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This person shows why you should never pull the fire alarm at a gas station out of curiosity. Continue reading for the video.

I had no idea this is how the system works at gas stations. This'll probably make you think twice before smoking a cigarette while filling your tank next time you're at the pump

Originally priced at more than $50,000, this Ferrari Testarossa kart is "powered by a 5hp Briggs & Stratton engine coupled to an automatic transmission with two speeds plus reverse." Click here for first picture in gallery.

It features an electronic ignition, a Momo steering wheel with working horn, CD stereo, retractable headlights, an independent suspension, hydraulic rear disc brakes and adjustable seats, all backed up by a 12-volt electrical system

Called the NET-2000 Shooting Net Rod, this contraption "uses a charge of highly compressed air to fire a net at fleeing suspects from as far as 49 feet away." Video after the break. Click here for one more picture.

While it doesn't spin a web of just any old size, it does fire a huge 52 square foot net made of high strength Nylon fiber. While the device may look like an innocuous flashlight when not in use, it sure packs a wallop when fired up

No, it doesn't travel at warp speed, but what sets this UFO apart from the others is that you can actually live in it. Featuring "three floors, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living room and scenic view." Click here for first picture in gallery.

UFO house, which has a single entry point via a button activated stair case, curved bar area and customized bathtub, as well as various UFO paneled controls throughout that are simply priceless, or so you would think

KDBC-TV and KVIA-TV news vans "-- packing a full assortment of electronic equipment and sporting satellite dishes on the roof -- staged at the tree" in El Paso, Texas. Videos after the break.

Reaction times were slow as both lumbered off the line, sans wheelspin, and hobbled down the quarter-mile strip. Neither news station posted slips, but the driver from KDBC-TV was let go for his performance

This unique student designed clock "combines the 7-segment look of a modern LED or LCD clock, but messes with your head by making the digits come to life with a mechanical movement." Video after the jump. Click here for one more picture.

As the numerals change state, the segments gradually rise and fall into their plain white background. Built from a combination of Corian and wood, and powered by custom circuitry and servo mechanisms

Put simply, the "Backpack House" concept is the "idea that the square footage of an apartment can be increased by hanging a 2-ton add on from the roof or the facade of a building." Click here for first picture in gallery.

That means that users would have to crawl through their windows to enter a room that hangs precariously over the street below

That's right, artist Alex Dragulescu managed to recreate computer viruses in 3D "using their neutralized code -- including PWS-Lineage, Stormy, MyDoom, Mytob, IRCBot and Netsky." Click here for first picture in gallery.

API calls, memory addresses and subroutines are tracked and analyzed. Their frequency, density and grouping are mapped to the inputs of an algorithm that grows a virtual 3D entity

Here's a first: an Etch-a-Sketch modded to automatically draw the time, which uses "some basic stepper motors combined with a bit of programming." Video after the break.

At the beginning of every minute, the device draws out the time in a matter of seconds and then erases it to start the process all over again the next minute

For those looking to add more power to their Dodge Caravan, check out this jet-powered version. This beast supposedly runs an 11.17-second quarter mile. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The turbine is government surplus and the flames are courtesy of judicious use of fuel sprayed into the helicopter engine's exhaust. Though the pyrotechnics make for a good show, Krug says they provide no boost in acceleration