This is a video of a surgeon peeling a grape with the Da Vinci surgical robot to raise awareness for prostate cancer and help calm patient’s nerves about the precision of the technology. Unfortunately, the doctor actually stabs the grape a couple times, which, while watching the video, I was pretending was one of my balls. That’s probably why I passed out. That and the constant snipping sound. That is definitely one sound I definitely don’t ever want to hear down there . That and chains rattling. Hit the jump and try to not think about your balls, I dare you. You will fail.

Link:
That Looks Way Too Much Like A Ball: Peeling A Grape With The Prostate Surgical Robot

Granted it can only hover at 3-feet, but that’s a lot higher than your UFO. “I don’t have a UFO.” You ignorance pains me, you know that? But Shu Mansheng here? He’s smart . So smart he built an 18-foot UFO (NOT roflcopter ) out of $3,000 in parts (including eight motorcycle engines). It’s Shu’s third prototype and can hover 3-feet off the ground for a solid 10-seconds. Not sure how you can use that to fake an alien invasion , but who knows, maybe he’s gonna hang it in a tree or something. Chinese man builds flying wheel with eight motorcycle motors [dvice] Thanks to Martin, who claims he tried building a jetpack but ended up burning his garage to the ground. Martin? That was a meth lab and we all know it. Hey — let’s build something together on Faceybooks and Tweeter

Read the original here:
Chinese Farmer Builds Own Hovering UFO

Mad scientists at the University of California Berkeley are now able to create videos of what your brain “sees” after watching a video IRL using a bunch of complicated-ass computer models . Plus — PLUS — videos of Steve Martin with a mustache . Because what would science be without Steve Martin videos? I dunno, but if you think I’m wearing pants under this labcoat you’re dead wrong. Researchers at UC Berkeley used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and some seriously complex computational models to figure out what images our minds create when presented with movie and TV clips. So far, the process is only able to reconstruct the neural equivalents of things people have already seen, but eventually it might be possible to construct the images people see in dreams and memories. The researchers developed this technique by showing study participants a series of black-and-white photographs while imaging their minds. By comparing the photographs with the scans, they were able to engineer a way to recognize any image from how the brain responded. With that basic principle in place, it was then only a question of building up a sufficiently complex computer model to decode moving, color images like those in the video above. That’s actually pretty wild. There’s a video of several examples (including the ones I screencapped in the picture!) after the jump, and I’ll be the first to admit I’m glad I wasn’t involved in the study. Everything my brain sees looks like privates. You think I can’t turn a car into a boob? Please . *licking grill* The grill is the nipple, see?! Mmmm, dragonflies. Hit the jump for the demo.

Originally posted here:
Scientists: Now With More Ability To Make Movies From What Your Brain Is Thinking

You ever wanted to see what a clear turtle looks like? Just ask Giotto, the fifth ninja turtle. “There aren’t five!” Yes huh, you just can’t see him. While the other four were rolling around in the ooze, he was actually drinking that shit . Now he’s invisible and has even seen April O’Neil shower IN TEH NUDE. These are a bunch of animal specimens preserved by Iori Tomita. Oh, but first he makes them clear and dyes their bones and cartridge so they almost look like x-rays . Speaking of which… *dons x-ray specs* HA — nice out-of-season novelty Easter boxers, bro. IT’S SEPTEMBER. Originally, the method of making transparent specimens enzymatically turning the protein transparent, dyeing the bones magenta and dyeing the cartilages blue was established for scientific purposes to study the skeletal system. Taking this a step further to refine the form and coloration of the specimens requires time and experience. I create transparent specimens as pieces of work that help people feel closer to the wonders of life. People may look at my specimens as an academic material, a piece of art, or even an entrance to philosophy. There is no limitation to how you interpret their meaning. I hope you will find my work as a “lens” to project a new image, a new world that you’ve never seen before. WTF is an “entrance to philosphy” (besides not this) aside, if you live in Japan you can actually buy some of Iori’s smaller specimens (fish, shrimp and squid) at a couple stores, but the larger ones (lizards, birds, turtles) are only available at his exhibitions. Plus expensive. Not that you need one anyways because it would just 1. gather dust or 2. get eaten when you’re drunk. Just sayin, I had a college roommate with one of those baby sharks in a jar he got at the beach. That thing tasted like shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. Hit the jump for a ton more pictures to round out the anatomy lesson.

Read more from the original source:
What In The…?: Clear Preserved Animals

This isn’t the first lifesize papercraft Link we’ve seen, it’s just the first one we’ve seen outdoors . Created by DeviantARTist stuioofmm (aka Michaela Something), it’s always nice to see a character in their natural element . Mine? My natural element is in the middle of a epic battle box of Girl Scout Cookies. :/ Link is a life size papercraft model standing around 5′5. He is made completely from 250 gsm paper (about 4x stronger then normal paper). He has foam core supports in the top and bottom of his pants, top and bottom of his boots and a ring in his waist. There is also some in the back of his shield, and in the handle of the master sword. Link is made from 250+ pages, the initial template is 198, but there are layers of strips of paper inside for support, and 831 pieces. I worked on him constantly for a month, working approximately 12 hours each day but sometimes that number could go up to 20. Not gonna lie, when I first saw a thumbnail picture I thought he was a giant piata. “Haha — you would, GW!” I would what — hit that? All night long. Or him me, I don’t care. I swing every which-way, including blindfolded . What can I say, I’m kinky. “Pfft, blindfolds aren’t even kinky.” They are when you’re banging tree-people! Hit the jump for several more shots and a link to the artist’s DeviantART with high-res versions.

Read the rest here:
Lifesize Papercraft Link From Legend Of Zelda

I actually used to have a cat that was retardis — miss you Little Man. This is a half-scale Dr. Who TARDIS cat house lovingly built by woodworking-wonder Astromark for his kitty Kaylee because, I dunno, I guess cats are really spoiled these days. I remember a time just a couple years ago when you could give a cat an empty soda box and they felt like they’d lost all nine lives and gone to heaven. Now you ding a crystal glass with a dessert fork and they come running at their leisure and are all, “Fancy Feast, seriously? I’m shitting in your shoes tonight, @$$hole. ” Hit the jump for a bunch more of the finished product, including an interior shot that admittedly does look a lot bigger than the outside would lead you to believe.

Originally posted here:
I Would Play In That!: A TARDIS Cat House

This is a Predator (NOT Terminator ) bust made entirely out of LEGO pieces by numba one stunna skilled builder Shawn Snyder. I…never would have guessed you could have made such an accurate Predator face out of LEGO. I f***in’ love those eyebrows. Mine? Not so much. I shaved a couple notches out of them when I was high thinking I could pull of a Vanilla Ice, then sobered up and cried in a cold shower for two hours until I turned blue. It’s kind of a thing I do. A sexual one. Hit the jump for a whole bunch more and a link to Shawn’s build page with even MOAR.

Continue reading here:
Cover Yourself In Mud!: A LEGO Predator

Note: The high-res versions of the landing sites are HERE (Apollo 12), HERE (Apollo 14) and HERE (Apollo 17). You know how your grandma is still convinced the moon landing never happened and it was all faked by Hollywood ? She’s a smart lady, I can see where you get it from. This is a series of high-res photos from NASA showing the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites and the imprints left by humanity there. Granted they were all faked in the Photoshop building at Area 54, but they’re still fun to look at. So yeah, if you don’t like them you should probably consider take a long walk off a short pier into the sea. “Of Tranquility?!” Dude — you should f***ing blog. Hit the jump for a couple videos because videos are worth a thousand pictures or something. At least a hundred.

Here is the original post:
You Can Even See The Tire Tracks!: NASA’s High-Res Pictures The Apollo Landing Sites

Okay it’s not actually a xylophone, it’s a marimba, which is like a xylophone, but without all the crazy spelling. The first video is the main Zelda theme , but there are a couple other ditties as well, including the Song of Storms , Gerudo Valley theme, Saria’s Song and the Song of Time. Me? I just belted out Britney Spears’ ‘Lucky’ in the shower as loud as I could not realizing my roommate had brought people over. WTF DEREK — I NEVER BRING FRIENDS OVER UNANNOUNCED. “I know — because you don’t have any!” OMG I am so gonna kill you tonight. Hit the jump and get your dink-ditty-dink, a-dinkity-dinky-doo, a-dink-dinky-do, a-dinky-dinky-do, a-dink-da-da-dink-da-da-dink on.

See the original post:
Soothing: Zelda Theme Played On Xylophone

This is a video showcasing Youtube user MyMagicPudding’s (JELLY GW IS JELLY ABOUT YOUR PUDDING) homemade Pip-Boy 3000 from the Fallout franchise made out of a smartphone and a bunch of other electronics . It’s super impressive and all but 1. the lights at the bottom don’t function as buttons and 2. it has so many wires and stuff hanging out the back it won’t fit on an arm anymore. The first I could live without but the second — that’s a deal-breaker. I like your necklace. That? That was an ice breaker. *block, uppercut, pile-drive* C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! Hit the jump for a video demo.

More here:
Guy Crafts Impressive Fallout Pip-Boy IRL