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yay for art!: cloaca no 5 machine literally produces pieces of crap

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The fifth version of world-renowned artist Wim Delvoye’s sculpture is now on exhibit at the Université du Québec à Montréal’s gallery up until Valentine’s Day. Why should we care? Because his sculpture is actually a machine. A machine that “reproduces the human digestive system, from mastication to excretion”. In other words, all this machine does is eat & poop.

Delvoye…

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February 4th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: interactive strange + wonderful weird science

venturer shd7000: hd dvd on the cheap

Venturer SHD7000 HD DVD

With all the recent buzz about how Blu-ray is leading HD DVD in the high definition “format war,” there’s a new wildcard that could shake things up.

While Sony certainly has a leg up on the race with millions of PlayStation 3 consoles out there, one big road block to broad adoption of either high definition disc format is the…

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March 25th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment video

is that a banana in your stratosphere, or are you just glad to see me?

Giant Banana in Space over Texas

A French-Canadian artist is working on a plan to launch a gigantic banana-shaped blimp into orbit above the state of Texas.

The project proposes a 300-meter, helium filled banana floated skywards, to hover over the Lone Star state. Artist Cesar Saez claims to have raised tens of thousands of dollars towards his goal of $1 million that will be needed…

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February 9th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful