Here's What's Awesome: Prescription Ice Cream, Rubik's Cube Art

Now making its way down the aisle, from Parts Unknown, the undisputed heavyweight champion of awesome links... Here's What's Awesome!

Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream
Here's an obvious statement for you: chemotherapy can be a heaping helping of not fun for many patients. Among the side effects is an uncomfortable thing called chemotherapy-induced diarrhea. A team in New Zealand may have found a yummy way around the problem - a special brand of prescription ice cream designed to counteract chemotherapy's effect on the digestive tract. And it tastes like strawberries! [InventorSpot]

If you can't solve it, at least make art from it
Actually, John Quigley can solve Rubik's Cubes, and that's just the beginning of what he can do. John takes dozens of cubes, configures them into specific color combos, and then makes giant Rubik's Cube murals from them. His work includes photorealistic portraits, video game characters, and a still life of a Rubik's Cube. [via Technabob]

All the world's a game of Test Drive
The one big concern about the growing popularity of hybrid cars is that they're too quiet. That's a problem, you say? Well, for visually impaired pedestrians, quieter cars are a safety hazard, since it makes judging the closeness of a car by its engine noise more difficult. There's been talk of requiring hybrids to make more noise for safety's sake; maybe you think that's a good idea and maybe not, but if it has to be, giving hybrids simulated sports car engines is a pretty good solution. Researchers at Lotus are designing a system that not only pipes out engine noise, but lets you choose the sound - so if you want to cruise the neighborhood sounding like an Imperial TIE Fighter, you can do it. (Just remember, it's a short-range fighter, so don't get too far from home.) [Gas2]

Now it's your turn: share an awesome link in the comments. Preferably about a Rubik's cube made out of ice cream that makes Star Wars noises.

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