The Book Tank

Raul Lemesoff converted a 1979 Ford Falcon into an awesome open-air tank bookmobile. He drives around Buenos Aires offering books to anyone who wants them. The Weapon of Mass Instruction, as Lemesoff calls it, promotes “peace through literature.” Lemesoff has already driven it to remote regions of Argentina and hopes to expand the project into other nations.

Michigan State University Offering Zombie Encounter Survival Skills

The course — being taught online, so you don’t have to leave home and risk having your brain eaten — is called “Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse: Catastrophes & Human Behavior.” Apparently the zombie attacks for class purposes will be simulated.

Japanese researchers build speech-jamming gun that stops you mid-sentence

You’re at a movie theatre and the kids behind you won’t stop babbling. Not a problem. You reach into your bag, whip out your trusty speech-jamming gun, whirl around in your seat and blast them. No more nattering.