unique and interesting: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Time.is

With Time.is you can find out what the exact time is right now at any of 7 million locations around the world. Check the accuracy of your clock and compare time at different locations. You will also find a calendar, sunrise and sunset times, information...

Apache Dance

Daddy does the Apache Dance. He sure got the moves.YouTube link(via Look At This....

Transportation and Product designer Jeremy Westerlund from Dallas, USA, designed an ultra luxurious limousine evoking the glamor and sophistication of chauffeur driven cars in the past that has since been lost.This vehicle is about being seen, but at...

image creditBefore the dawn of the computer age, scientists who wished to record the amount of sunshine in any given place had to be inventive. A variety of sunshine recorders were invented, with the Campbell-Stokes Recorder quickly becoming the most...

Space Shuttle Launch Viewed From An Airplane

Video of Thursday's liftoff, which software developer Neil Monday shot with his iPhone through the window of a commercial airplane flying out of Florida's Orlando International Airport.YouTube linkMore on Thursday's liftoff.(thanks Ma...

The earliest ever version of the board game Monopoly has sold for a whopping £90,000 ($144,900). The set was one of 5,000 made in 1933 by Charles Darrow, the purported inventor of Monopoly, and is the only one to have survived to this day.The dog-eared...

The mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life from human cells to algae has been identified by scientists.Not only does the research provide important insight into health-related problems linked to individuals with disrupted...

Animal Voice Overs

YouTube link(via Neatora...

Superette, a clothing store in New Zealand, is using plates installed on benches to imprint their ad onto the back of bare legs. The ad agency behind the campaign explains:We put indented plates on bus stop, mall, and park benches, so that when people...

The careful selection of a catchy, memorable design - and the care and foresight with which it evolves over the years - is important for every kind of company. However, the passion with which some people approach cars makes their emblem design more crucial.To...

Mudskippers

Fascinating video about mudskippers. Mudskippers are amphibious fish that can use their pectoral fins to walk on land. They are found in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions, including the Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic coast of Africa.YouTube l...

Most of us who watched Knight Rider as a kid expected that by 2011 we would be driving sleek, self-aware cars like KITT - cars that would take us seamlessly from A to B while cracking witty one-liners.Though that future has not yet come to pass, things...

Hooked

Hooked by Character Matters Animation Studios. Producer Chris Schoultz.Vimeo link(thanks Co...

Harness

An advertisement for the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation.YouTube link(via Nag on the La...

The Cubix Dog Mansion by German company Best Friend's was designed to pay homage to the Bauhaus style. The raised roof and rectangular windows are nice architectural details, that will make any modern furniture lover's pet feel right at home. The Cubix...

Michael Oliveri, a digital media professor from the University of Georgia, likes to snap photos, but not with a camera most photographers use. He prefers the scanning electron microscope.In his recent project 'Innerspace,' he explores the landscapes...

Horses Save Milk Truck Stuck In Snow

Four big Amish horses come to the rescue of this milk truck stuck in the snow in Central Pennsylvania. Watch the mouse running for it's life in front of the horses at 0:23 seconds.YouTube link(Thanks Co...

Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Finland-based Rovio Mobile, in which players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within various structures, with the intent of destroying all the pigs on the playfield.The Likability...

The world's most famous landmarks created by combining hundreds of tourist photos into one. A work by swiss artist Corinne Vionnet. Look closely and you'll see dim shadows, vague silhouettes that aimlessly wander around. The picture above is from Kinderdijk,...

Geese Jogging Down The Road

YouTube link)(thanks Co...

The Fuller Brush Company was founded January 1, 1906, by Alfred Carl Fuller, a businessman from Nova Scotia, Canada. The company began with door-to-door sales of brushes of various sorts. During the 1940s and 1950s, the ubiquitous Fuller Brush salesman...

A lock is a section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section. How does this work? Test it yourself! Just press the buttons from left...

I believe the above picture is a good representation of how I use up my mornings.image sou...

Cross-Eyed Opossum Heidi Predicts Oscars Winner

From the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show. Heidi the cross-eyed opossum picks the Oscar winner in the category best actress.YouTube linkrelated posts:Heidi, The Cross-Eyed Opos...

A new dinosaur with enormously powerful thigh muscles has been discovered in America. Scientists speculated that the muscles may have been used for kicking during fights over a mate or to ward off predators. The beast - named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or...

A collection of ideas for apps and websites people are wishing for. Think of it like a suggestion box for the future of technology. The Internet Wishlist was launched by Amrit Richmond. To share your idea, just post on Twitter about an app or website...

The urge to inhabit high up places has been with us throughout the course of human history - tied up with a desire for protection from predators and the ability to see threats coming from afar.Trees were obvious choices when our ancestors were selecting...

Tall Painting

Directing, cinematography, and editing by Dave Kaufman. Painting by Holton Rower.YouTube link(via Everlasting Blo...

image creditEver wondered how much it would take to print your entire Twitter timeline? I'm not much of a Twitterer so the numbers are not very impressive, but nevertheless, to print my entire Twitter timeline it would cover 81,907 A4 pages. It would...

Using Google Maps and crowdsourced data from around the world, Street Art View is an ever-changing site that lets visitors explore murals, stenciling, and other graffiti from countries around the globe, or suggest their own favorite pieces.Jump from...

It crops up in our speech dozens of times every day, although it apparently means little. So how did the word 'OK' conquer the world? 'OK' is one of the most frequently used and recognised words in the world. It is also one of the oddest expressions...

image creditIt's an amazing site - a cone of vapor appearing around an aircraft which is travelling at transonic speed. Known as the Prandtl–Glauert Singularity this astonishing effect simultaneously widens the eyes and drops the jaw. Yet how does it...

Flea Jump Mystery Solved

Forty-four years after the debate about how fleas jump began, researchers say they've solved the mystery thanks to high-speed cameras that show the insects pushing off with their toes rather than with their knees.YouTube link(thanks Co...

Mr. Peanut is the advertising logo and mascot of Planters, an American snack-food company and division of Kraft Foods. Now, Mr. Peanut has a new car, the Nutmobile. The car is based on a 2011 Isuzu NPR diesel truck.To promote the 'peanut lifestyle',...

Comparing Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA).(thanks Ra...

Justin Bieber's New Haircut

I understand that Justin Bieber is a 16-year old Canadian singer. I understand that one of the reasons he's famous is because of his hair style. And now, I understand, he changed his haircut. What I don't understand is why this is world news. But it...

Amazing custom steampunk chopper motorcycle, by Solifague Design, dubbed 'Black Wido...

A map showing what some U.S. cities would be named if they had kept their original names. The names are not all correct. I don't know about most of the cities mentioned but I do know something about the original Dutch names.Fort Goede Hoop is actually...

Cheap Air Conditioning On Bus

From India: Cheap air conditioning on bus.YouTube link(thanks Co...

image creditWat Rong Khun is a contemporary unconventional buddhist and Hindu temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It was designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat. Wat Rong Khun is different from any other temple in Thailand, as its assembly hall is designed in...

Amy Flurry and Nikki Salk from paper-cut-project have created a series of fantastic paper wigs.(via Everlasting Blo...

Take a look around John F. Kennedy's Oval Office. Explore the President's desk. Objects that shine are interactive. Click on a highlighted object to learn more about its significance.There are seven illuminated objects - a telephone, picture frame, campaign...

People can be allergic to peanuts, wheat, mold. But some people have truly atypical allergies. Everything from water to exercise can trigger severe physical reactions.Here are 10 of the most unusual allergies.(thanks Je...

The Smallest Aquarium In The World

The smallest aquarium in the world was made by Anatoly Konenko, who lives in the Siberian city of Omsk. A glass cube measuring 30 by 24 by 14 mm, complete with sand, multi-coloured stones and seaweed can contain 10 ml of water and play home to tiny fish. The mini-aquarium is equipped with a water purification...

The Salinas Grandes is a salt desert in the Córdoba and Santiago del Estero provinces of the Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina. It covers an area of 3,200 mi². It's of industrial importance for its sodium and potassium mines. Recently the salt flats have...

Natsumi Hayashi is a Japanese woman who takes a picture every day of her levitating. It's really not levitating. It's jumping! There are also some pictures of a cat. The cat doesn't levitate. It just lies around.(via J-Walk Bl...

Unofficial Star Wars Family Portraits by artist Steven Quinn.(thanks Ma...

Cat Laser Bowling

All you need is a laser pointer, a towel, some cups, and a cat.YouTube l...

A new species of seahorse has been discovered more than fifteen years after the tiny specimen was put on display in a museum. The animal was caught in 1995 in waters off south-western Australia and taken to a local museum. But it went unnoticed until...

Think you're overloaded with information? Not even close. A study that appeared in the February issue of Science Express calculated the world's total technological capacity. The researchers calculated that humankind is able to store at least 295 exabytes...

You like someone. They're in a relationship. Be the first to know when they're out of it. That's what it says on the Facebook Breakup Notifier site.All you have to do is login with Facebook, choose the friends you're interested in who are taken, and...

Cranes

Kit Kat is the inspiration for taking a break in 'Cranes,' a TV advert from Advertising Agency JWT, London, featuring a group of crane drivers with fun on their mind. Five construction cranes are used during the site break to make a huge 'Newton’s Cradle' device with wrecking balls.YouTube link(thanks...

He is head of the world's biggest family - and says he is 'blessed' to have his 39 wives. Ziona Chana also has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village...

Paint unique pieces of art from photos. Psykopaint is a new kind of online painting application where you can turn your pictures into paintings by grabbing one of 6 brushes provided and start painting on top of your image while the colors are selected...

Wooden USB memory sticks by Dutch designer studio OOOMS are always nice tot have around when transferring files from computer to computer. These sticks are made to stand out against its natural environment of computers and offices.They are picked from...

Ford Model T - 100 Years Later

Wonderful and authentic pictures of the production line and some history of the grandfather of all cars.YouTube link(thanks Co...

You might think fairy tales are for children. Not always! What would you say about a few sweet colors and some warm materials for a fairytale house with a wonderful architecture almost waiting for a Snow White to come out and greet you with a smi...

Happy Bouncing Dog

Presurfer reader Brian sent me this video of his dog getting really excited when he's about to eat dinner or go for a walk. He starts jumping up and down like he's on a pogo stick. It's set to Jarabe Tapatío (the Mexican Hat Dance).YouTube l...

Measuring a mouth-burning 1.17 million on the Scoville Scale (a measurement of the spicy heat of a chili pepper), this is the the hottest chilli in the world, and it was grown by accident in Lincolnshire, England.Dubbed the 'Infinity Chilli' the fiery...

Rally Driver Sets New World Speed Record On Ice

Former rally world champion Juha Kankkunen has set a new world speed record on ice after driving at 205.48 mph (330.68 kph) on sheet ice off the coast of Finland. Kankkunen was driving a 6-litre, 12-cylinder, Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible.YouTube l...

British graphic designer Lydia Leith has created the 'Throne Up' bag - a barf bag for people who are already sick of the royal wedding coverage. The April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton has spawned a cottage industry of inappropriate...

Various artistic and stylish sleeping positions demonstrated by cats and do...

Growing Is Forever

Growing is Forever by Jesse Rosten is a beautiful short film that is an ode to the Redwood forests of California, set to a poem by Kallie Markle.Vimeo link(via Laughing Squ...

YouTube is huge. More video content is uploaded to YouTube in a 60 day period than the three major U.S. television networks created in 60 years. The average YouTube user spends between 15 and 25 minutes a day on the site, but how much do we know about...

image creditColorado, San Isabel National Forest - the heart of what many call Cowboy Country. Yet stray of the beaten path and you come across Bishop castle - a 160-foot high structure that weighs in at an estimated 50 thousand tons.Incredibly, it is...

7 Idiot Proof Tips For Driving Safely

image creditAlthough it is terrifying to refer to one of the most dangerous daily tasks that adults perform as 'idiot proof,' the fact remains that not everyone with a driver's license is a good driver. Whether it is due to a lack of discipline, motor...

The Great Banyan Tree

The Great Banyan Tree is a 250 year-old tree that covers about 14,500 square meters of land in the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden near Calcutta, making it the widest tree in the world. From a distance, the tree has the appearance of a forest but what appear to be individual trees are...

A car is an item of necessity and also luxury. But for many designers, cars are works of art where they can unleash their creativity and imagination. Extraordinary imagination has given rise to a number of crazy cars with weird designs in recent tim...

Bollards are posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. Bollards of London is a site dedicated to those rather odd looking pavement objects you find in the most interesting of places.Bollards have a history richer than most objects placed upon...

They say that 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' but some photographs eschew any such numeric limitation and go on talking to us forever; certain photo portraits have that rare power.Far more than pictorial representations of celebrated or instantly...

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