Skeletons

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Things Skeletons Do When You’re Not Looking

3:20PM June 17, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Artist Marc da Cuhn Lopes offers up a reminder that the skeletons of imaginary, disproportioned creatures lead normal lives just like the rest of us. They just have a few more existential factors to consider. More »


News

Digital Skeleton Scares New Yorkers Into Heeding Speed Limit

7:00AM May 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

How do you encourage drivers to stay safe on the road? STARTLE THEM WITH SKELETONS! At least, thats New York City’s plan, which is deploying a fleet of new speed limit signs with a speed-activated skeleton warning. More »


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Origami Animals’ Skeletons Revealed For The First Time

7:40PM April 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Thanks to Takayuki Hori’s X-ray origami paper, we’ve had the first look at origami animals’ skeletons since the first crane was folded neatly in the 17th century. More »


Science

GE’s Visible You Is Kinect For Your Skeleton

3:00AM August 12, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

With everyone hemming and hawing about airport scanners being a huge invasion of privacy, GE decided to put the fun back in showing your guts to the world. Their interactive Visible You installation lets you see your insides in action. More »


How A Robot Sidekick Is Made

1:34PM April 6, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

For some reason, CBS decided to give late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson a robot skeleton as a companion. They had Mythbusters‘ Grant Imahara build the odd – and slightly freaky – fellow and teach him the Robot Skeleton Sidekick Laws: More »


Science

Magic Mirror Shows Your Bones and Muscles In Real Time

11:20PM March 2, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Feeble people of the world, rejoice, because the “magic mirror” will show your inner anatomy, demonstrating that below all my wine-and-tapas-induced bag of jell-o fat, there are some bones and muscles. Or so I think.

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Cars

Skeleton Bicycle Will Give Me Nightmares for Weeks

10:40PM January 26, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

I don’t know what’s wrong with this thing. It’s not the metal skeleton that gives me the chills. It’s probably the posture. If there are bikes in hell, they are probably like this one.

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Intricate Steampunk Mouse Might Have Gone A Bit Far With the Whole ‘Actual Mouse Spine’ Thing

9:52PM December 9, 2008 | John Herrman

Daniel Pon needed to make a steampunk mouse to accompany his tricked-out keyboard and monitor, so he got to work, and perhaps a little carried away. The end result is impressive. And kind of nauseating.

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Rare Terminator Endoskeleton, Own it Now Until Judgment Day

1:40AM September 17, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Sideshow Collectibles produced just 40 or so of these 6-foot chromed metal and fiberglass Terminator endoskeletons, complete with futuristic blue LED lighting. Long sold out/destroyed by Sarah Connor, you can still score one of your own in this eBay auction. The collectible is listed for a hefty US$20,000, but you get those two cute little framed Terminator posters behind the statue as well. So that shaves off like US$100 from the price right there. [eBay via Gizmowatch]

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