Archive for August, 2011
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LARGER THAN LIFE GUMMY CANDIES
For some reason, people love creating and consuming super sized candy. Behold, the world’s largest gummy worm weighing 3lbs, at a total of 2 feet long and packs a punch of 4,000 calories. If worms aren’t your gummy candies of choice, there’s always the larger than life gummy bear that is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bear snacks for “only” 12,600 calories. Could you ...
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RETRO ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ARE SEXIST
It’s no surprise to anyone: Sex Sells…but these marketing campaigns may have misheard “Sexism Sells”. There’s no way to erase these sexist advertisements from history, so we might as well laugh at the idiotic attempts to sell products to soup-brained male consumers.
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RECYCLED SUNGLASSES AS BOW TIES
Neck Specs take a fresh look at the most classic of all ties: the bow tie. Shaped like popular versions of their eyewear counterparts, Neck Specs bow ties designed by “the.” offer a bit of stylish wit and humorous decoration.
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SNOW MELTING WATER BOTTLE
Climbing mountains can be dangerous, but you’ll be less likely to run out of fresh drinking water if you bring your Flux along for the journey. The Flux is a snow-melting device that was designed by industrial designer, Hugo Busbridge. The device doesn’t require the use of any chemicals or unsafe heating devices, and is perfect for those times when a hiker, climber or camper is ...
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CRAZY OBAMA SUSHI ROLLS
Thanks to Ken Kawasumi, the award-winning sushi chef from Tokyo Sushi Academy, you can take a delicious bite of the United States of America president’s head, in sushi form, of course. Kawasumi claimed the 2009 championship title with his very cute sushi presidential face sushi design by using small shrimp (amis) to form Obama’s skin, black sesame for his hair, and fish paste for teeth.
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CRAZY FACES PEOPLE MAKE WHILE DIVING
Jumping off a high diving board is not a fear most people can overcome, and judging by the faces of these brave athletes, it’s for good reason. Regardless of whether the diver is plummeting to a pool from a five, seven or ten meter tower, the diver is sure to experience air resistance and physical strain that result in hilarious and contorted facial expressions. High-diving is ...
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TETRIS STICKY NOTES
Reminders can be boring, that’s more or less a fact – and video games can be entertaining. All that needs to be done is to combine the two into an interactive memory pad that fuses a way to take notes and memos, with the thrills and spills of Tomb Raider 3. OR (and more easily manufactured) produce a sticky note pad that can be arranged and ...
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PICTURES OF DOGS SHAKING THEIR FACES
When your dog needs a good shake to get dry or wake up from that long nap, you had no idea just how many fabulous expressions are happening right before your very eyes… until now. Thanks to fine art pet photographer, Carli Davidson, the faces you could never even imagine have been captured. Davidson has a background in both commercial and documentary photography as well as ...
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3D SUSHI iPHONE CASES
These hard protective iPhone cases made in the likes of sumptuous Japanese delicacies will transform your sleek piece of Apple technology into a handful of false food. The Japanese make us say “WHOA!” all the time. BUY HERE (hopefully you speak Japanese)
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CREEPY ZOMBIE TEDDY BEARS
You should have been nicer to your toys! Teddy Scares are a line of zombie teddy bears that have returned after being neglected and disposed of. These fabric freaks are available as plush dolls, comics, clothing and loads of other creepy goodness. Applehead Factory’s Teddy Scares creations are stitched with frightening, agorable fun. The screams continue with Teddy Scares® Series 2. These stuffed carcasses stand 12” ...
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MANLIEST CORKSCREW EVER
This is arguably the most useful electrical screwdriver to ever be invented by Bosch – after working on your construction project, change the head attachment to the corkscrew head and open that nice bottle of red with ease. The Bosch IXO Vino Cordless Lithium-Ion Screwdriver with Corkscrew attachment is small enough to store in your kitchen drawer, and who knows, it just might come in handy ...
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THE DISNEY ‘COPY-PASTE’ CONSPIRACY
So, apparently, it takes 12 drawings per SECOND of movement in animated films, which means that creating animated films by hand is a lot of work! Back when Disney was the main animated film producer, they decided to cut some corners by literally copy and pasting the exact same movements (and in many cases, the same jokes too) into different films over the years. It appears ...
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COMPLEX PUZZLE PIECE TABLE
Hand constructed from thousands of Jigsaw pieces over hundreds of hours, Jigsaw sets with missing pieces were used to construct this table designed by Ruper McKelvie. The piece explores the concept of taking something that is incomplete and completing it in a new and functional form.
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THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE CAR
The Maybach Exelero was first introduced by German car manufacturer Maybach in 2005. This two-seater vehicle is said to be the fastest car in the world with a top speed of 351 km/hr. This luxury car is priced at a whopping $8,000,000 USD. At that price it can be safely assumed that you have to be unbelievably wealthy to even fathom buying this baby. If you ...
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WHOA PAINTED ANIMAL HANDS
Behold the amazing Hand Paintings by Guido Daniele – Italian artist who started working as hyper-realistic illustrator in 1972 in co-operation with major editing and advertising companies. Daniele experiments with different painting techniques, and in 1990 he started using the “body painting” technique to create interesting forms of art as seen in this series of realistic animal paintings. The beauty of Daniele’s work is that he ...
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SOLAR POWERED PURSE
Diffus, the interactive design firm, has designed a solar-powered bag that packs just as much bling as it does energy thanks to the miniature photovoltaic cells that are proudly displayed on the bag as decorative elements. This bag includes 100 tiny copper framed solar panels on the exterior that generate enough energy to power your cell phone or other mobile device, and also activates the fiber ...
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SELF-LOCKING BICYCLE
Kevin Scott just unveiled his revolutionary bendable bike. That’s right, with the push of a lever the cycle becomes bike-Houdini and can wrap around any post making it easy to secure all its parts with just one lock. No more clunky chains? Sign us up! http://www.inhabitat.com
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DIAMOND STUDDED CONTACT LENSES
An Indian optometrist has created the world’s first contact lenses to be embedded with diamonds and gold. The lenses are on sale now for INR 700,000 (£9,736) per pair, creator Chandrashekhar Chawan has confirmed to Wired.co.uk. They are part of the company’s La SER Jewelry range and will be available in four designs: 18 diamonds on white gold, 18 diamonds on yellow gold, just white gold ...
