Robot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off north Spain to detect pollution. That’s probably not that hard since we have polluted most of the planet.
“If next year’s trial of the first five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon is successful, the team hopes they will be used in rivers, lakes and seas across the world. ”
How freaked would you be if you’re… standing on a bridge fishing for dinner and all of sudden you catch one of these things?
No, these are not album covers. They are glowing monkeys. Speechless…. here’s the deal,
“A quintet of genetically engineered glowing monkeys have proved that foreign genes can be passed onto future generations.
The five marmosets carry a fluorescent protein gene that causes their skin to glow under ultraviolet light. Scientists were able to show the gene could be inherited by their offspring.
The Japanese breakthrough opens up the prospect for the first time of monkeys being used – like mice – as research tools for the study of numerous human diseases.”
Instructables is a site that instructs you how to do things. This was one of the the tutorials, “How to be a LED Throwie Rat, or Mouse“. You may be asking yourself, “what the f?” Here is the copy from the post.
“introLED Throwie Rat (or Mouse) How to make a Rat LED Throwie. Or, what happened when LED Throwies met Mouse Taxidermy.
Be warned, this is another extremely graphic tutorial featuring guts, dismemberment, and soldering. Also see Conjoined Twin Mice and Duck Mouse for more advanced mouse techniques.”
I must point out that not everything on the site is this extreme, so check it out for yourself.
We all know Michael Jackson is crazy…. and Julian’s was going to auction off all his Neverland memorabilia. As you may or may not know, a last minute deal was made between the auction house and the King of Pop and the goods were pulled. We found this little story on LAWeekly with a great video by videothing.
Tobu World Square in Nikkō, Japan has 42 of the UNESCO-designated World Cultural and Heritage Sites created in 1:25 scale models. Check a flickr search of it here and the actual website here.
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from the cast of The Wizard of Oz (1939)). Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion
That is how it’s been reviewed. What more can you say, I am not going to pretend to know anything about this. All I am going to say is its bizarre. Download the mix here. He goes by the name of Solo. A disco DJ midget from London, who remixes disco songs. Its like a small version of Parliament funkadelic. Via here
Track list
Malente-”Music Forever”- Solo Rmx
Mixhell-”Boom Da”- Tom Jam Rmx
Zombie DIsco Squad-”Esperanto”-Solo Rmx
Tim Weeks-”Restless”-P. La Funk Rmx
Kaiserdisco-”Neph&Ton”- Ji Fi Rmx
Solo-”Congoloid”-
Mastiksoul-”Land of Spirits”
Lukas Guerrero-”99 %”
Format B-”Edding 850″
Solo-”Afreaka”
Solo-”The Big Stef”
Kiss-”Rock&Roll all night”
This is by far one of the coolest sleeping bags ever. Created by artist Eiko Ishizawa, we are not sure where you can buy one but, you can find out more info here.