Date: July 8, 2008 8:52:30 AM CDTSubject: Lawn zombie sculptureSource: Boing BoingAuthor: Cory Doctorow
Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our John's dug up this magnificent zombie lawn-sculpture by Alan Dickenson, available for a mere $90 -- think of the savings you'll realize by no longer having to pay someone to keep the kids off your lawn! Link, Discuss on Boing Boing Gadgets
Date: July 8, 2008 1:28:56 PM CDTSubject: Octopuses play with Rubik's CubesSource: Boing BoingAuthor: David PescovitzResearchers from the Weymouth Sea Life Centre are providing octopuses with Rubik's cubes to determine whether the animals prefer one tentacle over another, or another, or another, etc. I bet they secretly hope that one of the animals will solve the puzzle. From Nature's The Great Beyond:"Uniquely, octopuses have more than half their nerves in their arms and have been shown to partially think with their arms," says Claire Little, of the Weymouth Sea Life Centre. "Many animals have been shown to favour a certain arm so we will see if octopuses can be added to that list."Octupus and Rubik's Cube (Nature)
According to Little, the findings could help make life in captivity more pleasant for these intelligent, (and occasionally shark eating), animals. "They are very susceptible to stress, so if they do have a favourite side to be fed on, it could reduce risk to them," she says.
Date: July 8, 2008 12:37:44 PM CDTSubject: Teen discovers bat hiding in her braSource: Boing BoingAuthor: David PescovitzAbbie Hawkins, 19, spent a half-day at work before noticing that a baby bat was hiding inside her bra. From The Telegraph:Miss Hawkins said she got dressed at 7.30am and arrived for work at the Holiday Inn Norwich North, near Norwich International Airport without noticing anything unusual.Bat in bra (The Telegraph, via Fortean Times)
"When I was driving to work I felt a slight vibration but I thought it was just my mobile phone in my jacket pocket," she said.
It was not until her lunch break, at midday when she felt a strange movement inside her bra, which had been hanging on her washing line the previous night.
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<p>Gallery of photos of a giant plucked chicken sculpture.</p>
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Attention Chicken! is a three dimensional version of the collage that goes by the same title.
<p>Nicolas Lampert and Micaela O'Herlihy created a ten-foot rotisserie chicken out of polystyrene foam, hard coated, and then painted with latex paint and final coat of high gloss varnish.</p>
<p>In October, 2006 Attention Chicken! made a number of unannounced public interventions throughout Milwaukee at Bradford Beach, the woods, Walmart, National Ave, and other locations throughout the city. Reactions ranged from laughter to attacks directed at the chicken (three in one day!)</p>
</blockquote><a href="http://machineanimalcollages.com/Pages/Installations/AttentionChicken.html">Attention Chicken</a> <em>(via</em> <a href="http://wtbw.net/"><em>wtbw</em></a><em>)</em>
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Voyeur hid cell phone in rear - Boing Boing
Can't touch this.
Or, as my daughters would say,
Peace, punch, Captain Crunch,
I got something you can't touch.
Japundit shot a video of a gadget called "The Magical Water Princess," which is installed in women's public restrooms to mask sounds of using the toilet. [A] device called Oto-hime ... makes a chirping sound when ladies use the toilet, because Japanese women hate the idea of anyone being able to hear any sounds they make while they go. Before the device was introduced in the 1980s, it seems that female patrons in restraunts would flush the toilet multiple times to mask the sounds, which wasted an incredible amount of water...
Here's a video of how they work. Just wave your hand over the button and the sound of water will come out of the device, allowing you to do whatever you need to do with without nervousness of people listening to the sounds you make. Link
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