What happens when you get 100,000 North Koreans in a Stadium

The picture is from an article in Foreign Policy's Friday Photo, where there are more examples as well.

Of course this is kind of display is hardly new. I came across a US example on my visit to the Metropolitan Museum yesterday:




The photgraph is by Arthur Mole who did many photos using men in the armed forces. Among them were pictures of the American flag, Abraham Lincoln, the Liberty Bell, and this one of the Eagle and Anchor, the symbol of the USMC:

Coin Dominoes

Lord of the Rings Origami

Each figure is made from one sheet of paper. The detail is amazing. On the same page that this comes from, is a barbarian that is equally stunning:



The artist, Eric Joisel, also does some very amazing animals, humans, faeries, musicians, and has a very interesting section on the origami design process.

Cage Cups

Cage cups from the Corning Museum and the Getty Museum's exhibition Reflecting Antiquity.

The Aurora

An interesting car, the Aurora, that was ahead of its time and snuffed out, much like the Tucker. More pics and info here.

Rotary car door

It has been a while since I have found something worth posting here, but this car door was as astounding as it is ingenious:



You can see more about this at http://www.disappearing-car-door.com/

I Gave Him a Dollar For Being Original on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This guy on Flickr took a pic of a panhandler and "I Gave Him a Dollar For Being Original" and a year later...

17 unusual book titles

1. How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
2. Scouts in Bondage by Michael Bell
3. Be Bold with Bananas by Crescent Books
4. Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself by Dale L. Power
5. The Flat-Footed Flies of Europe by Peter J. Chandler
6. 101 Uses for an Old Farm Tractor by Michael Dregni
7. Across Europe by Kangaroo by Joseph R. Barry
8. 101 Super Uses for Tampon Applicators by Lori Katz and
Barbara Meyer
9. Suture Self by Mary Daheim
10. The Making of a Moron by Niall Brennan
11. How to Make Love While Conscious by Guy Kettelhack
12. Underwater Acoustics Handbook by Vernon Martin Albers
13. Superfluous Hair and Its Removal by A. F. Niemoeller
14. Lightweight Sandwich Construction by J. M. Davies
15. The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes by Michel Pastoureaut
16. How to Be a Pope: What to Do and Where to Go Once You're in the Vatican by Piers Marchant
17. How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

From:
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/17-unusual-book-titles.htm

The Gomboc

A self righting object that has no counterbalance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09selfrighting.html?ex=1354856400&en=709ba9d5b34c4d12&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

and the site for Gombo (with an animation showing it in action):
http://www.gomboc.eu/site.php

Cardboard Bridge

Shigeru Ban creates a footbridge out of carboard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_9_bridge.html?ex=1354770000&en=4b7b15e892ef42e0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

The God Effect

Altruism can be induced, and the idea of religion may have sprung from that.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_21_godeffect.html?ex=1354770000&en=2cd0063612224544&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink