Concept: Rosetta Disk The 15,000 pages in the collection contain documentation on over 2500 languages inscribed in one glass ball
Artwork featuring Barack Obama The 31 finalists, chosen from over 1000 pieces of art submitted to the Manifest Hope Gallery Contest by MoveOn.org members and other grassroots artists.
Bruno Taylor's Playful Spaces Great idea. Attach a swing to bus shelter and let people play
The Genetic Map of Europe The similarities of DNA from different Europe countries mapped out.
First game achievements Did you know Kirby Puckett had four hits in his first game?
Willie McCovey had two triples.
Michael Phelps to compete in weightlifting Olympic athletes must compete in one foreign sport
88 Topps Cards: One by one Baseball statistician Andy is going through all 792 cards one by one of the 1988 Topps set, posting bits about what makes the card awesome and cool stats about the player or team featured on the card.
Graph showing public transit increase versus gas prices It's amazing to see how traffic to public transit sites have risen almost exactly to the same increase in gas price. We know that this makes sense, but the percent of increase for both is almost exactly the same.
The 10 Most Ridiculous Weapons in Batman's Arsenal 10) Bat-Shark Repellent from the '60 Batman movie
9) Lockpick from Batman: The Last Arkham
8) Assorted Dumb Boots from various
5 sights the U.S. government won't let Google show you The White House's rooftop defense system
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
Shatt-Al-Arab Hotel in Basra, Iraq
Dick Cheney's house
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
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