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JetLev: the Closest We Can Get To Being Mr. Jetson

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 02:02 PM PDT

JetLev Aqua Jet-pack

If you haven’t already seen this video, get your wallets out ( Hopefully you have enough dough!). Check out the JetLev, the answer to a boring weekend on the lake. Sick of laying on the beach, or riding jet-ski’s, or simply boating? Pop this sweet jetpack on and have a real blast out on the water this weekend. The JetLev uses water pressure to power its patented aqua rocket, so you can only go as high as the hose allows, while still being able to suck up water. We’re fully expecting military prototypes to be rolling out soon to secure our coasts, or one with a shopping cart in the front for family’s in Venice. Either way this video will blow your mind.

Nature Watch: The Lego Bird

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT

[David Attenborough voice] This, dear reader, is the rarely spotted Lego bird, a species whose biological structure is curiously made entirely out of Lego toy bricks. When seen, they are typically hidden away inside a child's bedroom closet beside a Lego box, where they sit quietly and motionless, as always. Like the penguin and the Penguin chocolate biscuit, they are flightless creatures, which is probably for the best: an ill-judged landing would most likely result in a child-unfriendly explosion of dislodged plastic bird parts.

The Lego bird's rarity is commonly attributed to a lack of interest from Lego constructors in building birds with their toy bricks: typical Lego creations are fighter jets and spaceships, which, I think you'll find, are naturally more awesome. But one enthusiastic creator of Lego birds is self-titled "Lego Monster” Thomas Poulsom, whose miraculous creations you will see below. In a stunning art project, Poulsom has designed many species of Lego birds, including macaws, owls, hummingbirds, blue tits (tee hee), finches and… those yellow ones with the… wings…

So, please scroll down and indulge yourself in the majestic beauty of these fine, plastic creatures while I go and snuggle up beside a fully grown male polar bear in the North Pole. Attenborough out.