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Vertical Chess Set
The Vertical Chess Set by Hammacher Schlemmer is a wall-mounted chess set with a vertical chessboard. The playing pieces rest on acrylic shelves. The vertical…
The Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table
The Crashed Ferrari Table by French designer Charly Molinelli is a coffee table containing a wrecked Ferrari. To make the table, Molinelli found a totaled…
Pizza Slice Sleeping Bag
Recent art school graduate, Brook of Etsy shop B Fiber and Craft Emporium is dishing up this delicious satin-lined sleeping bag in the shape of…
Kitten Wrestling
Two kittens engage in an intense wrestling match inside a tiny WWE style ring in this video from 2008.
Home Built RGB Laser Projector
The RGB Laser Projector by Gdansk University of Technology student Karol is a DIY laser projector built from lasers scavenged from consumer electronics. The projector…
Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted & Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be
"Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted & Ingested in Places They Shouldn't Be" that takes a look at 100 objects that ended up in the human body.
The Shelter Pet Project, Clever & Sweet Adopted Shelter Pet Campaign
Launched in 2009, The Shelter Pet Project is a public service campaign “focused on spreading the word that pets in shelters are wonderful and lovable,…
Code Cards, Letterpress Holiday Cards in Programming Languages
Code Cards by designer Matt Raw are letterpress printed holiday cards that are written in a variety of programming languages. Web workers today toil at…
Tiger and Turtle, A Walkable Roller Coaster
“Tiger and Turtle–Magic Mountain” by German art duo Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth is a walkable sculpture shaped like a roller coaster. Visitors can stroll…
CodeRunner, A Location-Based Spy Game For iPhone
CodeRunner is a location-based iPhone adventure game in which players complete simulated espionage missions in the real world (trailer). The game is by Canadian…