Glass Harmonium

A guy with very dexterous fingers...

Musical Crystal Glasses Like Never Before

Home Made Drones

From Wired Magazine, comes this video on home made drones.



Thanks to P. Reid for the link.

Vegetal Alien

Using 12 digital vegetable models in 3ds max using photographic references, Till Nowak channeled H.R. Giger and Giuseppe Arcimboldo to come up with the work "Salad":




More on the making of, here.

Thanks to P. Reid for the link.

A Laser Harp

Thanks to P. Reid for the link.

The Caecilian Brunch

What nourishes baby caecilians? Apparently, their mother's skin, as shown in the video.

Parkour Soccer

The viral videos of parkour have been making the rounds for some time now, but here is an interesting twist -- Parkour techniques applied to soccer:

Skull With Cigarette, 2007

Chris Jordan 's Skull With Cigarette, based on Van Gogh's 1885 painting "Skull with Burning Cigarette", is made of images of 200,000 packs of cigarettes, equal to the number of Americans who die from cigarettes smoking every six months.






You can see more of his current photographic work, all of which deal in expressing large numbers relating to our daily lives through multiple images that combine into a larger visual piece.

Rinspeed Splash and sQuba

The Rinspeed Splash is a race car that becomes a hydroplane









While the sQuba hails back to the James Bond Lotus Esprit:





Both are among the 17 other concept cars that Rinspeed has developed or is developing.

WOOP WOOP BLING BLING

A post of some exotic cars that serve in the line of duty, such as this Spyker:

The Skelewags

Some cool concept art that I found on the internet.





More here.

An Awesome Shotgun

More info.

Balloons

An interesting webpage of balloon sculptures.

The Jedi Ginsu Knife!

Jedi Ginsu Knife Commercial

Rube Goldberg Webpage

A webpage that acts like a Rube Goldberg device... be patient as it takes a second to get going. Excellent!

Godsbot

Ever wanted to talk to God, but found the church always got in the way? Are you one of those who goes up to the balcony in St. Peters, and shouts “I mean really, who elected you Pope anyways?” Well, now you can skip the line, and talk to divinity just as Moses did – through a direct intermediary like a burning bush except that the burning bush in this case is Godsbot:



And you know it must be a divinely inspired bot by the way his eyes mysteriously follow where ever your mouse is.

Synchronized Off Roading

I have posted here before with various commercials that have vehicles seeming to dance a ballet. Today, I present to you some synchronized off-roading -- definitely not a ballet but still awesome to watch.

Jen Stark's Paper Sculptures

Jen Stark is a Miami, Florida based sculpture that works in paper. Here are a couple of examples of her work:





The simple material of construction paper, and a lot of cutting result in some pretty amazing sculptures!

Realistic Paper Model

This ultra-realistic paper model of the Yamaha MT-101 can be downloaded and is a model . The detail is amazing, and undoubtedly would take hours to make. There are other models on the site as well, including bikes, animals, and seasonal items.

Nifty Painting Mosaic

More about the painting by Lewis Lavoie here.

Marion Hyper-Sub

The Marion Hyper-Sub is a boat that converts into a submersible.