Arts & Design

If there was ever a perfect blend of design, science, and technology to be found in a single device, Richard Mille’s Planetarium-Tellurium would be it. Ten years in the making, the Planetarium-Tellurium is, at its core, a small model that illustrates the movement of the planets (and other astronomic occurrences) in our solar system with a ridiculous degree of accuracy. ...

The idea of forming a lamp / chair hybrid has probably been tossed around before, but pairing that concept with a stylish minimalist design is no easy task. Nonetheless, designers Huseyin Sami and Gary Galego seemed to have pulled it off with the Think Chair. Although classic cartoons and BMX bikes may seem like they have nothing in common, the ...

Ever accidentally deleted that porn movie you really liked? Sure, we’ve all been there. Fortunately Tempo has developed a wireless external hard drive that provides an extra layer of protection should these catastrophic incidents occur. When you delete files, they are automatically transferred to the trash can via Bluetooth. As the content on the drive increases (250GB capacity), LED’s light ...

Those damn crane games frustrate us so much. All we want it the little stuffed monkey, and we keep getting the ugly gray stuffed rhino. Or sometimes nothing at all. That’s why we usually stick to the “play until you win” type crane games. RoboCrane is a new Japanese crane style game that could make these games interesting again. Users ...

Rarely can us meager humans ever interact with such a powerful force as the Hyposurface will allow. Quoted as being like “controlling a waterfall”, the Hyposurface is a reactive wall that can be programmed to be used with nearly any input, including music, an internet connection, a gyrating human body, and so on. The Hyposurface then moves in conjunction with ...

Angular Momentum has designed this watch that looks as if it’s a rotting piece of splintered wood. “A Piece Of Wood” watch is made with sterling silver, dark gray patina, and diamonds to create a luxurious watch that looks like a literal piece of junk. Unlike actual wood, the Wood Watch is water resistant. It also features a self-winding movement ...

Treadmills are usually used solely for cardio workouts, walking in a one way, linear direction. Virtual Space Devices is working on a concept that would make treadmills omni-directional, making the treadmill sense which way you are moving and adapting to that position. You might be asking yourself, why the hell would I care about a new exercising device? The cool ...

We’ve heard of capsule hotels before, which usually means rooms with unusually small living quarters. Now this Capsule Inn located in Akihabara, the digi-center of Tokyo, takes the term a little too literally. The Inn features actual capsules which can be rented for 4,000 yen ($34) a night. Don’t be scared by the fact that it looks like you’ll be ...

Researchers over at the University of Madgeburg-Stendal in Germany are working on OLE, a new autonomous robot that could one day help out putting out fires. This fire-fighting beetle will be programmed to run through the forest at 20 to 30 km per hour, looking for potential forest fires in the works and extinguishing them with an impulse appliance. OLE ...

We admit that taking panoramic photos has become much easier through the years thanks to technology that allows you to line up the skyline with your other photos, but nothing makes it quite as easy as this. The Panoramic Digital Camera is specially made to spin on its own axis to take perfectly rounded photos. The camera spins a full ...