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Eyeborg System Let Colour-Blind Artist Paint By Hearing
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Neil Harbisson is officially the first Cyborg in Britain. The Dartington College student is completely colour-blind and has been fitted with a camera attached to a laptop, which converts colour to sound. Neil Harbisson, 25, has been fitted with a device called an Eyeborg, which converts 360 colours into different sounds.
But three years ago he met Adam Montandon, a cybernetics expert who came to give a lecture at the college. Montandon created the Eyeborg system, manufactured by HMC Interactive, the design company in Plymouth that he co-founded. It is a head-mounted digital camera that reads the colours directly in front of it. The camera is connected to a laptop computer, carried in a backpack, which slows down the frequency of light waves to the frequency of sound waves. The computer then sends the "sound" of each colour to an earpiece worn by Harbisson. Montandon expects the system eventually to be as small as an MP3 player.

The Self-Mending Rubber
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A chemistry professor in Paris has come up with a kind of rubber that can "heal" itself. Self-healing rubber that binds back together after being snapped or punctured could pave the way for self-healing shoes, fan belts, washing-up gloves and more. Leibler and his colleagues built up their rubber from simple starting materials including vegetable oil and urea, a component of urine.
Leibler's team explained how their compound differs from regular rubber. Regular rubber is made of a single, continuous, stretchy molecule, held together with strong chemical links called covalent bonds. Once these bonds are cut by a break in the material, the rubber can't be reassembled.

Happy Valentine Day!
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Happy Valentine Day! This photo by designer and fashion photographer Monica Lo. More on Flickr.

Man Builds Mercedes F1 From 956,000 Matchsticks
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Michael Arndt takes over six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car. It spent Michael Arndt around 6000 Euros and 6 years! It can be be taken apart to 45 parts for easy transport to various matchstick-builders convention. [ Link ]

Full Body Pyjamas Designed To Stop Itching
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Wear these anti-itch pyjamas, you will look like sleep in the space ship in the future. The nightwear, which is produced from a fabric called Dermasilk, can also help reduce the itching endured by sufferers of skin disorders such as eczema and dermatitis. The pyjamas have been developed for Travelodge, the hotel chain, which carried out a survey to discover what kept people awake. The sleepwear will be tested by customers at Travelodge hotels at Heathrow airport, Birmingham Fiveways, Bristol Central, Manchester Central and Edinburgh Central. Link

The Making of a LEGO Brick
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Today BusinessWeek reported the making of a LEGO Brick. In one year, the 15 billion LEGO components will be made, a astonishing number! Link

Decorated Trucks
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Short for decorated trucks! This pretty colourful aspect of Japanese pop culture has been extensively explored by photographer Masaru Tatsuki who spent ten years with the truckers of Japan's highways. Link
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Laments The Lack Of Snow

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Riitta Ikonen laments the lack of snow in Finland at Christmas for the past two years running, with photography from Anni Koponen.

Polish Riot Police Try New Mindf*ck Technique
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Now the Riot Police act as a the Mickey Mouse?! The pic is the Polish Riot Police Try New Mindf*ck Technique!

In Manhattan, Man Breaks Record for Standing in Ice
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Today is so cold outside. And a man try to standing in ice for 72 minute! His name Wim Hof, Wim Hof is 48-year-old, outside Rubin Museum of Art in a clear container filled with ice for an hour and 12 minutes on Saturday. Hof says he survives by controlling his body temperature with the tantric practice of tumo. Check the Vedio.

Gucci Bike
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The Gucci Limited Edition for the 2008 Olympics is called 8-8-2008 and set to be released on January 28th, featuring 8 exclusive accessories with a sporty bent and mostly China red painted. My favorite is the Gucci Bicycle ($3,420) with bold red double GG leather. Other included $1,415 I-Gucci watch, a Gucci leather panda for $1,050, a $3,150 Mahjong set covered in red La Pelle Guccissima leather, a pair of $660 men's and women's sports shoes, a $445 sterling silver and enamel necklace inspired by military tags, and two pieces of luggage in La Pelle Guccissima, a leather duffle for $2,795 and a $995 leather messenger bag.
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Spanish Steps covered in balls
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Graziano Cecchini, a political and social activist and the same person who poured red dye into Rome's Trevi Fountain last year, was once again making a big scene in Rome. This time, he and at least two alleged associates, unleashed over 500,000 bouncing balls on the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. Graziano Cecchini, said each of the plastic balls "represented a lie told by a politician". He claimed it had cost him around £15,000 to turn the Spanish Steps into a scene from a children's playground. The police closed off the Piazza Spagna so the area could be cleaned. Pic from Telegraph. Check more for the videos.
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Thanks & Happy New Year!
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Hi, everybody, the side of the continent, It is 2008, Happy new year! This year is the LikeCool the first year! It is a big thank to all the readers that support our LikeCool this year! We will focus on more cool & new gadgets for next year!
Thanks everyone, have a safe and happy New Year. See you 2008.
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