PRESIDENT OBAMA AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!! (PICTURES)

WOMAN WITH LONGEST DREADLOCKS (PHOTOS)

Despite being warned by doctors that her hair that weighs three stone could paralyze her, Guiness world record holder for the longest dreadlocked hair, Asha Mandela has said she will never cut off her 55 feet-long hair.

Having crested on her popularity to launch her own hair formular, Asha was quoted as saying that; "'Cutting it would be equivalent to suicide. It would be like being a zombie.'

Despite doctors' warning that her weighty hair may lead to a curvature of the spine and then paralysis, she insists that the hair which she started growing 25 years ago has helped her overcome cancer, two strokes and two heart-attacks.

NUBRELLA: HANDS-FREE UMBRELLA

Normally simple or easy tasks become complicated when it’s raining outside. From crossing the road to get to your favorite diner or walking a few blocks to where you parked, there’s the extra hassle of having to carry an umbrella while lugging around your usual stuff. Often people have to make two trips or more because they simply can’t carry everything at once. It’s times like these when an extra hand (and we mean that literally) would be helpful.

That’s probably what Alan Kaufman had in mind when he came up with the Nubrella, which he dubs as “the world’s first hands-free umbrella.” I wouldn’t say it’s the first (remember the Umbrella Hat?), but it is the first that looks well-thought out and well-designed.

The Nubrella is essentially a hoodie umbrella. It was designed to be worn like a backpack and function like a hood, so expanding and folding the canopy is a breeze. It provides stability that traditional umbrellas don’t and gives users extra coverage, thanks to the extended canopy on the sides and rear. The Nubrella’s was also designed such that the wind would flow over and around the canopy without the possibility of inverting it, as is the problem with regular umbrellas. The best thing about it, though, is that you get one hand back.

The Nubrella is up for funding on Kickstarter, where a minimum pledge of $50 will get you one of your very own.

KOREA BUILDS ROAD THAT WIRELESSLY CHARGES MOVING ELECTRIC VEHICLES

An electric bus that charges its batteries while driving (rather than while sitting idle in a charging station) is no longer science fiction.

Researchers at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently constructed a seven and a half mile stretch of asphalt roadway in the city of Gumi in South Korea with specialized electric cables designed to power batteries on a moving passenger bus.

The first of it’s kind technology doesn’t need the vehicles to stop at a point to charge.

The bus’s batteries are equipped with a novel technology called “Shaped Magnetic Field In Resonance” that sends electromagnetic fields created by the electric cables buried in the asphalt to the bus but not normal cars.

The technology recognizes vehicles capable of accepting the electric charge and those that cannot.

A coil in the battery can turn the electromagnetic fields into electricity at a distance of more than half a foot above the road.

PACU, THE MALE TESTICLE-EATING FISH

Swedish men are being warned against any inclination for Unclad swimming after a new species of fish has been discovered in their waters which enjoys biting testicles.

A 21cm pacu fish, a relative of the piranha, was found by fisherman in the Oresund Sound off the south coast of the country last week.

Known in Papua New Guinea as 'The Ball Cutter', the pacu has reportedly been responsible for the deaths of two fishermen in the Pacific nation, who died from blood loss after the fish had bitten off their testicles.

A freshwater fish, it can grow up to 90cm long and weigh up to 25kg.

Mainly found in the rivers of the Amazonian basin, they have flatter teeth which are very similar to humans and perfect for crunching.

Their diet is mainly nuts, leaves, aquatic vegetation and snails - but on occasion they have been known to enjoy the taste of human flesh.

Keep your swimwear on if you're bathing in the Sound these days - maybe there are more out there!' the Natural History Museum of Denmark has warned.

'The pacu is not normally dangerous to people but it has quite a serious bite, there have been incidents in other countries, such as Papua New Guinea where some men have had their testicles bitten off,' said Henrik Carl, a fish expert at the Danish museum told Sweden's The Local.

In 2004, The Scotsman newspaper reported that an 18-month-old toddler required surgery after a pacu bit her finger at Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World.