Lorde | Royals
Huffington Post “We’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams.”16 year-old New Zealander Ella Yelich-O’Connor, who is better known as Lorde, inked a development deal with Universal Records when she was just 12 and spent the last four years writing and releasing her first EP, The Love Club, which sat atop N…
Protein Bars Made From Cricket Flour
Eco When Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewis created their protein bars from organic and all-natural ingredients—raw cacao, dates, almond butter and coconut honey, vanilla and sea salt—they wanted a high source of protein. So naturally they went with cricket flour which is slow roasted and milled from cric…
iON | July 2013
Payday30 JulyPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 625 JulyPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 623 JulyPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 618 JulyPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 516 JulyPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 611 JulyPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4…
Life Size Holograms
ProVisionImagine a human sized, floating hologram projected from a 3D display.The hologram requires no special glasses, no virtual reality goggles, and literally hovers in air standing next to you! …
iON | Three Kingdoms, Two Angles
PaydayBob Dobbs’ private sessions 240-241, 22 January 2010.Part 1 download mp3 Part 2 download mp3 The Three Kingdoms are a Useful KeyBelow: graphic by Dave …
Capital Children’s Choir Cover “Untrust Us”
London’s Capital Children’s Choir cover Crystal Castles “Untrust Us” replacing synths and percussion using only voices and hands in this a cappella version. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. …
GPS Shoes Guide You To Your Target
Dominic Wilcox created shoes that give you directions anywhere in the world. A LED light display on the toe of the right shoe indicates the direction to travel. LEDs on the toe of the left shoe indicate the distance remaining to travel. …
Turn Any Bicycle into an Electric Bike
Rubbee is an electric drive system which can be mounted on a standard bicycle in less than 1 minute. …
Hollywood’s Plastic Surgeons Find Gold in Dubai
The Hollywood ReporterA reality TV show started the explosion of plastic surgery performed by Hollywood doctors in Dubai. Dr. 90210 began titillating American viewers in 2004 with its look at the physical transformations of Beverly Hills’ beauty-obsessed denizens through breast implants, reductions,…
Manly Baby Stroller
ŠKODAŠKODA has unveiled the ultimate baby buggy, dubbed the ‘vRS Mega Man-Pram’ – a high performance vehicle that has been designed to provide the ultimate baby transportation experience. ‘King Size’ buggy is the ultimate accessory for new dads. The buggy comes complete with wing mirrors, hydraulic …
How Fast Can a Bicycle Go
Donhou BicyclesA UK bike maker wanted to find out how fast can a bicycle go. …
Kite Patch Makes You Invisible to Mosquitoes
Kite is a small, colorful patch applied to clothing that provides protection against mosquitoes for up to 48 hours by blocking mosquitoes’ ability to track humans. …
Locomotive 501 Ranch Trailer Home
Andrew Hinman Architecture When a South Texas ranch owner relocated one of his cherished possessions, a vintage streamlined aluminum house (not travel) trailer, to the family’s favorite fishing/swimming hole overlooking the Nueces River he needed to protect the house from flash-flooding from the ri…
Jacob Schwarz | Myanmar
Jacob Schwarz’s video of Myanmar (aka Burma) was filmed and edited in ultra high definition video, 4K (4096x2304) resolution, four times greater than regular 1080p HD. To view in ultra high definition, choose “original” from the settings link (the gear icon in the lower right of the video). …
(No)where (Now)here | Interactive Dresses
Ying GaoUsing eye tracking technology imbedded in the dresses, fashion designer Ying Gao’s “(no)where (now)here” interactive dresses move and glow in response to a viewer’s gaze. Photo-luminescent thread provides the illumination, and robotics slowly move the dress material. …
The Microscopic World of Corals
PBS Digital StudiosCorals are beautiful when seen through your own eyes in sunlight, but for scientists at the University of Hawaii, seeing corals in this manner is not enough. They are using a revolutionary new tool called a laser scanning confocal microscope to take photographs of corals that are …
Aquarium Fence in Turkey
Maras GundemMehmet Ali Gökçeoğlu built a 165 foot long aquarium fence—filled with hundreds of fish and octopuses from the Aegean Sea—in front of his seaside villa in Çeşme, Turkey. …
Drinking Sewage | Endless Supply & It’s Local
A water fountain at San Francisco’s Exploratorium challenges people’s assumptions about where their water comes from.Photo: Windell OskayiON has long advocated drinking sewage. Some communites in California already drink recycled sewage and one of the USA’s most prosperous areas, Silicon Valley, is…
iON | Vestal Goodman
PaydayBob Dobbs’ private session 239, 21 January 2010. download mp3 Video below: A Tribute to Howard and Vestal Goodman. …
Honda Mean Mower | 130 Miles Per Hour
HondaTurn lawn mowing into an extreme sport with the Mean Mower, a modified Honda HF260 Lawn Tractor that goes 0-60 in 4 seconds (that’s fast) and 130 mph while a Scorpion exhaust system lets your neighbors know your presence. …
High Heel Surfing
If you’ve ever had an issue staying upright on a surfboard on top of a wave or maintaining your equilibrium in high heels on uneven surfaces, imagine combining the two. These fashionably attired Russian ladies do and manage to make it look effortless. So men, are you up to the challenge? …
59Fifty Baseball Caps? Yes.
59Fifty refers to the flagship baseball cap model by the company New Era. 59Fifty caps are old school in that they are fitted according to skull size. New Era has been making caps since 1920, and the 59Fifty model has been around for almost 60 years. The 59Fifty is the official on-field baseball cap…
Monster High Dolls
Monster High Barbie sales are down but Mattel’s Monster High dolls are up 23%. Audio: National Public Radio download mp3 The dolls are inspired by monsters like Dracula, the Mummy, Medusa, and Frankenstein’s monster. The brand features a web series, video game, dolls, …
The World’s First Central Banker Was Sentenced to Death for Printing Too Much Money
Maybe the New York Fed is trying to tell modern bankers something by reminding them of history.This article appeared on Fed’s website.Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkIn 1668, Johan Palmstruch, the head of Stockholm Banco, the precursor to the oldest central bank still operating today—the Swedish Rik…
TV For Dogs
Elite DailyDon’t you hate it when there’s nothing for you on TV? Imagine how your dog feels! There is not a single channel for man’s best friend.That is, until now. DirecTV is set to introduce a new, 24-hour channel strictly for your dog’s entertainment.DOGTV will keep your pets busy while you’re at…
Chris Reynolds' PayPal Account Credited With $92 Quadrillion
Happy Quadrillionaire Chris Reynolds, Photo: Chris ReynoldsCNN For a moment Chris Reynolds, who owns a Pennsylvania public-relations firm, became an instant quadrillionaire when PayPal credited his account with $92,233,270,368,547,800.That would make him more than a million times richer than Mexica…
The Fifth Estate
Julian Assange has called Dreamwork’s The Fifth Estate a “mass propaganda attack against WikiLeaks the organization, and the character of my staff.” Assange describes the project as the result of a “war of corrupt media” driven by powerful influencers. The screenplay is based on books by Daniel Doms…
Breaking Bad Recap
Breaking Bad returns for the final eight episodes on August 11. Here’s a refresher or Cliff’s Notes to jog your memory of the previous 54 episodes. …
JR | INSIDE OUT
INSIDE OUT tracks the evolution of the world’s largest participatory art project. Travel the globe with French artist JR as he motivates communities to define their most important causes by pasting giant portraits in the street, testing the limits of what they thought possible. …
Squito | Throwable Panoramic Camera
ServeballThe Squito™ Throwable Panoramic Camera, currently in development in Boston, MA USA, allows its user to capture stabilized, full 360° spherical panoramic video and high-resolution images over the course of its airborne trajectory. …
How Dolls Are Made
National Geographic Visit a factory in Yiwu, China, where workers use 500,000 tons of polyethylene plastic to make five million Lucy dolls each year. …
Sole Power | Walk to Charge Your Smartphone
SolePower is a power generating removable shoe insole for charging portable electronics while you walk. Walking 2.5-5 miles will completely charge your phone. Walking continuously, the average human walks slightly less than 3 miles in an hour. …
Codlo Sous-vide Cooking
Grace Lee and Xi-Yen Tan’s Codlo plugs into your existing slow cooker or rice cooker for Sous-vide cooking without the expense of a dedicated Sous-vide machine. …
Bugatti Veyron Wrapped
YiannimizeWhen the female owner of a $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron found that she wasn’t driving the car as much as she wanted because the original paint was too masculine, she had the vehicle wrapped in a pearl white with pink tint. …
Tomás Saraceno | in orbit
Art Daily “When I look at the multilayered levels of diaphanous lines and spheres, I am reminded of models of the universe that depict the forces of gravity and planetary bodies. For me, the work visualizes the space-time continuum, the three-dimensional web of a spider, the ramifications of tissue …
Mauro ffortissimo | Sunset Piano Opus Two for Twelve Pianos
kickstarterIn early July, Mauro ffortissimo is planning to deploy twelve pianos at select locations along the San Mateo coastline. Anyone can come and play a piano by the sea, anytime. He’s inviting bay area musicians to join him in bringing attention to the fragile state of the world’s oceans, as w…
Nomadic PE-09 Pencil Case
Nomadic: (1) of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads; (2) roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or without a fixed pattern of movement; (3) a Japanese (of course) company that makes pen cases, bags, backpacks, pencil cases, and more pen cases.I've already written about the No…
iON | P-Brane
PaydayBob Dobbs’ private session 399, 31 October 2011. Dr Carolyn Dean and iON. download mp3 …
Thunderspace | 3D Thundery Weather
ThunderspaceWe often forget how important it is to unwind after a stressful workday, which got us thinking: Can we make an interesting relaxation app? One that is different? One that gives you a new experience? A new way to use your iPhone?Under the hood, well... You know these unremarkable old cars…
iON | The Vampirization of America
PaydayBob Dobbs’ private sessions 226, 26 December 2009 and 233, 9 January 2010. download mp3 Bob, Dr Carolyn Dean and iON talk vampires. …
Cutie And The Boxer
Once a rising star in the ‘70s New York art scene, 80-year-old “boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara hopes to reinvigorate his career as he preps for his latest show. His wife, and de facto assistant, Noriko, seeks her own recognition through her “Cutie” illustrations, which depict their chaotic, yet sus…
iON | One Guf
PaydayBob Dobbs’ private session 234, 10 January 2010. iON clarifies that there is only one Guf. download mp3 …
Send Your Very Own Personal Spacecraft to the Moon
Pocket SpacecraftNow anyone with $300 can send their own personal spacecraft (called Scouts) to the moon. If you want to keep things closer to home, a $150 pledge gets you an Earth Scout that will be released into Earth's atmosphere.Your Scout is a polyimide disc (a material used for flexible circui…
Domonique Ansel | Cronut Goes Viral
Dominique Ansel BakeryHalf croissant, half doughnut — the Cronut created by Chef Dominique Ansel is taking the world by storm since it’s launch on 10 May 2013.Cronuts should be eaten right away as they have a very short shelf life. They should not be refrigerated or they will go stale and soggy. Lin…
will.i.am Owns the Trademark to “I AM”
Rolling StoneWill.i.am is taking legal action against Pharrell Williams over the latter’s new creative brand “i am OTHER”—claiming that he owns the copyright to the phrase “I AM” and that Pharrell’s logo is “confusingly similar,” according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone.In his notice o…
iPad Schools In the Netherlands
Photo: Mark Maela/CorbisSpiegel“The classic chalk-and-blackboard teachers are preparing children for a world that no longer exists.” ~Maurice de HondEleven “Steve Jobs schools” will open in August in the Netherlands. Some 1,000 children aged four to 12 will attend, without notebooks, books or backpa…
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