Archive for November, 2011
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Microscope Accessory For iPhone 4
Your iPhone 4 just became even more amazing thanks to this Microscope add-on from Red5 gadgets. The pocket-sized microscope allows up to 60x magnification, which means you can examine some pretty tiny stuff (like a spider’s body, the texture of human skin, dust mites, and more) on your iPhone 4 screen. The gizmo comes with 3 built-in LED lights for added illumination, and if you see ...
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Hilarious Antique Prank Machines
In 1892, a Woodsman lodge member asked his friend Ed DeMoulin to make him something that would really shake up dull lodge meetings. DeMoulin owned a local factory that manufactured uniforms, flags, patches, hats, seating, upholstery, and regalia of all kinds, and he was also at heart a trickster. When the Woodmen asked him to come up with a set piece that would really impress and ...
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IKEA Sci-Fi Instruction Manuals
Assembling your own furniture is usually a nightmare, but thanks to IKEA’s signature instructional manuals, life seems easier (or does it)? If you’ve ever tried to assemble a seemingly easy-to-put-together piece of furniture from IKEA, only to find yourself lying on the floor in the fetal position humming your favourite childhood song in a state of disrepair, then you can relate to this post. Cheers to ...
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Finger Print Activated Wallet
For only $825.00, you can purchase a wallet that is fairly secure from theft. The Biometric Wallet by dunhill is virtually indestructible and will only open with the touch of your fingerprint. Pretty nifty, huh? The waller can be linked via Bluetooth to the owner’s mobile phone and will sound an alarm if the two units are separated by more than 5 meters – a fabulous ...
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Aeromax: The Handmade Luxury Sports Car
The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally known as “HFS” and was run by him until he died, aged 77, in 1959.[1] Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently run by Charles Morgan, the son of Peter ...
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These Are The Droids You Are Looking For
You super-geeks are going to wet your pants over this – you can now have an 18″ tall interactive R2-D2 Droid of your very own. The freaks over at Purrfect Toys are selling this astromech droid unit that si ready to obey your commands. Get the droid’s attention by calling out “Hey, R2!” and get ready to play with your new robotic friend. There are over ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses
Imagine our excitement when we discovered these hilarious images of human noses that have been altered to resemble Ninja Turtle heads?! These images come from a frequently-updated tumblr blog called Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses, that has the following slogan: “God is the artist, I just find the turtle in his work”. The artists takes photographs of celebrities, politicians, sculptures, artists and draws a turtle head outline ...
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Bullet Wall Hook
This wall hook is sure to make you look twice! The bullet wall hook was designed by Brazilian-based product designer, Belo Horizonte. He claims that his works are heavily concept-based, and all have historical meaning – this set of bullet hooks is no exception. The hooks (not so subtly) signify violence and urban war in “times like these”. Horizonte claims that this product is not mean ...
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Heart-Shaped Wine Carafe
A Milan-based design showroom called PaolaC, released a design challenge during Milan’s design week to the students of Bozen-Bolzano University to create a tableware collection informed by food, health and eating habits; and that is exactly what up-and-coming designer, Liviana Osti, did. Osti was born in Trento, Italy, in 1989 and was studying design at the time of the competition. The carafe, entitled “Cuore” (which means ...
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Weird Steampunk Minions
Artist, Joseph F. Drust, has developed a wide range of vinyl “kitbashed” sculptures called Steampunk Minions that boast a seriously WHOA-worthy style. The creations plug into your computer via USB hookup and some of them light up, react to music and (our favourite:) play old-school Nintendo NES games. The sculptures are made out of recycled operational parts including magnets, tesla coils, USB drives and LCD screens. ...
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Nerd’s Map Of New York City
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RES VERSION New York City is one of the most vibrant and interesting cities in the world. As it is, tourists need more than a week to check off all the “must-see” sights, but the list just got longer (especially if you’re a super nerd). An enormous nerdy collaboration over at BuzzFeed has resulted in this super cool NYC tourist map ...
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Ing-Q: Single Seater Pod Car
Commonly mistaken for a giant baby monitor or personal massage device – this curvaceous bubble-shaped product is actually one of the most innovative car designs we have seen in a very long time. The kudos go out to 23 year old designer, Xiaowu Huang – a fourth year student from Hainan, China who is attending the Wuhan University of Technology. Huang is studying Automotive Support Engineering ...
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The World’s Smartest Coffee Cup
You never have to worry about burning your tongue on hot beverages again thanks to the smart folks over at Smart Lid. The Smart Lid, put quite simply, uses colour changing technology to indicate when your coffee or tea is safe enough to drink. A very hot beverage will result in the disposable lid appearing to be a bright red colour – a colour that most ...
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QlockTwo: Coolest Clock In The World
QLOCKTWO makes you pause and allows a different view of time. The typographic front combines the moment with the written word and makes it a statement. „It is half past eight.“ This clock forms a perfect square and seems to hover freely at the wall. A matrix with symmetrically arranged characters constitutes another square in the interior. Some of these characters shine in pure white to ...
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Quentin Tarantino Gushes Blood
Quentin Tarantino photographed by David LaChapelle. David LaChapelle, born March 11, 1963 in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique, sexualized, and often humorous style. LaChapelle’s work has been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. Ingrid Sischy, long-time editor of Interview magazine, has said there are ...
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Solar Powered Device Charger
It’s about time someone took advantage of the sun’s free solar rays and developed a charger for electronic gadgets – thank you goes out to the brains behind the Ray prototype for this wonderful gadget design. The charger comes with a strong suction cup that can be used on any glass surface, including windshields as well as car and airplane windows, to collect solar energy and ...
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Amazing Chalk Swimming Pool
Leon is a Guinness Book World Record Holder for the largest street painting ever created. Leon Keer (1970) learned to paint through designing and producing large advertising murals for multi nationals (since 1997) such as Coca-Cola, Schweppes, Heineken, Red Bull, Reef, Evian, Royal Club, Remy Martin and Absolut Vodka. He has executed commissions in the Netherlands, Germany and Australia. His knowledge of materials, acquired by painting ...
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Super Geeky Bathing Suits
Thank goodness for designer, James Lillis, the brains behind the trendy fashion brand called Black Milk. James unknowingly started the popular clothing brand when he bought a used sewing machine and as much cheap nylon lining as $6 could buy. He made a couple of awkwardly sized shirts for himself and then the idea of designing and making his own clothing hit him after a friend ...
