In 2005, Singapore scientist King Bang Lee and colleagues at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology created the credit card-size battery as a disposable power source for medical test kits powered by urine..

To make the battery, Lee and his colleagues soaked a piece of paper in a solution of copper chloride and sandwiched it between strips of magnesium and copper. This sandwich was then laminated between two sheets of transparent plastic.

When a drop of urine is added to the paper through a slit in the plastic, a chemical reaction takes place that produces electricity, Lee said.

The prototype battery produced about 1.5 volts, the same as a standard AA battery, and runs for about 90 minutes. Researchers said the power, voltage, and lifetime of the battery can be improved by adjusting the geometry and materials used.

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Well, this is unusual.

Don’t share your toilet paper roll or you can’t read the whole story. You mightnot be able to read the manga comic whole if you live with family and share the bathroom.

You might have to keep going to the bathroom to find out what happens next in this Manga comic.

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World Ice Art Championships - 2007 Single Block Classic
Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 2007

This championship is held in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Aiming Eyes by Junichi Nakamura (Japan) and Peter Slavin (USA )

The sculptures are photographed each day of the two and a half day competition. The sculptures are then judged under white light. To see the great sculptures on ice visit the homepage of the Championships.

Joyful Dance by Servey Loginov and Denis Abdulin (Russia)

A nice powerpoint presentation about some weird cars. (I don't believe women are that bad in driving though!!)

Download here:

http://ecaaser3.ecaa.ntu.edu.tw/weifang/image/funnyphotos/cars/Allaboutcars.ppt

Our Living Tables are guaranteed to liven up any party. They will chat with your guests in character according to your theme. And if you would like, The Living Tables can even serve your guests wine, hors d’oeurves, dessert or whatever you prefer.

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These are the various shapes created by dollar bills:

Get your friends and loved ones a gift they’ll never ever, ever, ever forget. The gift of money. Imagine their name and/or message spelled out in real one dollar bills!

For birthdays, holidays, weddings, anniversaries, promotions, recognition, nameplates, for yourself, store window displays, or just plain old love, you’ll set yourself apart with this truly distinctive work of art. It’s the Art of Money.

Well, I don’t want money that I can’t spend anyways. But that is a great idea of business. So simple and so creative… why don’t you too think for a few minutes to create such creative and simple ideas !! (Never mind, I have been trying that everytime I post something unusual and gave up when I posted them for you to see….

If you are interested and want visit the dollar-artist’s page and see some more samples continue reading.

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Do you (means: can you) want these thongs ?

French luxury goods makers Louis Vuitton made this sandals. These thong sandals are supposed to be very comfortable. They’re made of ultra-soft black calf leather and have a padded insole. Since you can’t wear them with socks, I suppose they’re mostly used on beaches.

So, why didn’t the designers at Louis Vuitton think of putting their logo in mirror image on the soles, just like the sandals that were given away by the French UMP political party last summer? Then, with every step you make in the sand, you could show off that you’re rich enough to buy sandals that nobody else can afford.

In the USA these thongs cost $420 per pair.

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Balthazar Napoleon de Bourbon, an Indian lawyer, is being feted as the long-lost descendent of the Bourbon kings who ruled France from the 16th century to the French revolution. He is alleged to be not only related to the current Bourbon king of Spain and the Bourbon descendants still in France, but to have more claim than any of them to the French crown.

Prince Michael of Greece, the cousin of (British) Prince Philip, this week published a historical novel called Le Rajah de Bourbon, which traces the story of Mr Bourbon’s first royal ancestor in India. Prince Michael believes Jean de Bourbon was a nephew of the first Bourbon French king, Henry IV. In 1560, during a voyage across the world, he turned up at the court of the Mogul emperor Akbar. It was the beginning of a long line of Bourbons in India, who centuries later would serve as the administrators of Bhopal and become the second most important family in the region.

Michael of Greece, who lives in Paris and is of Bourbon descent, believes his detective work on his newfound Indian “cousins” is more than just the latest whimsy in a history of attempts to uncover relatives of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

“If I am right then Balthazar Bourbon would be the eldest in the line,” he told the Guardian.

From his home in the Bhopal suburbs, Mr Bourbon, 48, said he would be glad to take a DNA test, but remained stoical about the “hypothetical question” of whether he was heir to the throne. Conscious of the bloody outcome for royals in France, he felt royal status could bring “trouble”, not to mention questions from skeptical historians. […]

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Move your face really close to the screen to see the girls head go inside the ring.

More illusion :

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Magic Illusion

Jewelry should be something everyone wants, it used to be that everyone wanted diamonds–now everyone wants MP3 players. Anna Tascha Larsson a jewelry designer still in school in Stockholm heard the many reports of students in NYC getting mugged and stabbed to death because they wore the coveted white ipod ear-buds (a tell-tale sign that they held ipods) and decided to do something. She created a necklace, in gold and silver, that looks exactly like ipod ear-buds. Everyone wants this necklace because it’s such a brilliant idea. Rumor has it that you’ll be able to buy the H&M rip-off real soon.

Now people can go back to getting mugged for their jewelry and hand-bags.
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