Telekinesis for Tots, 37-Ton Mechanical Spiders, and a Host of Spectacular Artists.

Here is a video of one of the first brain-wave-reading toys coming out this year:

Here is a giant mechanical spider (non-functional, too bad):

[via Pink Tentacle]

Here is a man walking from China to Germany:

Here is an Internet-only fanmade Lord of the Rings prequel (well, one of the trailers for it):

Hunt For Gollum - Trailer One
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And some artists:

Jen Stark makes amazing sculptures and animation out of paper. But I like her drawings best.

Nemo Gould makes amazing kinetic sculptures out of bits of rubbish:

Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio makes amazing illustrations out of puppets:

Joalo Ruas makes amazing things just with a pencil: