Giant Grass Sofas Growing Around Britain
A dozen huge grass sofas have been installed at tourist attractions around the UK — in a bizarre bid to get couch potatoes out of the house.The sofas – some of which are 30ft long – are the idea of the National Trust and are made from a base of straw which has been watered [...]
Water Painting
Water Painting Fountain in Canal City, Hakata, Japan aka creation of images with water. Impressive minds from Japan came with an idea of building a water fountain that would be programmed to squirt water in such sequence so as to “paint” shapes with water. The idea became reality and the water painting fountain can be [...]
Rome gets hotel made from rubbish
Sleeping surrounded by rubbish would not be most people’s idea of a great selling point for a hotel in the middle of one of the world’s most beautiful cities.But that is exactly what currently stands in the centre of Rome – and it can already boast a major celebrity endorsement after model Helena Christensen was [...]
What came before the Big Bang ?
Scientists are considering the idea that our universe was created when two other universes collided, producing the Big Bang. If true it would open the…
Bergmönch, Hiking Up and Wheeling Down
Bergmönch is an interesting idea! Now you can climb a mountain with a backpack, and then unfold the backpack into a scooter of sorts so you can wheel your way down. The question: is a speedier descent worth carrying the extra weight up?
Link – via artsyspot
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Lifetime Movie or Megadeth Song?
I had no idea Megadeth song titles could be confused for Lifetime channel movie titles, but that’s the challenge of today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I am an expert on neither, so I only scored 60%. You will do better! Link
The Carved Baseball Bats of Peter Schuyff
Artist Peter Schuyff, among other activities, carves baseball bats. When asked about the origins of this idea, he wrote:
The whole thing started with carving sticks on my walks. I’ve made long walks in New Guinea, the Amazon, Burma, jungles, I like jungles. At the end of the day there’s not much to do and I [...]
Real Life Edward Scissorhands
Move over, Johnny Depp. There’s a new Edward Scissorhands in town, and he cuts hair. With Clawz. Yep, you read that right. Here’s Valentino LoSauro who invented a new way to cut hair:
“The idea came to me in the late 90’s,” he said.
“I am a pianist as well as a hairdresser and wanted to combine [...]
Should we release all we know about space ?
Three astronomers have argued that it might be a bad idea to release everything discovered about the cosmos following ESA’s Planck mission in 2013…
Tiburon to Photograph License Plates of All Cars Entering Town
Tiburon, California, has become the first community in the United States to record the license plate of every car that enter or leave the town:
Plates will be compared to databases of stolen or wanted cars, with matches triggering an immediate alert to local officers. If detectives are investigating a crime, they will be able to [...]
