This house, located in Xiazhangyang, a village in the Zhejiang province in China, is real. It is located in the middle of a newly constructed Chinese highway. Structures such as these, where the tenant refuses to move to make way for a public land project, are known as “nail houses”. This situation is possible because…
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Creepy but beautiful insect works of art made from old watch parts
Justin Gershenson-Gates, typically sells steampunk-like jewelry made from old watch parts on his A Mechanical Mind website but occasionally he reveals odd, but beautiful, machine-like insect thingies made from tiny light bulbs, electronic circuitry and yes, old watch parts – and people can’t get enough of them. Gates has created mechanical mantises, scorpions, butterflies, and…
Stores using hidden cameras behind mannequin eyes to spy on customers
Mannequins are creepy enough anyway. Now we find out from Bloomberg that a number of high-profile chains are reportedly utilizing a new kind of high-tech mannequin fitted with a tiny camera to spy on shoppers. The EyeSee, created by Italian mannequin manufacturer Almax, uses a camera embedded in one of the mannequin’s eyes and facial…
What is wrong with this person’s eye? Wait, that’s not an eye… Unusual optical illusion
NASCAR driver fined $25,000 for tweeting from car during race
As if racing in NASCAR was not enough of an adrenaline rush, NASCAR racer Brad Keselowski can tweet while driving his race car. Brad Keselowski recently tweeted fans in the Daytona 500 prompting NASCAR to issue a new rule – no smartphones in the cars. Brad Keselowski tweeted during a race again last Sunday and…
Real or Photoshopped? “Human Barbie” is suspected of using plastic surgery to attain her “Barbie” look
21-year-old Ukrainian model, musician, and astroplanner Valeria Lukyonova calls herself “the most famous Russian woman on the Russian-speaking internet” because she looks just like a Barbie Doll. Many suspect her photos are heavily photoshopped. Others think she obtained her over-exaggerated proportions via plastic surgery. Now Fashion Magazine claims to have obtained proof through an unnamed…
Yeah, these floats are made with nothing more than flowers (and lots of sweat)
Puerto Rico voted “yes” for statehood this week – how would the 51st star be added to the American flag? Here’s how!
Earlier this week, Puerto Rico residents voted to join the United States as the nation’s 51st state. President Obama has yet to comment on the vote but earlier comments indicated they would not oppose Puerto Rico being added as the 51st state. That begs this question though – what about the American Flag with its…
Numbers witch Nate Silver correctly called all 50 states using his unique method of statistical forecasting
This geek has an almost supernatural ability with statistical analysis and prediction logic. In 2008, Nate Silver garnered attention when he correctly predicted the landslide victory for President Obama on his FiveThirtyEight blog. He also correctly predicted the popular vote split that occurred in that election. His dead-on predictions caught people’s attention so this time…
China flies new stealth fighter prototype – similarities to U.S. prototypes suggests stolen design
China’s newest stealth fighter prototype reportedly took its first test flight this past Wednesday (October 31, 2012) over northeastern China (bloggers from China shoot pictures and post online). Lots of questions still remain about the Falcon Eagle J-31 (likely not J-21 as originally thought). China has a larger J-20 stealth prototype that flew in January…









