High-Powered Laser Wonder Cleaning

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. High-Powered Laser Wonder Cleaning There is something extremely satisfying in watching the powerful laser remove the rubbery grime and oil from the old engine: Link Also watch the same technique applied to... a pencil drawing (yes, the same laser can be used as a high-tech eraser!) and a bronze eagle sculpture. Today's pictures & links: Telecommunication Tower in Greece: Epic Ice Formation It is quite a job to clear the accumulated snow from this prominent COSMOTE company tower after a snowstorm. (image credit: Tovima, via) ------------ Astronomy Picture of the Day: This spectacular object is the butterfly planetary nebula M2-9 - photo from the Hubble Legacy Archive, processed by Judy Schmidt: (image credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA via) ------------ Irresistible: Three Little Bears Finnish photographer Valtteri Mulkahainen caught these lovable three little bears dancing? socializing? - see some more poses at his Facebook Page: (image credit: Valtteri Mulkahainen) And here's the whole bear family, painted by Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky in 1889 - more info: (image via) If you'd like to visit this magical pine forest, the location of this painting is possibly near Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia, here are the coordinates ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: Near-Miss Asteroid - [space, gif] Glass Rain on an Alien Planet - [true, space] Frozen (Explosive!) Bubbles Suspended in a Lake - [wow nature] The Tiniest Apartments in Hong Kong - [wow pics] Bad, Bad Architecture - [new Seoul tower] Repurposed! Telephone Booths, Car Parts - [design] Huge Gummy Bear Chandelier - [weird, video] This Music Video is Wild! - [fun video] Dog Escapes From Kitchen: Impossible - [wow video] "Infinite Money" Hack for GTA V - [useful? video] Apparently, a common thing in India - [overloaded! video] Kinetic Sand: Pretty Cool! - [wow video] "I Brutos" Having Fun! 1961 Comedy Rock - [fun video] Snippy and Me: Ode to Steve Jobs - [video, comedy] Funniest Court Quotes - [humour] ------------ Steampunk Coffee Shop in Cape Town, South Africa This is one of the Truth coffee shop in Cape Town, designed by Haldane Martin in a definite steampunk vein, featuring the cast iron vintage roaster drum in an iindustrial warehouse setting, with plenty of rugged gears, pipes and mechanisms thrown in for a good measure: (image credit: Shanna Jones) See a lot more interior photographs of this wonderful place at the Yatzer page. ------------ "White Zip Tie" Bear Sculpture These meticulously interlinked 20,000 standard white zip ties create the ephemeral animal form, which hangs in place suspended with cables - this is the art installation by New York design firm Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin (D.O.T.S.) - seen at the 2011 Beaux Arts Festival: (image credit: D.O.T.S.) ------------ Double-Decker Bus Tilt Test, 1933 28 degree angle tilt, and holding! Apparently, this is how they did the testing back in 1933 of these classic 60-person double-decker buses at the the London General Omnibus Company: (image via) ------------ Bringing Fish to the Market, Saigon, Vietnam Loaded to the gills! and then some... (original unknown) ------------ Three Wheels, Two Legs Beautiful Italian model next to a... beautiful Italian three-wheeled truck model. ------------ Avantgarde Architecture of the Fünf Höfe, Munich, Germany This wall of the newest Munich's shopping mall Fünf Höfe is quite stylish, or is it only the right angle, great lighting, and the photographer's skill? Photo by Christian Berle Gonzalez: (image credit: Christian Berle Gonzalez) ------------ Some dogs are simply too photogenic: (original unknown) ------------ Keep your eyes on the ball! (image via BBC Sport) See more crazy contortions and impossible ball situations in our article Keep Your Eyes on the Ball! (Funny Pics) ------------ The guy in the middle should definitely be in the movies: (original unknown) ------------ Work? What work? READ THE PREVIOUS ISSUE -> READ ALL BISCOTTI ISSUES HERE -> Make sure to check our daily updates on Facebook!