Japanese cooling foam : it may look like dried shaving cream, but it’s not. It’s cooling foam. It makes you feel cold . Also: telling someone you don’t love them. *shivers* Mmmm — plus it’s cheaper. * admiring new dime-sized nips* Products such as these are not new, but we have seen a boom in demand for them this summer with the idea of “setsuden” (energy saving) becoming more imminent in Japanese people’s everyday lives. Products such as “Hokkyoku Monogatari” (directly translated: Tales of the North Pole) offer a whole new method of cooling down in an interesting way. Not only are they convenient, they can be transformed into anything, ranging from a icy wristwatch to graffiti sprayed onto one’s body. The blue foam feels like a giant ball of confetti and as they squeeze it, the air bubbles expand and then “pop,” releasing a refreshing breeze of cool air. Now, I already know the question on everybody’s mind: but is it edible? Thankfully they sent me a can, so here goes nothing! *PSSSHHHHHHH* Not bad. I’m kidding, I’m kidding! *peels off label* Look — I just took the label off a cooling foam and stuck it on a can of spray cheese! “Yeaaaaah, that says ant and roach killer.” Oh shishi. Hit the jump for a video demo if you’re into that (I am sooooooo into that).

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Beating The Heat (Oooooor Shaking A Can): Japanese Aerosol Cooling Foam

Ever wonder what happens when you run a lightsaber factory entirely with Gungan slaves and absolutely zero quality control ? This. That thing’s not even a lightsaber anymore, that’s a light lasso . *swinging over head* Quick, somebody point me at a tauntaun! *PSHFWWWUUUMMMMMM!!* … … …Its guts are everywhere aren’t they? Hit the jump for the short but worthwhile video, which is actually a Polish steel factory (which explains why everything went to shit — they can’t even screw in lightbulbs!

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Many Bothans Died: Lightsaber Factory Fail

Seen here putting the hurt on a piece of dead tree (do your hand next!), 19-year old Eric Jacqmain demonstrates his homemade death-ray , which looks suspiciously like a satellite dish with a ton of little mirrors glued on. God, JUST THINK OF THE MOSAIC YOU COULD HAVE MADE! When aligned correctly it can generate a heat spot a couple of centimetres across, with an intensity of 5,000 shining suns, the 19-year-old claims. The ray generates enough power to melt steel, vaporize aluminum, boil concrete, turn dirt into lava, and obliterate any organic material in an instant. ‘I have vaporized before carbon, which occurs above 6,500 Fahrenheit.’ Unfortunately for Jacqmain, his ‘death ray’ dish met it’s own grisly end when it was destroyed in a shed fire. Jacqmain added: ‘Yeah. It “committed suicide”. It’s very likely that it was the cause of the fire. Nothing left of it but half melted wagon parts and the adjustable mount.’ HAHA! Well of course it set the shed on fire, IT’S A F***ING DEATH-RAY. A ray that can’t even burn its own house down isn’t exactly a death-ray, now is it? No, it’s not. It’s a sissy-ray and deserves to sleep in the yard with a tarp over it like the sissy-sandbox the cat still shits in. MAYBE IF YOU WERE QUICKSAND THAT WOULDN’T HAPPEN. Hit the jump for a video of the ray in action that may or may yes be set the the awesomest soundtrack I’ve ever heard.

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BURNINATE!: Kid Makes Backyard Death-Ray Out Of Satellite Dish And Ton Of Little Mirrors

This is parody song and music video for Flight of the Conchord’s ‘Most Beautiful Girl in the Room’. Except it’s called ‘Most Beautiful Girl in the Lab’. It does not do the original justice . Like, at all. It’s real bad, folks. Just kidding, I’ve spent the last ten minutes memorizing the lyrics . LYING GW IS LYING AGAIN! Filmed by PhD students in UCSF’s Tetrad Graduate Program for an annual departmental retreat. Listen, I know lab situations are usually pretty slim pickins in the beautiful womens department, but you know what? That’s okay . Just sayin’, I used to work in a lab curing cancer with magic potions lasers and I was the most beautiful girl in the lab. *struttin’ that ass* Every scientist on the lab wanted to experiment! Hit the jump for the video.

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‘Most Beautiful Girl In The Lab’ Music Video

The Beer Bike was designed and created by Hopworks Urban Brewing of Portland, Oregon, and features two kegs and taps, plus a hot pizza storage unit. Impressive, but I can’t even imagine pedaling two full kegs of beer around. I mean, those bitches are heavy. Granted, I did date a three-keg girl once, BUT I NEVER OFFERED HER A RIDE ON MY HANDLEBARS, NOW DID I?! I didn’t. I always demanded piggybacks! Beer Bike! [mostlyhere] Thanks to Kevin, who built a bike with an actual mobile brewery on the back.

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Mobile Bar: Beer Bike Totes Two Kegs, Pizza

The $200 Solar Power Shower can heat up to 8 liters of water to 140 Fahrenheit in as little as two hours, provided it’s outside in the sun and not in your basement . It’s a lot more sophisticated than a simple camping solar shower, because this one mixes that 140 water with cool water from the garden hose, giving you plenty of toasty warm water at just the right temperature. Impressive, but I don’t really have a need for a solar powered shower. I do, however, have a need for that chick in the picture. Seriously, I’m getting hungry. HIYO! Solar Shower heats water in two hours [dvice]

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Solar Shower Provides Hot Water In 2 Hours

So apparently Russia has been holding the Miss Atom contest since 2004 and I have yet to be a guest judge. That’s some sauce, Russia . Vodka sauce. Anyways, here is Miss Atom 2009, Yekaterina Bulgakova, who was picked out of the 350 contestants that all work in the Russian nuclear power sector. Nice. Now I know what you’re thinking, and yes, I was hoping for three boobs too. Official Site via Russia selects Nuclear Beauties 2009 [mosnews] Thanks to Void, who slept with like thirty of the contests and now glows in the dark.

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Miss Atom 2009: Nuclear Power In My Pants