Really Awful Car Names
In the past, some automakers have rolled out some awful-looking vehicles. Familiar with the 1972 Volvo VESC concept? But after investing untold hours and dollars into developing the vehicle, "you'd think coming up with a name would be the easy part," Jalopnik recently figured.

Apparently that's not the case. The auto blog last week offered up its Top Ten Worst Car Names list. Among the worst of the worst:

• Toyota Estima Lucida G Luxury Joyful Canopy;

• Geely PU Rural Nanny;

• Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard; and

• Nissan Homy Super Long.

And those aren't even in the top (bottom?) two. Check out Jalopnik for its Top 10 list.

Manufacturer Takes New Approach to Newborns
Earlier this month, health-goods manufacturer Johnson & Johnson unveiled its new Nothing But Tears shampoo, "an aggressive bath-time product the company says will help to prepare meek and fragile newborns for the real world," according to one publication.

"[T]he new shampoo features an all-alcohol-based formula, has never once been approved by leading dermatologists, and is as gentle on a baby's skin as 'having to grow up and fend for your g*ddamn self,'" the publication reports.

"We at Johnson & Johnson have been making bath time a safe and soothing experience for far too long," CEO William C. Weldon said. "Years of pampering have left our newborns helpless, feeble and ill-equipped for the arduous road ahead."

"It's time our children got the wake-up call that's been coming to them," Weldon continued. "It's time they cried their precious little eyes out."

It's The Onion, of course. (Thanks, Brian.)

Seattle Auctions Off $5M High-Tech Toilets
The city of Seattle has sold its automated public toilets on eBay.

The five high-tech, self-cleaning toilets — with sanitizing water jets and automatic doors — were installed in 2004 to "accommodate tourists and transients," the Seattle Times reports (via Obscure Store).

"What a buy," says the new owner of the toilets. "Wouldn't you think it's a really good deal, considering what they paid for them? It was a gift."

The lucky bidder likely will install at least two of the toilets at a racetrack his company owns. He might keep one for parts and sell the others.

Food with Lasers
Here is a guy slicing a pizza with a laser:

Tangentially related, here's a unique way to make coffee:

TechEBlog recently covered both.

Black Hole Candidate
The Cygnus X-1 binary star system contains one of the best candidates for a black hole. This might be a black hole. Or it might not. Either way, it sure is easy on the eyes.

Credit: ESA / Hubble

Cheers.