Archive for February 28th, 2006

Twelve Year Old Boy Stuck Gum in $1.5 Million Painting.

A 12-year-old boy visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts with his school stuck a wad of gum to a $1.5 million abstract painting "The Bay" by Helen Frankenthaler.Holl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/twelve-year-old-boy-stuck-gum-in-15-million-painting/

The Lost Kingdom of Tambora: Pompeii of the East.

Haraldur Sigurdsson of the University of Rhode Island discovered the lost kingdom of Tambora, which was wiped out by a giant volcanic eruption in 1815. Records suggest that th...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/the-lost-kingdom-of-tambora-pompeii-of-the-east/

Bride of Chucky Wedding Cake Topper.

Why settle for that boring and blah wedding cake topper? Go with these awesome weird wedding cake topper. Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/bride-of-chucky-wedding-cake-topper/

Crocheted Lorenz Manifold.

Dr. Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf crocheted this magnificent Lorenz manifold, "the two dimensional stable manifold of the origin of the Lorenz system".*e...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/crocheted-lorenz-manifold/

Salmon Cam.

Phil Dalton of John Downer Productions used a fake salmon with a camera inside to record bears diving for salmon. Each camera costs about £10,000 to develop and build, a...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/salmon-cam/

Geoffrey Cottenceau's Animaux.

I really don't know what to say about Geoffrey's work of art - judge for yourself. Link (via Gordon Keith Blog)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/geoffrey-cottenceaus-animaux/

Naughty Cereal Boxes.

For more naughty cereal boxes, see: http://www.mainstreetsonoma.com/cereals.html (via WFMU Beware of the Blog)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/naughty-cereal-boxes/

Andy Gregg's Milano Lounge Chair.

Andy of Bike Furniture Design has been creating playful furniture from bicycle rims, handlebars, frames, and wheels since 1990. http://www.bikefurniture.com/index.html (via Mil...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/andy-greggs-milano-lounge-chair/

Einstein Robot.

Hanson Robotics has created this Einstein Robot with a freakishly lifelike facial expression. Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/einstein-robot/

Cat Piano.

This crazy musical instrument was designed in 1650 by Athanasius Kircher, a 17th century German Jesuit scholar. The piano was designed to raise the spirits of an Italian p...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/cat-piano/

Benjamin Franklin's Personal "Plan".

Did you know that Benjamin Franklin made a "Plan", kind of like commandments for more righteous living and kept it until his death? He even made a form to keep track ......

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/benjamin-franklins-personal-plan/

Distributed Computing Project Broke Enigma Message.

More than 60 years after the end of WWII, a distributed computing project called M4 Project cracked an Enigma message by brute force.The message? It was sent by a submarine saying...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/distributed-computing-project-broke-enigma-message/

Unseen Unforgotten: Birmingham News Civil Rights Photos.

Birmingham News published a collection of never-before-seen photos of the civil rights movement in Alabama, forgotten for decades in an equipment closet: The section is the result of resea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/unseen-unforgotten-birmingham-news-civil-rights-photos/

Ausonia Mensa Massif on Mars.

This picture was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft. Link...

https://www.neatorama.com/2006/02/28/ausonia-mensa-massif-on-mars/




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