Jane McGonigal on How Playing Games Can Help Change The World
Jane McGonigal, augmented reality game designer and researcher, has written a new book on how playing video and online games can be harnessed for good:…
Johnny Cupcakes Opening London Store
American cupcake-themed clothing company Johnny Cupcakes is opening their first international location in sunny London on March 12th. To announce the new store, they’ve released…
Craig Newmark of Craigslist Launches Craigconnects To Aid Nonprofits
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has embarked on a new endeavor: craigconnect, a site that harnesses the power of the Internet to aid nonprofits organizations.…
Fuzz & Furr: Japan’s Costumed Characters
Fuzz & Furr: Japan’s Costumed Characters is a delightful new book about kigarumi–Japanese fur-suited mascots–by friends-of-Japan Edward Harrison and John Harrison. It is a follow-up…
Pedal Powered Steampunk Parlor Car by The Neverwas Haul Crew
The tinkerers behind the majestic Neverwas Haul (of Burning Man fame) are now building the Parlor Car, based on an 1890’s era drawing of a…
The Mini Rocketman Concept
Concept cars are often the runway models of the automotive world, in that their custom duds will never show up in stores. Hopefully that’s not…
What Pi Sounds Like
Musician Michael John Blake shows us “What Pi Sounds Like” by transposing the number (out to 31 decimal places) to musical notes. A charming little…
Geminoid|DK, An Ultra Realistic Humanoid Robot
Geminoid|DK is a startlingly realistic robot twin of Henrik Scharfe of the University of Aalborg in Denmark. It is designed to replicate the movements and…
Timelapse of Queen Mary 2 Cruising The Atlantic Ocean
German photographer Adonis Pulatus documented Queen Mary 2's December voyage from New York to the Caribbean.
LetterMPress, A Beautiful Letterpress App for iPad
Designer John Bonadies is using a Kickstarter project to fund LetterMPress, a beautiful virtual letterpress for iPad. LetterMpress will be a virtual letterpress environment, released…