(YouTube Link) This video demonstrates the power of bass in your face, and shows how much force is behind that bass heavy system found in cars that drive by with the booming system. Obligatory Yakov Smirnoff joke-...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/the-power-of-a-booming-system/Every design element of an Apple Store is arranged to subtly encourage visitors to become customers. The computer screens, for example, are angled at 70° to compel users to adjust them. Touching the screen lets user...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/how-apple-gets-you-to-touch-their-computers/Biodegradable packaging, used to simulate and replace plastic packaging, is becoming more common every day, so is edible packaging that far behind? Harvard professor David Edwards doesn't think so, and he's got a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/the-future-of-edible-packaging/Because I could not stop for beer, it kindly stopped for me. Jessie Gaynor of The Paris Review imagined intoxicated text messages from famous authors including Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, Dan Brown and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/drunk-texts-from-famous-authors/This Alien lamp is so awesome my pitter patter heart is just about to burst outta my chest! Behold, Alien Nation, a bespoke lamp by Evil Robot Designs: This intricate lamp in bl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/the-alien-lamp/Photo: Panthera Well, it's not Austrian politician having sex, but the camera trap in a Colombian plantation snapped something just as remarkable: momma and baby jaguars...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/jaguars-captured-on-camera/Converting a car to run on biodiesel isn't exactly new, but I've always been fascinated by such things. Think about it: deep fry your food, and then use the veggie oil to run your car....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/converting-the-vw-jetta-to-run-on-veggie-oil/deviantARTist KayleighOC (Kayleigh O'Connor), who created the Batman Na na na na nails, is back. This time, she sports the Eye of Sauron nail: Link - via GeekTyrant...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/eye-of-sauron-nail/Way back when, my father-in-law bought me a Little Giant folding ladder that, despite its name, ain't so little. Still, I didn't think anyone could create a ladder smaller th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/folding-corner-ladder/Big things come in small packages, or in case of Kenji Sugiyama, pasta boxes. The Japanese artist created detailed dioramas of museums inside empty packaging for pasta....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/kenji-sugiyamas-museums-in-pasta-boxes/Grow A Geek - $2.95 Are you a geek or nerd in need of true companionship? Don't waste precious time and resources searching for someone who can live up to your demanding intellectual standards. Get the Grow a Geek fro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/grow-a-geek/Daniel Koren, whose heads (yes, plural) have been featured on Neatorama many times before, is back with "Jazz Allergy." If summertime has got you...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/jazz-allergy/Who needs composers when you've got ... Darwin! Robert MacCallum and Armand Leroi from Imperial College London wondered if music could "evolve" out of short bits...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/darwintunes-evolution-of-music/Educated, hardworking, and family-oriented. These are probably the stereotypes you've heard about Asian Americans, but how real are they? Pew Research Center put it to the test, and fo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/the-rise-of-asian-americans/If you see a cute mammal with its head stuck in something, you'd probably help. But what about this case? Would you help the snake? And how would you do it without getting yourself hur...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/snake-with-a-can-on-its-head-would-you-help-it/Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall asked the National Security Agency a simple question: just how many people inside the United States it is spying on. But the answer is anything but sim...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/nsa-disclosing-how-many-people-its-spying-on-is-a-violation-of-privacy/Add this to the list of Things Not To Say To a Knife-Wielding Man. Via Cubiclebot stabbing...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/in-retrospect-that-was-a-dumb-thing-to-say-to-a-man-with-a-knife/(vimeo link) "A tilt of light" is a project by ENESS design studio in which 33 rows of lights and a programmable physics engine were installed inside a seesaw. The toy was placed in Federation Square in Melbourne for...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/led-seesaw/Spencer West has no legs, so he walked on his hands. All the way up Mt. Kilimanjaro! Word came last night that West has reached Uhuru Peak in Tanzania, the highest altitude in Africa. From his blog: The moment the s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/climbing-mt-kilimanjaro-on-his-hands/(vimeo link) Qing Han made this short colorful film for her senior animation project. My main criticism is that it's short, but there was a lot of work put into it! -via redditanimation, senior project...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/night-light/In an environment where you aren't under pressure to produce a product (though there are certainly other pressures) and there are no deadlines, artistic talent can be cultivated over time. Inmates who are inspired ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/9-examples-of-awesome-prison-art/(YouTube link) Don't for a minute think that just because you know how it's done that you can do it! Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, explains why every country in the world doesn't already have nuclear weapons. Uraniu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/how-to-enrich-uranium/You may not know a thing about astrology, and you probably don't even care, but you'll love pictures of cats dressing up as or enacting the 12 signs of the zodiac at Buzzfeed! Linkcostumes, cats, zodiac, astrology...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/the-12-cats-of-the-zodiac/Tricerachops Placemats - $17.95 Are you looking for a fun gift for your favorite dinosaur loving picky eater? You need the Tricerchops Placemats from the NeatoShop. This fantastic imaginative set includes 4 easy to cl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/tricerachops-placemats/From The Office to House, there are all sorts of shows represented in this goofy set of TV family sigils based on those from Game of Thrones. Can you recognize all the references? Link V...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/house-sigils-for-all-kinds-of-tv-families/The following is an article from Uncle John's Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader. As a kid growing up in New Jersey, Uncle John often went to Palisades Amusement Park. Then one day they announced they...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/lost-attractions/(YouTube Link) The PBS series Off Book is back with another look at a cutting edge artform, this time focusing on the gamer friendly world of 8-bit art. 8-bit art has become even more popular since the goo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/the-evolution-of-8-bit-art/Are you geek ladies lacking in jewelry that reflects your interest in making fun of terrible old movies? Well then, head over to Pica Pica Press' Etsy store and enjoy their fine selection of MST3000, video game and other...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/great-geek-jewelry-from-etsy/Let your fishies tour the globe from the comfort of your home with this world map aquarium. No guarantees that your finned friends will appreciate being world travelers, but you'll appreciate the fun to be had pre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/19/world-map-aquarium/Now that's one way to deal with an infestation. In case you were curious how things turned out, it turns out only one died so far, the rest turned back after taking in the scope of the challenge. Link Via BoingBoi...
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