Two doctors Billy Cohn and Bud Frazier from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a device—proving that it is possible for your body to be kept alive without a heart, or a pulse.
2) ‘Confessions Of A Designer’, What Goes On In A Designer's Mind
‘Confessions of a Designer’, is a collection of quotes that Short has “either found [herself] thinking or that [she has] heard [her] designer friends say, often on more than one occasion”.
3) What Your Logo Looks Like To A 5-Year-Old…
As part of a fun Sunday project, Ohio-based identity designer Adam Ladd showed his 5-year-old daughter popular logos and asked her to comment on them.
4) Japanese Scientist Creates Burger Out Of Human Feces
Japanese scientist Mitsuyuki Ikeda has discovered a way to create burgers out of human feces. Protein and lipids are extracted from human feces, treated with reaction enhancer and put in an exploder to create artificial meat.
5) Artist Paints Herself On Windows To 'Trick' Others
Korean artist Hyemi Cho paints herself on windows, to ‘trick' people into thinking that she is waving at them.
6) First LEGO Man Sent To Space
Toronto, Canada-based high school students Matthew Ho and Asad Muhammad sent a LEGO figurine almost 80,000 feet above sea level using a weather balloon.
7) Artist Who Painted Facebook’s Office Murals Is Worth $200 Million
San Jose-based graffiti artist David Choe, who painted graffiti murals for Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, is now worth $200 Million after the social networking giant went public on Wednesday.
8) If Movie Posters Told The Truth…
With its tongue firmly in cheek, UK-based movies website The Shiznit reimagined a series of movie posters, of movies that have been nominated for this years Oscars.
9) LEGO Teams Up With Moleskine To Produce Limited Edition Notebooks
LEGO has collaborated with Moleskine to create hybrid LEGO-themed diaries, planners and notebooks. Designed to encourage people to think with their hands, the limited edition series will also include a LEGO patch to spur imagination.
10) Using LEGO, Artist Restores Crumbling Architecture
German artist Jan Vormann travels around the world and restores crumbling architecture using LEGO blocks. In his work titled ‘Dispatchwork’, Vormann has spent three years filling in the cracks of buildings with colorful LEGO pieces.
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