Author: Diana Adams
Little People: Tiny Art Installations To Inspire You
It seems like one of the trends in photography now is taking pictures of anything that is itty-bitty. Microscope photography has gotten a lot of attention in the past year, and that is really when I remember this trend starting.
It seems people everywhere like to take pictures of small things. ...
Zero Footprint Shirts Made From Leaves
We write a lot on this site about ways we can conserve our natural resources and help the environment. Our beautiful earth is such a precious gift to us all, and sometimes I think we take that for granted.
Even though it benefits everyone when we are environmentally conscious, there are times, l ...
McDonald’s Happy Meals Just Got A Lot Less Happy
For a long time now we've seen the news about McDonald's food, and it's usually not pretty. We've always seen reports that fast food is tied to obesity, but it seems like there has been a specific attack on McDonald's in the past year.
Most recently, it has been reports on countless blogs about ...
iSnow: A Snowmobile Inspired by Apple
Sometimes I think designers attach the Apple name onto their concept designs just to get attention. I mean, when something has absolutely nothing to do with Apple, yet the designer attaches that logo, it kinda makes you wonder.
That is the case with this snowmobile, but I don't care. I still li ...
Symbolic Sculptures Created From Human Ashes
There is no doubt this is creepy, but it's one of those things that is so creepy it's actually interesting. We've written about art created from a human skeleton before, so I suppose it makes sense now to write about art created from human ashes.
I admit, when my beloved dog Daisy died, I had hi ...
How To: Collect Your Farts to Fuel a Cannon
Manley has a dream, a big dream. Now that he's learned how to collect his own farts and store them, he hopes to use them to fuel a homemade cannon. After all, farts are combustible gas.
Let's back up a moment. First of all, I realize that writing about farts is not very lady-like; however, far ...
Technology: Grow Vegetables Without Sunlight
I know this may sound creepy, but have you ever wondered how we will grow vegetables if there is ever a nuclear holocaust and we are all living in our bunkers?
Even if we live in a super fancy bunker like this, we are still going to have to grow food, right? I mean, we can't live on canned food ...
Gummy Bear Lego: Have Your Lego & Eat It Too!
Is it just me or does it seem like gummy bears are making a comeback? I remember back in the early 90s when gummy bears became super popular. All the cool kids at school ate gummy bears. The red ones were always my favorite.
For many years I didn't see much written about gummy bears, but now i ...
Scissor Art: Could You Do This With A Pair Of Scissors?
We've featured a lot of papercraft on this site. Some of the designs people create with a piece of paper are absolutely mind blowing. However, what if you add a pair of scissors to the mix? If someone handed you a piece of paper and a pair of scissors, what exactly could you create? These two ar ...
Our Dirty Little Secret: We Don’t Shower Every Day!
I don't know if it's like this in every country, but here in the States, admitting you haven't taken a shower is like admitting you've cheated on your wife. People here take their showers very seriously, or so I thought.
I remember reading an article about a year ago that said Matthew McConaughe ...
The Storm Flipper: A Happy Drinking Fountain Design
What a neat little design that will make you smile. We've all heard the saying, "Take that frown and turn it upside down!" It seems the Swedish architecture studio, Vision Division, has done just that.
They have taken the concept of bad weather and turned it upside down, and in the process crea ...
Design: The Little Blue Cozy Chair Created From Rope
I rarely write about furniture designs, not because I'm not interested in them, but because I don't often find a piece that speaks to me. However, there is just something about this blue rope chair that I find really interesting. To me, it's kind of like a fancy beanbag chair for adults, without t ...
Go Out In Style: The Mercedes-Benz Coffin
Here in the States, most of the time death is associated with a lot of sadness. Many people still wear black to funerals, and there is a lot of crying and mourning. However, it's not like that in all countries. Surprisingly, in many places, death is viewed as an event to celebrate someone's life ...
1989 Flashback: How Lego Bricks Are Made
Out of all the interesting articles on Bit Rebels about Lego bricks, I don't think we've ever covered the most obvious one, which is how Lego bricks are made. Have you ever thought about that before? I've noticed that Lego products are more expensive and higher quality than other building block br ...
Geek Alert: Brain Cells Under A Microscope!
Back in the 80s during the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign, I remember listening to the television ads, which said, "Don't smoke pot, it kills brain cells." And, of course, we all remember the fried egg commercial that said, "This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs."
I was really young ...