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Dead Flies In Strange Tableau Photography
Belgium-based artist, Nicholas Hendrickx, loves to take macro photography of flies doing everyday things, and for obvious reasons, this caused us to share a perplexing WHOA! with each other that we just had to share with you, too. Hendrickx has named the subject in his “The Adventures of Mr. Fly” photo series Gerald Fly. Needless to say, Gerald Fly’s life has not been easy – he ...
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New Smartphone Breathalyzer App
Drinking and driving is not cool. Period. And now, there is a new product on the market that can measure one’s blood alcohol content (BAC) without the use of the standard breathalyzer. The BreathalEyes by is an iPhone App that takes photos of a subject’s eyes and scans for horizontal gaze nystagmus (Called HGN) – a condition of the eye indicated by the involuntary rhythmic oscillating ...
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Mixa: The Resurrection Of The Retro Mixed Tape
Shiny digital newness meets analogue retro chic with Mixa – the USB cassette for your digital stuff. Use Mixa (brought to you by Beep Industries) to make a physical digital mix tape, not just music but all the other digital goodies normally sat hidden on that super dull hard-drive or hidden away in the cloud! With either 1GB or 2GB of space you’ll have plenty of ...
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Giant Battlestar Galactica Ships Made From Lego
LEGO master Garry King has one goal — to build the all ships of Battlestar Galactica out of thousands of LEGO pieces. So far, he’s built a considerable fleet of Colonial and Cylon craft. King’s built vessels from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica (he didn’t forget the Cylons), but many of his builds are focused on the 2003 series we’ve come to know and frak. Here are ...
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A Coffee Mug That Will Never Spill
Now you can fill an entire cup with your favourite hot beverage and carry it without spilling a drop thanks tot he SpillNot Mug Holder. By carrying the mug in the SpillNot holder by the strap, physics will keep the drink inside the cup. Wanna know why? Here’s the scientific reason: When you hold a cup of hot beverage, inertia keeps the liquid from moving. But ...
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Enormous Stunning Sandscape Art
Andreas Amador, a San-Francisco based landscape artist is known for his breath-taking sandscape works of art in which he etches enormous designs onto beaches. Amador makes sure to create his masterpieces on a full moon – maximizing the low tide that comes with the lunar cycle and the moonlight that illuminates his work at night. Amador uses a rake and some assistants to create the organic ...
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Sexy Modern Gramophone iPhone Speaker
The Phonofone III by Science and Sons is an elegantly designed passive amplifier crafted from ceramic and designed explicitly for iPhone. This clever device amplifies the volume emited from an iPhone internal speaker roughly 4x (approx. 60 decibels). The modern take on the old Gramophone is handmade in Canada and made to tantalize your design-loving tastebuds. As far as we’re concerned, the sleek lacquered finish paired ...
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Adults Replicating Great Childhood Photos
We really love this photo series entitled “Back to the Future” by Argentinian photographer, Irina Werning. The artists manages to replicate subjects’ childhood photos quite accurately resulting in some pretty hilarious comparisons and some even more hilarious outfits. Werning admits to being a nosey photographer who loves to look at friends’ old photos and wonder what it would be like if the subjects were in the ...
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Transparent Hi-Tech Glass Toaster
Ever wish you could tell when your toast is perfectly toasted so you can eject the beautiful slice of carbs before it gets too dry or burned? Well, thanks to Melinda Hart from Inventables, now you can! This toaster has two glass panels that comprise the sides, so you can watch your bread turn to toast before your eyes and stop it at the perfect tastiness. ...
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Gadget To Chill Your Beer Cans In Seconds
Warm beer sucks. Luckily, the Beer Chiller can remedy the problem in only 90 seconds and you don’t have to risk forgetting your can of beer in the freezer and risking explosion. Fill the chiller with ice, place a compatible sized can of beer inside and crank the handle that will envelope the warm beer in frosty goodness. The Japanese developed product works best with Japanese ...
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Crazy Faces Painted In Urban Landscapes
Street artist, Nomerz, keeps us smiling with his awesome art that keeps popping up in various locations throughout Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. Quirky faces? Check. Bright pops of colour? Check. Unexpected locations? Check. Each work of art is created using spray paint and the imagery ties in directly with the dimensions and characteristics of the architectural structures that are painted. Nomerz offers a collection of his ...
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Instant Travel Mug Converter Cap
The Cuppow is a solution for easier drinking from a canning jar. Now you can convert any mason jar into a spill-proof cup by using the Cuppow lid. The lid is BPA free and made to fit standard wide-mouth mason jar openings. Skip the disposable paper cups and go green with the Cuppow, and nevermind the expensive travel mugs (although, we do think very hot beverages ...
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Paper Cups With Funny Fake Noses
These 12oz cups will really bring the party. 24 different designs of noses positioned where one’s nose is located while drinking bring about obvious laughs. And the animal noses? Equally awesome. We would definitely be washing these cups until they fray – how could you toss a perfectly cute nose cup in the trash after just a couple of uses? OFFICIAL SITE BUY HUMAN NOSES NOW ...
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Skeletons Painted In-Camera With Light
Janne Parviainen, Helinski-based photographer, has been drawing skeletons and other kinds of light figures in camera for years. The images you see have not been altered in post production – the crazy light figures are captured by the artist organically using traditional exposure techniques. His most common subjects are city environments and natural landscapes. The subjects in his photos are affectionately dubbed the “noodle men” for ...
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Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer
Germs are bad. Bacon is good. So, kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. Kill germs and end up with a bacon-scented perfume on your hands. This Hand “Swineitizer” by PorkKleen comes in a 2.25 ounce bottle available through ThinkGeek and makes a great gift for bacon-loving germaphobes around the world. Warning: Do not eat, no matter how delicious the aroma. BUY NOW LOVE ...
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The Power Tool Pizza Cutter
From one ridiculous pizza cutter to another, we now present to you the Pizza-Boss 3000 Pizza Cutter from ThinkGeek. The hand-held circular saw-shaped pizza cutter made us smile, and we can’t wait to gift it to the pizza-eating handy-man in our lives. The pizza cutter is super sharp and works well to slice and dice a pizza pie into smaller pieces (and it’s dishwasher safe, too). ...
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Condoms And Androids With The Same Names
Naming a product is difficult. Branding legend Marty Neumeier says that good product names have 7 characteristics. They should be distinctive, short, appropriate, easy to spell and pronounce, likable, extendable, and protectable. Looking through this list of Android names, it’s clear that many marketing teams disagree with Marty. Here’s a simple rule: if your product isn’t a condom then don’t name it like one. VIA: The ...
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Cool Sculptures Made From Skateboard Decks
Japanese artist Haroshi makes wonderful sculptural works of art by recycling old, used skateboards. “His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. Haroshi became infatuated with skateboarding in his early teens, ...
