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Knitted Dissected Animals Prepare Kids for Bio 101

Lambert Varias — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:00:47 +0000

Ah, Biology 101. We may be from different nations and cultures, but I’m sure those of us who have gone through that class share very similar experiences: The fear. The excitement. The jumping, twitching animals. The smell. Oh, the smell. The teacher who repeatedly hit the catfish in the head with a stone while the class watched, one half in horror, the other literally rofl’ing. Just another one of those insane things we went through as adolescents. Re-live those memories with The Crafty Hedgehog’s knitted dissected animals:

The frog up there is hand knit from a silk/wool blend, while its innards are needle-felted out of 100% pure wool. It even comes pinned to a dissection tray for that added morbidity!

The poor lab rat above is made from an acrylic/mohair blend with wool innards. Both the frog and the rat can be taken out of their trays (they’re only pinned down, not glued to their trays) and… cuddled. Wednesday Addams approves. There’s also a dissected Easter Bunny, which has Easter eggs in place of innards.

All of the creations sell for $125 (USD) at The Crafty Hedgehog’s Etsy shop. Quite expensive eh? If you know how to knit, you can purchase the knitting patterns for the frog and the rat instead for only $4 each. Too bad there are no knitted dissected catfish. That would have done it for me.

Nolan’S Cheddar Animatronic Short Film: This is Why the Internet Exists

Lambert Varias — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:16:48 +0000

…so we can watch tiny slices of awesome like this, one short clip after the other, and before you know it, another day at the office is done. It’s true; I asked DARPA.

It took animatronics expert John Nolan – he’s worked on lots of films, including Harry Potter, Where the Wild Things Are, and Clash of the Titans – two months to make the 1 min, 28 sec long faux-ad Nolan’s Cheddar. It’s about…just watch it (and make sure you have the sound turned up):

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Seriously strong indeed. While Nolan didn’t post any instructions or walkthrough or at least a reason why he made the film (not that he needed any), here are some behind-the-scenes pictures that he shared on his website.

It was a robot rat?! So it wasn’t the cheese after all. Sad face.

[via The Presurfer]

Remote-Controlled Rat: Because You Can Never have Enough Rodents

Technabob — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:00:45 +0000

Live in a rat-infested fleabag of an apartment? Well even if you don’t, you can still scare the beejezus out of your roommates with your very own remote-controlled rat.

With its light-up red eyeballs, I wouldn’t necessarily call this rat-on-wheels “lifelike”. But its hairy body and quick moves are probably enough to freak out your pals – especially if you drive it around with the lights off in the middle of the night.

So if you’re feeling like a dirty rat, head on over to TaylorGifts and you can grab one for about $25 bucks (USD).