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Mustang Church of America?

The Mustang Church of America and Museum, what more is there to say? It's an entire religion based around Ford's original Muscle Car with a museum attached to it.

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The Spaghetti Fork That Twirls Itself

by Toby

I was delighted to find this Twirling Spaghetti Fork, by Hog Wild, that eliminates the need to suck or slurp your spaghetti. Yes, I'm aware that many think that sucking and slurping is the fun of eating spaghetti, but I wonder if this motorized Spaghetti Fork doesn't provide some fun of its own....

Ashtub Trico Lets You Smoke & Drive Without Mess or Fuss

by Steve Levenstein

Ideaco of Japan has designed the Ashtub Trico, an attractive and practical automotive ashtray. In an age where standard equipment car and truck ashtrays are becoming ever more rare, smokers who want to puff & drive will find the Ashtub Trico perfectly suits their needs.

A New Way to Read the Road

by George Delozier

Driving can be a relaxing and highly enjoyable pass-time. But when the conditions get bad, it can become stressful and dangerous. Eurovia, a company based in France, has designed a special kind of pavement that changes colors to help you identify risks and hopefully help reduce those dangers.

Bacteria Make a Meal Of Our Strongest Antibiotics

by Lisa Zyga

As soon as pharmacists develop an antibiotic, the bacteria it's aimed at begin developing resistance almost immediately. Now, a new study has shown an even more extreme comeback: some bacteria are literally eating our most potent antibiotics for breakfast.

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Mini-House Addition Won't Upset Your Landlord

by Sarah O

Designed by the German team at Convertible City, Rucksack House is a quick and easy way to expand your apartment size without the hassle of moving. This walk-in cube functions as an additional room, hanging from the façade of your current residence via steel cables anchored to the roof.

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Beoing Tests The First Fuel Cell Aircraft

by George Delozier

Boeing has been at the forefront of aeronautical design for a long time. So it comes as no suprise that they just tested the first ever fuel cell powered aircraft. Boeing says this is just the beginning.

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Could You Hang a Coat on This Art?

by Diana Eid

Ever look at your closet and see all those empty coathangers hanging from the racks? David Mach, a sculpture and installation artist, creates gorgeous art from wire coathangers.

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Manga Comic Explains The War On Terror in Anime Style

by Steve Levenstein

"Afuganisu-tan" is a Japanese manga (comic) that seeks to explain the sociopolitical situation in Afghanistan and The War On Terror in a very unique and unusual way - with cute anime characters representing the countries.

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Better than Walking, More Exciting than a Segway

by George Delozier

So let's say you want a personal transport device, but a Segway is a little too expensive for you. Are you doomed to talk everywhere until you can save up enough money? Thanks to Stephan Soder, the answer to that is "no."

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10 Top Designer Shoes...For Your Stemware

by Toby

Often dressed in satin or sheer lingerie, beaded jewelry, even hula skirts, wine bottles have been expressing themselves fashionably for several years now. Carrie and Company, tableware designer, has seen to it that stemware too can keep in step with the times, in fashionable shoes ... yes, for stemware feet.

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Concept Computer Based on Tea Cup

by Ben Arnold

Using a computer has become second nature to many in the course of their career, their interests, or just at home for personal use. What new technology could come along and rattle the cages of human/computer interaction and the way we display pictures and data? The tea cup concept PC goes a long way to doing just that.

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Rubik's Cube Speed-Cubing Kit

by Steve Levenstein

Speed-cubing - the "sport" of solving Rubik's Cube as quickly as possible - just got a little easier (or at least, faster) with the introduction of the Speed Cubing Kit from MegaHouse.

Build a House Out of Newspapers and They Will Come

by Diana Eid

A house made from 60,000 newspapers was on display in Gillett Square, East London.

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Design Your Own Dress

by Aditi Simlai Tiwari

Ever dreamt of designing your own clothes, and wearing your creations?

Imagine This, a New York-based company has launched a product called Designer's Portfolio which shall help every girl realize her dreams of being a fashion designer.

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Great Invention Idea? Bed Simultaneously Promotes and Repels Action!

by Elizabeth Valeri

Who among us doesn't like some action in bed? Naturally, we all do. But there's action, then there's ACTION. If you're more the "ACTION" type then United States patent 7,137,881 the Quantum Sleeper, is just the thing for you because it brings a sort of Sopranos' style edginess to the notion of a good night's sleep.

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Knit One, Pearl Two - The Lampshade that Knits Itself

by Sarah O

Nadine Sterk, the designer of this Sleeping Beauty lampshade, is a graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, currently displaying this piece as part of an alumni exhibit at the Design Huis. According to Stark, this is "a lamp that develops like a living organism," slowly growing its lampshade at the rate of three rotations per hour.