Sand man creates world’s biggest artwork
 A sand artist has drawn more than 1,000 fine lines in the Nevada
desert to create the world’s largest single work of art. Jim Denevan’s
circles in the Black Rock Desert measure more than three miles wide and
can be seen from up to 40,000ft.
The 48-year-old American worked with three colleagues for more than a
fortnight to create the giant artwork. A 6ft-wide roll of chain fencing
was dragged across the sand by a truck to create deep ridges for the
effect.
The team used GPS technology to ensure every mark made in the sand
was accurate. Denevan, who has a large body of remarkable sand works,
said that his ultimate dream was to work in the largest area of all:
space.
“In the future I would love to see if NASA would let me use their
Mars rovers, so that I could attempt the first interplanetary artwork,”
he told the paper.
Japanese Gamer ‘marries’ Nintendo character
 A 27-year-old Tokyo man, Gamer Sal9000, fell head over heels for the
sexy skirts, doe eyes and wit of Nene Anegasaki, the star of dating
simulation game Love Plus. Last month Sal9000 decided to bring about the
first union between a human and a video game character. Sal held Nene in
the air, looking lovingly at her on the screen of his portable red
console as he gave his vows at a small ceremony with an internet
audience of thousands.
Nene is the perfect woman, according to Sal who said although the
wedding is not legally binding it is his way of expressing his devotion
to his computer love. Nene is better than a human girlfriend according
to Sal.
Japanese author Hiroshi Ashizaki who studies internet addiction said
many Japanese youths cannot express their true feelings in reality, only
in the virtual world. It is a trend could become increasingly common as
the entire globe socialises more online and less in person.
No Suckers: octopuses which collect coconuts
 Scientists have discovered octopuses in Indonesia collecting coconut
shells. The sophisticated behaviour is believed to be the first evidence
of an invertebrate animal using tools. The Aussie scientists filmed the
veined octopus, Amphioctopus Marginatus, collecting shells from the sea
floor and emptying them out, then carriying them under their bodies for
up to 20 metres before assembling two shells together to make a
spherical hiding spot.
Julian Finn and Mark Norman, of Museum Victoria, Melbourne, observed
the odd behaviour while diving. “I’ve seen a lot of octopuses hiding in
shells, but I’ve never seen one that grabs it up and jogs across the sea
floor.” said Finn, a research biologist at the museum who specialises in
cephalopods. Octopuses often use foreign objects as shelter. But the
scientists found the veined octopus going a step further |
