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Illusions Of Faces 2007-06-07 09:22:00 Illusions Of FacesIf you watch the above images from your seat in front of the computer, Mr. Angry is on the left, and Mrs. Calm is on the right.Get up from your seat, and move back. They switch places! "This illusion was created by Dr. Aude Oliva & Philippe G. Schyns, MIT illustrates the ability of the visual system to separate information coming from different spatial frequency channels." Here is another piece of work created by Dr. Aude Oliva (Ph.D. Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT) & Dr. Antonio Torralba (Ph.D. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory). Again if you watch the above images while seated in front of the computer, you might think that these people are sad. Now get up from your seat & walk a few paces & you will be astonished to see the change in their expressions. Both the images are a great piece of work & we think none others were able to generate anything this similar in Photoshop.Source: cvcl.mit.edu, MitOther Posts: Geniuses can you solve this Ridd ...

Geniuses can you solve this Riddle? 2007-06-06 01:39:00 Geniuses can you solve this Riddle?Are you among the top 2% of population who can solve this riddle within five minutes? Solve it & find whether you are really a genius?Riddle:1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.2. In each house lives a person of different nationality.3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar & keep a different pet.The question: Who owns the fish?Hints:1. The Brit lives in a red house.2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.3. The Dane drinks tea.4. The Green house is next to, & on the left of the White house.5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.12. The man who smo ...

10 Beautiful Roads 2007-06-06 01:12:00 10 Beautiful Roads Here are 10 beautiful roads, given a choice which one would you like to go?AdventurousInnocencePracticalHeavenlyRomanticCharmingIntellectualMelancholyDepressionEnlighteningSourceOther Posts:Just For FunSomething To Smile At Part - IIca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Just For Fun 2007-06-05 09:04:00 Just For FunWomen are SmartNote: Just a joke - not to cause offense to anyoneA woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes."The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get Ten times of that The woman said, "That's okay."For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.The frog warned her, "You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to".The woman replied, "That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful Woman and he will have eyes only for me." So, KAZAM-she's the most beautiful Woman in the world!For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world. The frog said, ...

So What?s So Special About This Truck Pull? 2007-06-05 02:52:00 So What’s So Special About This Truck Pull?So what's so special about this truck pull? These things happened millions of times in past. People pulled trucks with their teeth, beard & so on. Here these three guys are pulling a truck, that too three of them together by their. ?(did you think its waist)? Just a minute, hold it there. We never said waist, these chaps are pulling a 10 tons truck loaded with 100 passengers using their private parts, yes you got it right, private parts."Three men dragged a truck loaded with 100 passengers a meter across a Taipei parking lot. While towing a meter isn't very far (even with a 10-ton load) the size didn't matter as much as the method. They pulled it with their sesinep . That's right - read that again if you must - three men hauled 10 tons of truck and passengers by roping their sesinep to the truck fender and pulling backwards. These men practice the most forbidden qigong kungfu of all - they train their slatineg.The three men were stud ...

The World's Deepest Water-Filled Sinkhole - El Zacatón Cenote 2007-06-05 00:36:00 The World's Deepest Water-Filled Sinkhole - El Zacat?enote Cenote Zacaton, near the northeastern coast of Mexico, is the deepest known water-filled sinkhole in the world."Bottom of world's deepest sinkhole found 318 meters below surface. The world's deepest sinkhole has been discovered with the help of a robotic vehicle designed for underwater exploration by the National Aeronautic Space Agency (NASA).The fortnight-long NASA-funded exploration plunged repeatedly into the depths of Mexico's mysterious El Zacaton sinkhole last month and found a previously undiscovered bottom 318 meters below the surface.The vehicle employed autonomous navigation and mapping systems developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute and now has generated a sonar map of its inner dimensions." Cenote Zacaton, located near the northeastern coast of Mexico.Scientists communicate with the submerged DEPTHX robot from a platform floating on the surface of El Zacaton.Lowering DEPTHX into El Zacat?r ...

Peggy by Matt Bilfield 2007-06-04 11:11:00 Peggy by Matt Bilfield "Peggy was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. It is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist Roy Lichtenstein entitled, "m-maybe." It measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. The result is a cross between a graphic art image, sculpture, and installation which offers the viewer a different experience from every angle."Source: mattbilfield [Via thecoolhunter] Other Posts:Camouflage PhotographyIs This A Painting Or A Photo?Related Post: Underwater Sculpturesca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

What Happens When A Spider Bites 2007-06-04 10:00:00 What Happens When A Spider BitesIn almost all cases of spider bite, the chief concern is the spider's venom. Spiders regarded as dangerous possess venom which is toxic to man in the quantities which can be delivered by a single bite.Day 3Day4Day5Day6Day9Day10Here is this video in which this man lives with 50.000 Spiders in his house.Watch Man Lives With 50.000 Spiders In His House Video on ShoutfileCool!Source: 1, 2, & 3Other Posts: The World's Largest Open Pit Mine: Bingham Canyon MineAmazing Pictures Of Beautiful EarthRelated Posts: Worlds Deadliest Poisonsca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Something To Smile At Part - II 2007-06-04 04:53:00 Something To Smile At Part - IIWho ever said sex isn't fun, here is the ultimate proof that Sex is Fun.This is what we are talking about, proper use of technology. Putting multiple monitors to good use.This is the proposed Firefox logo, who is in favor of a new logo?This proves that girls are live ..reverse {unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl;}What more of a proof do we need of Global Warming?These days who needs a mirror when you got a laptop & a camera?So this is how Macs party.Reading the newspapers in bathroom is gone by, now you need to have a laptop there.Who wouldn't wish to have this camera? Well it's almost an Apple computer.Source: 1, 2Other Posts:Censorship? Use These ProxiesJeans With A Built In G-StringRelated Post: Something to smile atca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

The World's Largest Open Pit Mine: Bingham Canyon Mine 2007-06-04 00:18:00 The World's Largest Open Pit Mine: Bingham Canyon MineKennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine - the world's largest open pit mine or to say the world's largest man-made structure. "This open faced mine is the largest man-made excavation on earth, stretching two-and-a-half miles wide and 3,960 feet deep. What was a mountain has been mined away to form this huge pit. It was an interesting place, apparently the largest open pit mine in the world where they have essentially turned a mountain inside out by moving over 6 billion tons of rock and ore since operations began in 1906. The pit continues to grow with 500,000 tons of material being hauled out each day. Engineers estimate the hole will continue to grow another 650 feet deeper, at which point it will not be financially viable to continue mining." The mountain peak you see at the end of Bingham canyon in the picture above taken approximately in the early 1920s."The trucks typically carry about 300 tons of rock per trip to the crus ...

Amazing Pictures Of Beautiful Earth 2007-06-02 11:46:00 Amazing Pictures Of Beautiful EarthThese are some amazing pictures, which truly shows how beautiful our Earth is. Truly beautiful Earth somewhere around us.SourceOther Posts:Beautiful Photographs From Outer Space Part - IIIs This A Painting Or A Photo?Related Post:The World's Biggest Holeca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

The World's Biggest Hole 2007-06-02 04:49:00 The World's Biggest HoleThe world's biggest hole is located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia."Winter temperatures in Mirny, a town just below the Arctic Circle, average -40 Celsius.The town was founded in 1955 when geologists came to exploit the area's substantial mineral wealth. Consequently, Mirny's defining feature is a 1 1/2 km wide, 500 m deep hole, which is the now-abandoned diamond mine.The town is strictly off limits to outsiders without a special permit and the authorities regard any foreigners with considerable suspicion."This truck loader is one of the biggest in the world - lenth 13.36 meters, width 7.78 meters and height 6.65 meters.The giant machine refered above appears just a small point in this imageThe suction above the hole resulted in several helicopter crashes, so all flight above the hole is prohibited now.A view from a satellite.View in Google Earth, View in Google MapsSource: Maps.google, bbs.keyhole, BBC, SreedharaOther Posts:Business Card IllusionUnderwa ...

Beautiful Photographs From Outer Space Part - II 2007-06-01 11:50:00 Beautiful Photographs From Outer Space Part - IIHere is the most amazing beautiful photo collection taken from outer space which truly shows how beautiful our universe is.We are sure once you have a look at these photo collection you will definitely say once again 'yes our universe is truly a beautiful thing.'One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion, is part of a large, dark, molecular cloud. Also known as Barnard 33, the unusual shape was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late 1800s. The red glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis.This expansive (1-degree wide) telescopic view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. It is centered on a bright hydrogen emission region recorded in the 1959 catalog by astronomer Stewart Sharpless as Sh2-101. About 8,000 light-years distant the nebula is popularly k ...

Solar Photograph Paper 2007-06-01 09:28:00 Solar Photograph PaperSunprint paper allows you to take "Solar Photographs by laying things on top of the paper and then exposing it to the sun. When you have finished exposing the image you want you dip it in water and the picture stays."What you will be needing is just "water, sunshine, and a little imagination for hours of fun making photographic-type prints with the Sunprint Kit."So how does this work?"To make a Sunprint, place an interesting object on a sheet of Sunprint paper, expose it to the sun for a few minutes, immerse the paper in water, and watch as a permanent image appears."Source: Lawrencehallofscience, Via BlogthesietchOther Posts:Real-life 'Spiderman' Photos & VideoFive Most Active Volcanoes In The WorldCar Parked on Side of a Building - And its Not a Fake!Related Posts:Solar-Powered Outdoor Lighting System: CoronaSolar Light More Reasonable & Can Reduce Your Electric BillsSolar Powered Tentca-pub-6006325771531878 ...

Ten Cheap Ways To Chill Your Refrigerator Bill 2007-06-01 09:12:00 Ten Cheap Ways To Chill Your Refrigerator BillIf you aren't willing to upgrade your old refrigerator, here are ten ways to reduce your electricity bill & improve the efficiency of your existing model. "Check your door seals. Put a piece of paper in the fridge door and see how easy it is to remove. If it slips right out, you know cold air is doing the same thing. A little silicone spray may renew the rubber sufficiently to improve things. Otherwise, check on the availability of replacement seals.Clean the coils on the back of your refrigerator once or twice a year. Dust build-up insulates the coils, making heat transfer less efficient. Vacuum whenever you notice a dust buildup. Be sure to unplug first.Relocate your refrigerator if it's in direct sunlight, beneath a heating duct, or next to your range or oven. The warmer your fridge's environment, the harder it must work to keep its contents cool.Be sure there's a few inches of clear space between the condenser coils and the wall. Th ...