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  • Lego-Man Travels To Space And Brings Back Photos And Videos

      A Lego man has successfully gone where no Lego man has gone before – the edge of space and back down. It’s all thanks to two friends,  teacher Jon Chippindall, 31 and entrepreneur Ian Cunningham, 29, who met while studying aerospace engineering at Manchester University. Together, they created...
  • Man builds “Hobbit house” for under $5000

    The man that you see above is Simon Dale, a new home owner who did things differently. Dale, who obtained a free plot of hillside land in Wales, in the United Kingdom – he then spent four months building a “Hobbit house” for the very reasonable sum of £3,000...
  • Purple wind turbines may splatter fewer birds

    Wind turbines are wonderful things. They generate awesome amounts of electricity, day or night, as long as there is at least a slight breeze. Unfortunately, they also have a reputation for being a little unfriendly to our avian friends. The trouble with conventional wind turbines is the color. Bugs...