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Art and Design

Solar Roadways Prototype Built and Could Win an Award

Last year, in September, I wrote an article about Solar Roadways and their $100,000 grant, by the Department of Transportation, to build a solar powered road prototype. They did exactly what they set out to do and they built a prototype. Now they are finalist for an award.

Ingenious 'Flow' Lighting For The Third World By Igendesign

... Flow and other self-maintaining public lighting are low cost, low maintenance, and low footprint solutions to the reduction of overload on municipal electric grids.  Besides... Flow is elegant in form, function, and beauty.

Pet Umbrella Keeps Your Canine Companion Covered

Raindrops keep falling on my pet... no more! The rather blandly named Pet Umbrella is just what you and your raincoat-hating dog have always wanted.

Concept Watch Looks Very Futuristic - But What Time Is It?

Adding to the new genre of time pieces that are form over function is this concept watch, The Zero.  I want to hate it...

Going Somewhere? You May Want To Take This Backpack & Suitcase Furniture With You

.... Though others have designed furniture in suitcase form, perhaps the Quinze & Milan sofa design for backpack company, Eastpak, is the only sofa, so far, that unmistakeably draws its inspiration from a backpack. 

World's First Mechanical Cell Phone Looks Gorgeous, Costs Too Much

Combining the function of a cell phone with the timeless style of a complex, analog timepiece, this product will surely awe all who see it.

Tron Legacy Marketing: Disney Changes Monorails Into Lightcycles.

The viral marketing of Tron: Legacy continues - this time on the sides of Disney's very own monorails.

Chatab.com Offers You A Chat Application With A Tabbed Browser

Chatab.com aim to offer a solution to switching tabs or windows by giving you a web app that gives you multiple chat accounts alongside a web browser.

Get Your Guy To Tear Off His Clothes With 6 Embarrassing Underwear Items!

About a month ago, in honor of Valentine's Day I wrote about some of the strangest and most uncomfortable female lingerie that would cause women to tear their clothes off in anguish. If you received one of these items for Valentine's Day, you've now had a full month to start plotting your revenge to get back at that partner or spouse whose romantic gift utterly backfired. A month later, now that the dust is settled; it's the right time to present your own little unpleasant surprise!

Artist's Pet Urns Are Her "Happy Urns"

Artist Alyson Whitney creates ceramic urns for pets that reflect the joy that pets experience while they're alive as well as the joy they give us humans.  Her brightly colored palette, painting her unique urn designs with three or four layers of rich paint, are her signature marks.

Music Note Tea Filter Sounds Great For Single Sippers

This cute Music Note Tea Filter adds a 'note' of whimsy to solo sipping. It's ideal for those who prefer loose leaf tea but don't want to brew a whole pot.

Biniki: Butt Bra Gives A Boost To Your Assets!

Plastic surgery has never been talked about more openly, which is causing an increasing number of women to find affordable alternatives to the nips and tucks that their favorite celebrities and wealthy socialites have been relying upon.

Sportsheets: Adult Toy Company Focuses Upon Stimulating Sex And Business With Unique Approach

Adult toy stores are anything but a new concept, however, unique most are not. Many sell the usual products to help couples enhance their sex lives, and while they might provide stimulation between the sheets, they don't do much for those who are inspired by business.

The 'Wipe Shirt' Keeps Eyeglasses And Shirts Clean

The "Wipe Shirt" - say that carefully - combines a stylish white dress shirt with a microfiber pad. Both your eyeglasses and your shirts will stay cleaner though wearing it may cause you to look geekier.

Hello Kitty Tartan Celebrates Cute Icon's 35th Birthday

Hello Kitty is 35 and brand owner Sanrio is celebrating the event with the introduction of an official Hello Kitty Tartan - and of course, a line of goods decked out in eye-watering pink plaid.

10 Iconic Designs From Ron Arad's "Restless" London Retrospective

.... Arad is afraid of nothing; no medium, no size, no notion that is unconventional.  He experiments.  He plays... and you get to relive his pleasure through his work.  Restless is a 30-year retrospective of Arad's greatness... and he is still young.

Milk Cream Snack Cakes Look Like Cute Cows

Please DO have a cow - though the bold bovine pattern on every Fuwamaki Milk snack cake makes them almost too cute to eat.

Junaio's App Moves Indoors To Put The AR In ScavengAR Hunt @SXSW

Developer Metaio just released Junaio 2.0, an updated version of their augmented reality browser with the most cutting-edge features available today. Strategically planned to debut at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference(SXSW) March 10, 2020 in Austin, TX, the Metaio team have integrated the app into a special event titled "ScavengAR" that will provide conferees with an opportunity to experience the capabilities of the application first-hand.

Bodega: Hidden Shoe Store With Entrance Through A Vending Machine

Everyone knows that the hottest businesses are the ones that are impossible to find, because they're just so highly sought after they have to be discreet. We've seen hidden sushi restaurants that are all the rage, and now there's a shoe store that's following suit in an even more unique way.

Crappy Heels: Insa Stilettos Designed With Elephant Dung!

Insa shoe designs are often strange, beautiful and extreme, but now they've created a design inspired directly from the world of art and it uses a unique and rather crappy material.