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• Well, They Are Already In Bikinis
• Vintage-Inspired Posters For The Alcohols of Star Trek
• Beeposh Rainbow Lunch Box
• Custom Doctor Who Cookie Cutters
• <i>Star Wars</i> Spaghetti Westerns
• eBay Bans the Sale of Magic Items, NeatoShop Still Wizard-Friendly
• Mr. Ed Has Been in the Liquor Cabinet Again
• Cooking with Power Tools
• Daring Escape from the Zoo
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" Played on the Engine of a Race Car
• Joy at the Gorilla Reunion
• <i>My Little Pony</i> Wigs
• The Visitor by Nemo Gould
• Wooden Sushi Slicing Playset
• Secret to Karate Expert's Powerful Chop: It's the Brain!
• "Rat Tail" Flintlock Pistol
• Restaurant Offers Discount if You Check Your Cell Phone at the Door
• Jungle Brawl
• Brain's Sewer System
• Baby Octopus
• The Cutest Remote Control Ever
• Burglar Wearing GPS Monitor Caught
• DIY Bionic Arms
• A Modern Take On The Classic Lava Lamp
• Floppy Disk Coasters
• Is This the World’s Most Comfortable Movie Theater?
• Forget the Fairy Godmother! Plastic Surgery to the Rescue
• The Maijishan Grottoes
• In Case of Emergency, Eat Bacon
• Magic Musician Chairs

Well, They Are Already In Bikinis Posted: If you love random, geeky Flickr finds, then you'll appreciate the fact that I happened to stumble upon this great photo while looking for geeky couples for a Mental Floss feature I was working on recently. Wookies and Leias chilling poolside? I couldn't help but share it with you guys. Link

Vintage-Inspired Posters For The Alcohols of Star Trek Posted: Enjoy classic liqour ads, but refuse to adorn your walls with something that isn't sci-fi inspired? Then head over to Etsy seller DangerousDays' shop and grab some of these great Star Trek booze ads. Link Via i09

Beeposh Rainbow Lunch Box Posted: Beeposh Rainbow Lunch Bag - $9.95 School is starting. Is your old lunch box a drag? You need the very groovy Beeposh Rainbow Lunch Bag from the NeatoShop. You will dig the stellar tie-dye rainbow pattern. Yeah man, this insulated bag is righcheous!       Beeposh Rainbow Backpack also available.  Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more sweet Back To School items! Link

Custom Doctor Who Cookie Cutters Posted: The fact that Doctor Who isn't filled with cookie cutter storylines is exactly what makes me want Doctor Who cookie cutters. And let me just say that I desperately want a set of these awesome custom made cookie cutters by Flickr user Nidaram -particularly the K9 cutter. Link

<i>Star Wars</i> Spaghetti Westerns Posted: George Lucas had trouble selling his Star Wars concept. What if he had responded by going to Italy where filmmaking was cheaper? Timothy Anderson created posters for all three movies from that deliciously weird alternate universe. Link -via blastr

eBay Bans the Sale of Magic Items, NeatoShop Still Wizard-Friendly Posted: Do you need a magical potion or spell? eBay is not the place for you. Starting this Fall, it's banning the sale of magic items: The following items are also being added to the prohibited items list: advice; spells; curses; hexing; conjuring; magic; prayers; blessing services; magic potions; healing sessions; work from home businesses & information; wholesale lists, and drop shop lists. In contrast, at the NeatoShop, we sell a magical unicorn mask. Need a curse or a hexing? Maybe we can work something out. Make us an offer. Link -via DVICE | Photo: Brenda Starr

Mr. Ed Has Been in the Liquor Cabinet Again Posted: (YouTube link) A Grand Theft Auto mod lets you play the game as a horse. No good could ever come of letting a horse loose behind the wheel of a convertible, I said, and I was right. All this needs is a clip of "Oh, Wilbur!" and a whinny at the end. -via Metafilter

Cooking with Power Tools Posted: (Video Link)  The kitchen and the workshop were never meant to be separate rooms. You can use your power tools to make cooking and cleaning so much faster. Here's a video showing tricks you can do with a cordless drill, including grating cheese and grinding pepper. This is a great idea! I'll see if I can replace a pizza slicer with a circular saw. They're basically the same tool. -via Nerdcore

Daring Escape from the Zoo Posted: It was a daring escape that's bound to be told as legend for generations to come. Here's a story that seems like it's straight out of a Hollywood movie: The Rheinböllen Wildlife Park in western Germany isn't exactly Alcatraz, but getting out isn't easy either. The word around the troughs at mealtimes is that you need to get through two fences to reach the freedom of the surrounding forest. Three kangaroos made it at the weekend with the help of a young fox and a wild boar that were trying to break in, an official said on Tuesday. The boar made a hole in the fence surrounding the park and the fox dug its way under another fence into an enclosure where the kangaroos were kept. The marsupials, whose names are Jack, Mick and Skippy, didn't hang around. They hopped off into the night and managed to get 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the park when a passerby spotted them. The last one was caught late on Monday. Link

"The Star-Spangled Banner" Played on the Engine of a Race Car Posted: (Video Link)  Red Bull Racing's F1 car isn't just fast--it's musically gifted. Listen to a driver play America's national anthem with its engine. -via Blame It on the Voices

Joy at the Gorilla Reunion Posted: After being separated for 3 years, 13-year old Silverback gorilla Kesho was reunited with his 9-year old brother Alf. And their joy of being reunited was immediately apparent: Longleat [Safari Park] keeper, Mark Tye, said: "The keepers from Dublin weren't entirely sure the brothers would even know each other, but the moment they met you could just see the recognition in their eyes." Conservationist and chairman of the APE Alliance Ian Redmond, remarked: "What you're seeing is exactly what you think you're seeing," he said. "Two intelligent social mammals, who were separate, are pleased to see each other again and play together. It is gorilla joy, being reunited with someone you used to have good times with and now you can again, so it's gorilla happiness" They're not so different from us, after all! The BBC has the slideshow: Link

<i>My Little Pony</i> Wigs Posted: The great news is that no one at the Neatorama office has to be left out! "Aw, John, you know I'd love to dress up as a pony at work, but there aren't enough wigs to go around." No siree. Etsy seller Erin has made many wigs, including ones for obscure characters such as Snips, Snails and Cadence. Link -via Fashionably Geek

The Visitor by Nemo Gould Posted: Nemo Gould's kinetic sculpture The Visitor depicts an alien who has landed his craft on prehistoric Earth. Watch his eyes light up, his head turn to look out the "windows," and his, um, appendages flip levers in a video at the artisy's site. It was made from: Typewriter case, picture frame, fresnel lens, electric massager, chandelier parts, voltage meters, book clippings, aquarium plants, LEDs, motors, fiber optic cable, laboratory beaker. And it's for sale, too. Link -via Laughing Squid Previously: Nemo Gould's Giant Squid Robot

Wooden Sushi Slicing Playset Posted: Wooden Sushi Slicing Playset - $19.95 Are you looking for a fun way to introduct the wonderful world of sushi to your less than adventourous youngster? You need the Wooden Sushi Slicing Playset from the NeatoShop. This deliciously playful 24-piece set comes with:  Sliceable Sushi Rolls Shrimp Tuna Chopsticks Soy Sauce Bowl  Wasabi  Ginger Slices Knife Serving Tray and more Playing with your food can be so much fun! Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Toys & Games! Link

Secret to Karate Expert's Powerful Chop: It's the Brain! Posted: Hi-yah! Karate experts are able to generate extremely powerful punches - much more powerful than what could've been generated by muscle strength alone - so what's their secret? Turns out, it's all in the brain: The study, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, looked for differences in brain structure between 12 karate practitioners with a black belt rank and an average of 13.8 years’ karate experience, and 12 control subjects of similar age who exercised regularly but did not have any martial arts experience. [...] Brain scans showed that the microscopic structure in certain regions of the brain differed between the two groups. Each brain region is composed of grey matter, consisting of the main bodies of nerve cells, and white matter, which is mainly made up of bundles of fibres that carry signals from one region to another. The scans used in this study, called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), detected structural differences in the white matter of parts of the brain called the cerebellum and the primary motor cortex, which are known to be involved in controlling movement. The differences measured by DTI in the cerebellum correlated with the synchronicity of the subjects’ wrist and shoulder movements when punching. The DTI signal also correlated with the age at which karate experts began training and their total experience of the discipline. These findings suggest that the structural differences in the brain are related to the black belts’ punching ability. Link - via Popsci

"Rat Tail" Flintlock Pistol Posted: This is a single-shot, muzzle-loading flintlock pistol. Reloading it takes a long time, but the user may not have much time. That's why the makers of this late Eighteenth/early Ninteenth Century Ottoman Albanian pistol built a club into the handle. Fire your shot, reverse the gun, then start swinging. Link -via Hell in a Handbasket | Photo: swordbuyer

Restaurant Offers Discount if You Check Your Cell Phone at the Door Posted: Do you fiddle with your cell phone while eating at a restaurant? Owner and chef Mark Gold of Eva Restaurant is waging a brave battle against "distracted dining" with this new policy: a 5% discount if you check your cell phone at the door. "For us, it's really not about people disrupting other guests. Eva is home, and we want to create that environment of home, and we want people to connect again," he explained. "It's about two people sitting together and just connecting, without the distraction of a phone, and we're trying to create an ambience where you come in and really enjoy the experience and the food and the company." Gold said instating the suggestion reminds him to keep cell phone usage at bay, too. "I'm guilty of it as well. When [my wife and I] go to dinner it seems like the cell phone is part of the table setting now. Every table you look at, it's a wine glass, the silverware and the cell phone," he joked. Link (Photo: Shutterstock) - via LA Times

Jungle Brawl Posted: (vimeo link) Blue Chimp has escaped from a primate research facility, and a hunter is after him with a tranquilizer gun! This animation by Lee Daniels contains violence and bathroom humor. It's the beginning of a webseries featuring Blue Chimp. Link -via Kuriositas

Brain's Sewer System Posted: Like the saying goes, everybody poops. Even your brain. But how does the brain get rid of its waste? Researchers have just discovered the mechanism: a "cleansing river" inside the brain that flush away waste. In most of the body, a network of vessels carry lymph, a fluid that removes excess plasma, dead blood cells, debris and other waste. But the brain is different. Instead of lymph, the brain is bathed in cerebrospinal fluid. For decades, however, neuroscientists have assumed that this fluid simply carries soluble waste by slowly diffusing through tissues, then shipping its cargo out of the nervous system and eventually into the body's bloodstream. Determining what's really going on has been impossible until recently. In this study, researchers led by U.R. neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard have identified a second, faster brain-cleansing system. Nedergaard an expert in non-neuronal brain cells called glia, has long suspected that these cells might play a role in brain cleansing. Link (Image: J. Iliff and M. Nedergaard)

Baby Octopus Posted: A newly-hatched cephalopod swims by its yet-to-be-hatched sibling in this amazing photograph by Simon Chandra. The picture was taken off Pramuka Island, Indonesia, and submitted to National Geographic's Your Shot gallery. Then it was selected for the Weekly Wrapper to offer as downloadable wallpaper. Link -via reddit (Image credit: Simon Chandra)

The Cutest Remote Control Ever Posted: Ain't that just the cutest remote control ever? Meet ApriPoko, a talking and voice-operated robot that doubles as a universal remote for all of your electronics. Best of all, the robot "learns" by watching what you do: Turn on the TV, and he’ll ask: “What did you just do?” He commits your answer to memory and then mimics you if you ask him to turn on the TV. Very cool ... in a slightly creepy way (thank goodness it's so cute!). Flavorwire has 11 more examples of adorable personal robots that will one day run your life: Link - Thanks Russ!

Burglar Wearing GPS Monitor Caught Posted: Kristen DaCosta of Somerset, Massachusetts, was ordered to wear an ankle bracelet as a condition of her probation, but didn't realize that police could track her movements with it. Detectives say they have evidence left by her monitor that she entered a home in Somerset and stole jewelry. "She didn't destroy the place. She did not ransack it. But she certainly left her electronic fingerprint on the place for us. This lady was on a GPS monitoring device," said Chief Jospeh Ferreira of the Somerset Police Department. Wait, it gets better. Police told NBC 10 DaCosta was also sneaking through other neighborhoods, suspecting of breaking into at least a dozen homes all over Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. DaCosta is charged with at least 17 break-ins while wearing the monitor, including burglaries in New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Tiverton. Yes, she wore a GPS during 17 criminal acts before the police picked her up. In fact, this particular burglary occured two months ago, and the homeowner just recently realized the jewelry was missing. It's no wonder DaCosta thought she'd get away with it. Link -via Arbroath

DIY Bionic Arms Posted: Fifty-one year old Chinese fisherman Sun Jifa lost both of his arms when a homemade bomb he was making for blast fishing detonated prematurely. He couldn't afford prosthetic limbs, so he decided to build his own. After eight years of planning and scrounging scrap materials, he has built his own bionic arms. Sun spent eight years making prototypes before finally creating a pair of metal hands which can grip and hold thanks to a series of wires and pulleys inside the shell. 'I control them with movements from my elbows and I can work, love normally and feed myself just like anyone else,' explained the real life tin man. The Daily Mail has more: Link

A Modern Take On The Classic Lava Lamp Posted: Designer Merve Kahraman has created an updated version of the classic Lava Lamp, and this time the wax is flowing fluid-free. He calls it the Revitalizer, and it looks like a big old waxy mess in the making! Wax heated by a high voltage bulb up top drips into the cup below, and when the whole thing is melted down, you can take it out of the cup and start all over again. Link  --via DesignTAXI

Floppy Disk Coasters Posted: Floppy Disk Coasters - $8.95 Are you looking for a houseware item that makes you feel old and embraces your inherit geekiness? You need the Floppy Disk Coasters from the NeatoShop. This great set of 4 coasters are shaped like "retro" 1.44 MB floppy disks.   Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Barware & Cocktail items! Link

Is This the World’s Most Comfortable Movie Theater? Posted: Instead of regulation theater seats, the Beanie Plex theater in the Sunway Pyramid mall is filled with comfy fluffy love seats! And where do we find such comfort? In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Those who write about the Beanie Plex tend to say they hope the concept spreads to a theater near them, but there's another way to look at it: You could stay at home and sit on a comfy love seat to watch a movie. Link -via mental_floss

Forget the Fairy Godmother! Plastic Surgery to the Rescue Posted: Who needs fair godmother, witchcraft, or even a royal kiss when you've got plastic surgery? These "We Make Fairy Tales Come True" ads by Clinica Dempere in Venezuela cleverly spoofed Disney's characters. Link - via Geektyrant and io9

The Maijishan Grottoes Posted: Seven thousand Buddhist sculptures grace the caves and a sheer rock cliff face of the Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu Province, China. The work on these carvings took hundreds of years, peaking around 500AD, but continued until the beginning of the 20th century. Some are carved out of the cliff itself, some are made of clay, and some rock sculptures have been brought in from elsewhere. See lots of photographs of this amazing landmark from various vantage points at Kuriositas. Link -via the Presurfer (Image credit: Flickr user mke1963)

In Case of Emergency, Eat Bacon Posted: The most amazing thing about this great picture is the simple fact that not all of the bacon has been taken yet. I don't know about you, but I need ALL the bacon. Link Via That's Nerdalicious

Magic Musician Chairs Posted: (YouTube link) This lovely performance is from the closing ceremony of the World Shanghai Exposition in 2010. We are used to seeing dancers fly through the air on by invisible wires, but what are the musicians sitting on? -via Arbroath

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