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Historical Landmarks as Art
Graziano Cecchini Colors Spanish Steps
Graziano Cecchini, the man who turned the Trevi Fountain blood-red last October, has balls, lots of them, which he dropped down the famed Spanish Steps in Rome.
"The balls bounced downhill before filling…
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Bilateral Amputee Banned From Olympics (Follow-up)
No Cheetah Blades in Beijing
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s double-amputee sprinter, was ruled ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing legs give him a clear competitive advantage by the IAAF…
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Rappers on 'Roids
Celebs Get Buff With Steroids
Some hip-hop fans were shocked when Wyclef Jean, 50 Cent, Timbaland and other stars (including Mary J. Blige), were implicated in a steroids investigation but in an over-the-top industry where using other…
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$300 Laptop
Classmate PC is Intel's Challenger to OLPC
Intel recently left the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative and is now pushing its Classmate PC. The new computers are also low priced, semi-rugged laptops, but they have a Windows XP OS rather than…
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3 Queens in NYC
Elizabeth 2, Mary 2 and Victoria
For the first and only time, in the 168 year history of the Cunard Line, Cunard's three great passenger liners named after British queens, the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2, have met…
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Hypnotic Mosaic Murals
Adam Face by Lewis Lavoie
These are like those neat photo mosaics, but with a unique artistic twist. All of the “pixels” consist of works of art by Lewis Lavoie as, of course, is the finished mosaic mural. Lavoie was commissioned…
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Pay Toilets In NYC
15 Minute Toilets Self Clean
This news will certainly relieve the citizens of New York. In an effort to ease public movement, and in loo of past efforts, New York City officially opened its first automated self-cleaning public pay…
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Embroidered Graffiti
Modern Art by Richard Saja
At first it seems like a normal, if somewhat tacky sofa. A closer look at the colorful, amusing embroidery reveals there is something very unique about this modern art. The upholstery by artist Richard…
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No Pants Subway Ride
900 Underground Underwear Enthusiasts in NYC
On January 12th, 900 enthusiasts in NYC dropped their pants for the 7th Annual No Pants Subway Ride, with NYPD escorts and crowds so large that the under-pantied participants were spread out over three…
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Quirky Jerky
Ostrich, Turkey, Buffalo and Alligator Jerky
If you just can’t jerk enough jerky or want an introduction to the finest jerky cuisine look no further: The House of Jerky promises the best highest quality beef, ostrich, turkey, buffalo, venison,…
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Electronic Noses
Medical Noses to Sniff the Scent of Disease
The sense of smell has been used to diagnose disease since ancient times. In fact, more recently dogs have even been trained to sniff out cancer. However, it is the use of electronic or e-noses which…
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Pimp out Your Poop Tank
Vinyl Decals Let You Flush with Creativity
The toilet tank has been an object ignored by most people as far as creative makeovers go. There's not much you can do with it but Vital Industries has some creative stick-on graphics that you can apply…
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$2,500 Car
India's Tata Nano Car (FOLLOW UP)
We mentioned in April that Tata Motors will be releasing the world’s cheapest car. Very soon this cute $2,500, 624 cc, 33 HP little buggy will be tearing up the streets of India bringing new car ownership…
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Sneaker of the Gods
Nike Air Jordan XX3
Continuing its wildly successful Air Jordan franchise with the new $230 Air Jordan XX3, Nike dust’s MJ off for another over the top ad campaign. The Air Jordan has been credited for sparking the “big…
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Aquatic Solar Globe Spins Magically
Mova Globe (CES 2008)
The Mova Globe is a remarkable piece of engineering. It is a globe enclosed in a fluid filled clear acrylic sphere. There is an electromagnetic motor within the globe that is recharged by solar cells using…
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Cadillac Gets Sporty
2009 Cadillac CTS-V With Corvette Engine
What do you get when you take Motor Trend’s “Car of the Year” and drop in Corvette’s new mammoth ZR1 6.2-liter, supercharged engine, then punk up the body trim and add hi-end interior features?…
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Worst Dressed of 2007
Victoria Beckham Tops Blackwell's List
Here I am posting a Victoria Beckham trend, but at least it’s a negative one. Blackwell, the fashion maven known for his worst dressed list, has put Posh at the top this year, saying "Forget the fashion…
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WWI Soldier's Blog
Letters Posted 90 Years Later
Thousands are returning to William Henry Bonser "Harry" Lamin's blog to see when the next letter from this British WWI soldier will reveal. The letters are being posted exactly 90 years after they were…
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GM Hydrogen Fuel Cell Luxury SUV
Cadillac Provoq (CES 2008)
Ready for what could be the world's first zero emission luxury SUV?
GM's head honcho Rick Wagoner delivered his keynote speech at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show after rolling on stage in GM's electric-powered…
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Clock Donates Your Money To Charity When You Hit Snooze
SnūzNLūz Alarm Clock
If you snooze, you lose. That’s right, you program this WiFi enabled clock to donate your money from your online bank account to your most despised charity (everybody’s got one) when you hit the snooze…
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