Inhabitat: Designed by Hwang Jin Wook, Jeon You Ho, Han Kuk II and Kim Ji Myung, Seedbombs are a way to dispense direct aid to areas of impending desertification. Each carrier shell fans out in flight to disperse multiple clear plant capsules containing both soil and seeds. Once the capsules land, the soil provides enough nutrients and moisture to allow […]
An Idea to Eradicate Desertfication
Volcano Boarding
Racing down with a board on an active volcano, turns out to be a fashionable activity. Thousands of travelers are heading to the foothills of Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro mountain to take part in the new sporting craze, started by Phillip Southan, owner and manager of Bigfoot Hostel and Green Pathways Tours. Cerro Negro is considered one of Central America’s youngest […]
Reminiscence of Tetris Game
Geeksugar: So this geeky bracelet is not Hermès. It’s also not $567. Instead, this Tetris Bracelet ($70) is pretty cool and while exceptionally geeky, it’s not unwearable. Maybe it’s the disco lover in me, but lucite jewelry always manages to charm me. All I need is the perfect outfit of primary colors to wear it with. The Tetris Bracelet is […]
Inspire Taking Coach Bus
Inhabitat: Swedish advertising company, Acne, put together a rather eye-catching advertising campaign for Flygbussarna, an airport coach bus service, to inspire individual car drivers to take the coach bus instead. An installation made up of 50 wrecked cars resembling a Flygbussarna coach bus was placed next to the highway leading to the Swedish airport. Acne used 50 cars to emphasize […]
Digital Photo Gallery
Gadget Reviews: It is quite compact – not bigger than a paperback – the dimensions of the portable digital photo viewer are the following: 19.5cm x 11.3cm x 1.4 cm, so you can bear it in your pocket. It features a 7-inch screen display with 800 x 480 resolution and is compatible with USB devices. 4 GB of internal memory […]
Bid For Your Groceries
Iconoculture: From frozen meats to breakfast cereal, cost-conscious shoppers are bidding on heavily discounted items at grocery auctions, with average savings of between 50-90%. Sprouting up at auction halls across the country, the gatherings put leftover and slightly damaged groceries on the auction block. Arriving from supermarkets, distribution centers and restaurant suppliers, the goods might otherwise have found their way […]
Mo:ben Lunchbox
Shiny Shiny: OK, I know you don’t tend to take a microwave with you wherever you go, but there’s no denying an office that’s lacking that mean machine is like an office with no computers- simply unworkable. Sure, you can work off laptops, or go to Pret for lunch, but those options aren’t ever going to be your first choice. […]
Flat-Pack Experience
Inhabitat: Love the idea of flat-pack in concept, but think the reality involves a frustrating wrestling match with an allen wrench and a cryptic set of Swedish instructions? Not so fast! Aiming to improve upon the not-so-user-friendly IKEA flat-pack experience, Way Basics is a beautiful line of eco-friendly, family-friendly furniture that makes flat pack assembly easy and fun. Made entirely […]
Bumptop 3D Desktop Environment
BumpTop 3D is a great new desktop application for windows that turns your desktop into a 3D environment that is fully interactive. I’ve been waiting for something like this for a very long time but unfortunately, I’m a MAC guy, so it looks like I’ll have to wait a bit longer. Check out the video demo below: [christopheraceto.com]
No wash boxers are also odourless!
Rob Libfeld, a medical student from the U.S. was getting tired of patients being embarrassed by their urine stained, tire marked underwear so he decided to start selling no-wash boxers. These no wash boxers also claim to conceal any odors that may be eminating from down below. So far, they’re selling well and Rob looks like he may be on […]