different study looked at even older records, going back to antiquity, and found the same lack of specific symptoms that designate PTSD. It may be truly a unique and modern malady. Could it be because our modern lives are different, or maybe modern warfare is different, or could it be even our brains that are different today? A post at Mind Hacks has links to the original research papers. Link -via Boing Boing

Fire Ants and Techno-Chaos Posted: (YouTube link) Fire ants are the geeks of the insect world. They seek out technology, particularly electric gadgets. And they have super powers, such as the ability to survive being cooked in a microwave oven. Don't believe me? Watch this clip from the BBC program Supernatural – The Unseen Power of Animals. -via Everlasting Blort

Geeky Pet Art by Alana McCarthy Posted: The Avengers Alana McCarthy puts cats and dogs into costumes from your favorite comics, movies, and TV shows. They aren't exactly comfortable, but they sure are entertaining! McCarthy says, I created the cat paintings as a funny side project to my more serious illustration work. I've been selling them for years at comic conventions across Canada and the States and finally opened my Etsy shop, GeekyPet this June. I'm a cat person and think it's hilarious to try to capture the disdainful looks of cats forced into costumes. And these pet prints are for sale through McCarthy's Etsy shop. They are surprisingly affordable, and you get a discount when you buy three at once! Link See more of McCarthy's work at her website, Facebook, or the Geeky Pets Facebook, or follow her on Twitter.

Retro Styled Rayguns Made From Found Objects Posted: This awesome array of retro rayguns are made from found objects by Kevin Skinner, aka Budget Raygun. The only thing that could make these retro-futuristic styled rayguns any cooler is if they actually fired energy beams and made pew!pew! noises.  The future was so much cooler in the past! Link  --via JazJaz

Street Stone: Turning Marble Sculptures into Instant Hipsters Posted: Lookin' good, Hercules! Alexis Persani and Leo Caillard collaborated in a project called "Street Stone" to digitally clothe marble statues thus instantly transforming them into hipsters: Link - via Hyperallergic Two more pics below: Check out more at Alexis Persani's Behance page: Link

Honeypot Ant Posted: Photo: Greg Hume/Wikipedia It's a scene straight out of a sci-fi movie: a lair of ants with huge, swollen abdomen used as living food storage. But that, Neatoramanauts, is not science fiction. It's science fact! Meet the honeypot ant, which belly can expand to the size of grapes as worker ants keep on feeding it "honey" (such as sugary extracts from oak galls, nectaror even liquids from the body of preys). During tough times, the honeypot ant will regurgitate honey to feed its colony. These honeypot ants are so valuable that rival ant colonies often try to kidnap them, and they're so tasty that Australian Aboriginal people like to eat them like candies! Yum! Photo via National Geographic Photography Facebook page

iPhone Faux tail Posted:   iPhone Faux Tail - $9.95 Your phone has become your trusty companion. Give it the life and personality it deserves with the iPhone Faux Tail from the NeatoShop. This adorable decorative tail fits any iOS device. It's fun to add exciting de-tails! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Mobile Phone & Tablet Gadets! Link

A Map Of Japan Made From 1.8 Million Lego Posted: This amazing feat of Lego engineering would make anyone feel like Godzilla. It's a highly detailed map of Japan made from 1.8 million Lego bricks, and it looks so pretty that I want to DESTROY! This masterpiece was created to celebrate 50 years of Lego in Japan, and more than 5,000 people across Japan helped build it during the Build Up Japan celebration. Link  --via i09

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