Hybrid Air Force One
How Stuff Works has a great April Fools article about how the fry-oil hybrid Air Force One jet works. My favorite parts are the “lead-acid battery main housing” and paint job.
Month: April 2008
Occult Military Patches
The New York Times has an article up about Trevor Paglen’s book I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon’s Black World, which highlights the patches worn on the uniforms of “secret military units [and] classified Pentagon programs.” I’d love to work at that embroidery […]
Cubicle o’ peanuts prank
How to Fill an Office with Packing Peanuts [via
Dome from Thousands of Hula Hoops
This hula hoop dome will use 1,500 hula hoops and 12,000 zip ties an will be installed in a shopping center in Milan. I wonder what the bulk rate on hula hoops is these days. Via BoingBoing.
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Labrynth lock @ ThinkGeek
Pretty sure this one’s a “today-only” sale item – This innovative lock is designed by Art Lebedev Studio… responsible for the amazing Optimus Maximus keyboard with a tiny screen on each key. Constructed of 100% titanium alloy, nothing less than a level forty-two spell of ultimate cutting will break the Defendius lock open. Really, just […]
Knitted Brain
Sarah Illenberger made this gorgeous knitted brain, and she makes other body parts, too. Via Mind Hacks. (Thanks, Matt!) Related: Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art Undercover’s Knit Brain Bag
