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Cold Fusion Shower

Posted by Juicio on February 17th, 2006

The Japanese amaze me. One of their latest inventions is the Cold Fusion Shower. It is a shower light made of LEDs that are powered by the water pressure. Even better, the LEDs change color with the temperature. No longer do you have to worry about jumping into a too cold [...]

Sparkler Bombs

Posted by Juicio on February 16th, 2006

Matt sent me this wonderful article from Dan’s Data on how to build a Sparkler Bomb. It is the perfect at home project for anyone looking to blow something up in a dangerous and awesome way.
From the site:
Here you will learn the essentials of making an improvised firework which, while spectacular, is [...]

LED Throwies

Posted by Juicio on February 16th, 2006

The Graffiti Research Lab came up with a wonderful little device that anyone can make: LED Throwies. From their website:
LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it [...]

Google Sightseeing

Posted by Juicio on February 15th, 2006

Last week, I found this wonderful sight: Google Sightseeing. The premise is simple. The site’s owners and their readers find the best tourist spots in the world via satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth. Not only does the site catalog the images they find, but they link directly to Google [...]

Super Bowl XL Commercials

Posted by Juicio on February 14th, 2006

For all of you not willing or able to sit through the Super Bowl to catch the million dollar commercials, Google Video is hosting all of them. From Bud’s superfan to the Go Daddy commercials that were not allowed to air, you can see them all.
But check this out: one ad was [...]

Sony BRAVIA Advert

Posted by Juicio on February 12th, 2006

What do you get when you drop 250,000 bouncy balls down a San Francisco hill? A wicked awesome viral from Sony.
Today’s eye candy semi-weekly (whenever I feel like changing it) video is an amazing commercial Sony made for their BRAVIA. Over three days, they kept tossing hundreds of thousands of bouncy balls down [...]

Balls of Mud That Shine

Posted by Juicio on February 9th, 2006

Apparently, the latest craze to hit Japan’s shores is hikaru dorodango, balls of mud that shine. A few years ago, a Japanese educational theorist, Fumia Kayo, came across the strange objects while researching children’s play at a nursery school in Kyoto. Impressed with the design and with a little help from an electron [...]

Always Tie Your Shoelaces

Posted by Juicio on February 9th, 2006

A few weeks ago, a regular visitor to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge tripped on his shoelace and fell down a staircase, breaking three priceless Qing Dynasty vases in the process. Dating from the 17th or 18th Century, the 1948 donations to the museum were among its most well known artifacts. The museum’s [...]

Lost Papua Paradise Discovered

Posted by Juicio on February 9th, 2006

A team of research scientists exploring isolated jungles of Papua have discovered an untouched paradise They found dozens of new exotic species of insects, birds, and plants in their initial study and say they have barely scratched the surface. From LiveScience:
The team also found wildlife that were remarkably unafraid of humans during [...]

Hotlinking: Naughty Naughty

Posted by Juicio on February 4th, 2006

So, it seems as Leaving Only Footprints continues to get more and more popular, so does its images. Last month, I noticed that my visitor stats were kind of funky and discovered dozens of sites linking to just my pictures. This is called direct linking or hotlinking. Instead of hosting an image [...]