Shampoo Robot
The Shampoo Robot by Panasonic uses 24 robo fingers to shampoo, rinse, massage, and dry a person’s hair (see a demo video). The robot is…
Trippy, A Web Service Where Users’ Friends Help With Travel Planning
Trippy is a new social travel web service and iPhone app that lets users call on their friends for travel planning advice and recommendations. The…
Wonderfully Bizarre Light Bulb Sculptures by Dylan Kehde Roelofs
Portland-based artist Dylan Kehde Roelofs creates incredible “incandescent sculptures,” hand-blown light bulbs and lamps that take the standard bulb to a fantastic extreme. The artist’s…
5:46 am, An Eerily Beautiful Film Showing Paris Flooded & Abandoned
“5:46 am” is a eerily beautiful CGI short film that depicts Paris abandoned and under three feet of water. The film is by Olivier Campagne…
Man Aiming a Laser Pointer a Police Helicopter Is Quickly Arrested
On an evening in April of 2010, St. Louis resident Justin Stouder made the mistake of pointing a green laser pointer at a police helicopter…
The Low Line, A Park in an Abandoned Manhattan Subway Station
The Delancey Underground project is a proposal to build a city park in the abandoned underground Delancey Street trolley terminal in Manhattan’s Lower East Side,…
Concussion Sensing Mouthguard for Athletes by X2Impact
Seattle-based X2Impact is developing concussion sensing mouthguards and headbands for contact sport athletes. The sensors transmit impact data to a base station which can then…
Amen, Debating the Best and Worst of Everything in Life
Amen is a service that lets you make statements about the best and worst people, places and things in life and then see if your…
The Isolator, A Bizarre Helmet Invented in 1925 Used to Help Increase Focus and Concentration
The Isolator is a bizarre helmet invented in 1925 that was used to help increase focus and concentration by rendering the wearer deaf, piping them…
Hobbyist Rocketeer Launches Rocket to 121,000 Feet
On September 20, rocket enthusiast Derek Deville and his team launched the 14 foot long Qu8k rocket from Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to an altitude…