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Nerdy and weird articles and ideas.

Crazy Trans-Siberian Lights Display

This one’s for Shannon.

Apparently, someone with way too much time on their hands has timed their entire holiday home lights display to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s piece, “Wizards In Winter”. The video is quite a testament to the rock band. If anyone has any more info on where this house is located or who made it, let me know.

Trans-Siberian Home Lights Display

You can learn how to do this yourself or listen to more Trans-Siberian Orchestra pieces.

Update: Amanda writes, “Where else would you find such craziness than Mason, Ohio. Unfortunately the light show was cancelled last week.”

Lego Relativity

“Relativity” in Lego is Shui and Lipson’s fourth Escher picture rendered completely with LEGOS.

Escher's Relativity

Escher's Relativity

(via MAKE)

MIT Strobe Lab Photos

For those of you who enjoyed the Camera Toss Photos, MIT’s Strobe Lab brings you some pretty amazing high speed photos. Let’s just say they enjoy dipping things in liquid nitrogen and then shooting those things with bullets.

Here is a frozen card they shot with a bullet:

Frozen Card Shot With Bullet

And here is a frozen rose they shot with the same:

Frozen Rose shot with bullet

For more pictures, check out their tag on Flickr. (via Boing Boing)

Lunar Eclipse Monday Morning

Lunar EclipseYou might have noticed the gorgeous moon these past few days as it continued to wane. Well, if you’re an early worker, make sure to take a look at it tomorrow (Monday) morning. The moon is setting just after 8am, but if you sneak a peak at it around 6:30am until then, you should catch the reddish darkening of the earth’s shadow.

Also, Mars has been absolutely brilliant this past week. At almost any time of night, you can see its bright sphere. It’s easy to spot. Just look for a red pinpoint of light. It’s much bigger than all the other stars and planets right now.

iBreasts

Breast ImplantsWith the recent advent of the new Video iPod, technology firms are finding more and more places to stick mp3 players. BT Futurology believes they have found the perfect spot: breast implants. With their innovative new design, one implant could hold your entire music collection and the other could house the mp3 player. I’ll leave the controls up to your imagination. The same technology could also be used to monitor heart palpitations, blood pressure, diabetes, and breast cancer.

World’s Oldest Ramen

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Chinese settlement discovered that underneath a well-preserved clay bowl were just as well-preserved noodles. The wheat noodles were found in Lajia, which was destroyed by an earthquake over 4,000 years ago. This surprised scientists who thought noodles were developed around 2,000 years ago.

4,000 Year Old Noodles

Camera Toss!

There is a new fad spreading around the net right now called camera tossing. It consists of throwing a digital camera into the air with the aperture open. Usually, it’s done with a CVS disposable camera, but some people are even using their Canon 10Ds! Here a couple of examples from clickykbd:

Camera Toss 1

Camera Toss 2

Check out more photos here.

Giant Calamari Caught On Film

Everyone knows about the fabled Giant Squid from Jules Verne’s classic “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” Well, be it fabled no more. Japanese scientists actually caught one by fishing for it with a baited line.

Using small squids and a bag of mashed shrimps, the team was able to lure a 26-foot long giant squid onto their hook. They were able to take pictures of it every 30 seconds for over 4 hours. Afterwards, the squid finally tore free by leaving behind an 18-foot tentacle.

These are the first photos ever of a giant squid in the wild.

Giant Squid 1

Giant Squid 2

Gundam Geek Wants To Wear Costume In Space

Char AznableIf you had twenty million dollars, what would you do? Save a rainforest? Help end world hunger?

Well, Japanese millionaire, Daisuke Enomoto, knows what he’s going to do. He’s going to orbit the earth in the International Space Station dressed like Gundam hero Char Aznable. As if robot dogs and indoor surfing were not enough, now Japan gives us millionaires role playing in space.

DoubleSpace Kitchenette

Does this seem like a bad idea to anyone else?

This chair:

Double Space Chair

Turns into this stove:

Double Space Stove

Please remove the girl first.
No, no. I’m not joking. It works like this:

Double Space Strip

The DoubleSpace Kitchenette is a dual-burner electric stove that doubles as an easy chair. Created for those in university dorms or studio apartments, it easily flips between your TV throne and ramen maker.

This is either one of the best or one of the most dangerous dorm room ideas that I have ever seen. Maybe both. (via Engadget)