Tag: cool

Furniture of the Future: A Visibly Invisible Chair

Furniture of the Future: A Visibly Invisible Chair

January 25, 2011

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18703979[/vimeo]I'm not going to claim how this could possibly work, but a fellow by the name Ben Alun-Jones has created...

Mattel Amps Up Its Psychic Toyline

Mattel Amps Up Its Psychic Toyline

January 10, 2011

In an age where the bulk of practicing geeks can remember a childhood full of He-Man action figures and other...

Laser-Guided Slingshot is High- and Low-Tech All At Once

Laser-Guided Slingshot is High- and Low-Tech All At Once

November 22, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBcq4_EhIoM Maybe the Jenga Pistol I posted earlier today didn't tickle your fancy. Maybe your fancy has nerve damage. Maybe...

The Cassette Walkman Still Lives – I Was Worried There For a Moment

The Cassette Walkman Still Lives – I Was Worried There For a Moment

October 25, 2010

Sony has announced that the cassette Walkman will be discontinued in Japan, having ended manufacturing in April. As we speak,...

Father and Son Send an iPhone Into Space

Father and Son Send an iPhone Into Space

October 18, 2010

I am so frequently reminded of how I should totally have stuck with science a little more, if even to...

Robot Curtain Makes Privacy Cool Again

Robot Curtain Makes Privacy Cool Again

October 15, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhbUjVyKIc Niklas Roy's workshop has a large window right in front. After getting fed up of passersby peering in, he...

Yamaha’s Silent Guitar Is Not Only Silent, But Near-Invisible

Yamaha’s Silent Guitar Is Not Only Silent, But Near-Invisible

August 30, 2010

It would be uncustomary for me to let a day go by without showing off something designy and musical. Taking...

Twitter Follow List Attacked by Giant Bird – No Survivors

Twitter Follow List Attacked by Giant Bird – No Survivors

August 14, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTXMMsGJ9I&feature=player_embedded I promise you, this will be both the cleverest, and, simultaneously, the most useless social media experiment you'll see...

A Breath of Fresh Bag

A Breath of Fresh Bag

August 6, 2010

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13517348[/vimeo] Hey, remember that scene in that movie, where the guy filmed that plastic bag? That was American Beauty, right?...

Insert Classless Joke About ‘Computers’ and ‘Running’

Insert Classless Joke About ‘Computers’ and ‘Running’

June 14, 2010

Gabriel Dishaw knows what beef is. Culling tech refuse for old circuit boards, processors, and other obsolete throw-away-ables, Gabe recombobulates...

Race Cars and Explosions Inspire Design of This BMW Art Car

Race Cars and Explosions Inspire Design of This BMW Art Car

June 3, 2010

One thing we Germans are known for (other than our beer) is our crazy sense of style and awesome cars....

The Craziest Gif We’ve Ever Seen

The Craziest Gif We’ve Ever Seen

May 21, 2010

There is not much to say once you have seen it. One suggestion I do have for people to get...