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Edible Gold Leaf is Most Expensive Food in the World

Ever wonder what the world's most expensive food is? Gold wrapped and gold embellished chocolates are pricey, but you don't actually taste the gold. That pleasure is limited to edible gold leaf, deemed to be the world's most expensive food. Edible gold leaf weighs in, so to say, at $15,000 per pound.

Some white truffles can go as high as $6,000 a pound, making it second on the list. And caviar, at a paltry (by comparison only) $1,500 rounds out the list at third place.

Like other minerals such as calcium and iron, it is safe to eat. People usually do not buy it by the pound, but by the small shaker of 23k gold sprinkles (80 mg ), which usually costs about $30. The sprinkles are then used to decorate Champagne or special dishes. This is great news, because I was needing something to dress up the poptarts. And who said Nerd Beach was not culturally enlightening?

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The Robotic Evolution of Dance

Greg Chaffins

I'm sure that a lot of the Nerd Beach readers have seen Judson Laipply's awesome Evolution of Dance video on Youtube.

Well, now we have a robotic recreation of that performance. The MechRC robot makes a valiant effort at doing the moves, and we are suitably impressed at the finished effort. Way cool.

Of course, now we need to have a robotic version of "Singing in the Rain", but hopefully it will be a waterproof performer.

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Caterpillar Watch Features Continuously Moving Band

Greg Chaffins

Continuing what is obviously a love affair of wrist adorning timepieces at Nerd Beach, we have a watch that is mechanical by nature. The Caterpillar Watch (complete with CAT symbol) designed by Nicolas Lehotzky features a continuously slowly moving band that signifies the time by current number positioned at the top of the watch.

Sine there are no minute or second hands, the time can be approximated by the position of the topmost number on the band, which is refreshing all to itself. At a glance you know that it is about a quarter after, half after, you get the ideal.

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Legos Can Fix It

Greg Chaffins

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Jan Vormann has created an project that delights me. Jan has filled decrepit walls in Bocchignano, Italy, with Lego blocks built to fill the missing wall pieces.

The art project spans across the Sabina region of Italy, and you can find the Lego building fixes in various places filling in missing corners and flat areas of aging buildings and structures.

Now, I know that I am not as sophisticated as a lot (any?) of the major art critics, but I think this is one art project that delivers a range of ideals, from the futility of modern quick fixes to creative uses of space. Not to mention it is just fun.

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Of course, Nerd Beach does no condone the destruction or defacing of any historical building or property, and we hope that the process of placing the Legos does no damage to the structures and that the Legos are removed when the art project has ran its course.

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