Mar 30 2007 Rolling Bridge rolls right up
The Rolling Bridge is designed by Heatherwick Studio and is located in London. Instead of a regular bridge mechanism, the rolling bridge is made in eight steel and timber sections, and is made to curl by hydraulic rams set into the handrail between each section. Throw some legs on this thing and you've got the world's biggest rolly polly.
Mar 30 2007 Giant skeleton sculpture
This giant skeleton sculpture was created by Gino De Dominicis and is being displayed in the Palazzo Reale in Milan. And if they put some flesh on this thing, they might actually a get life-sized replica of my penis.
Mar 29 2007 Fish bowl in a deep fryer
This brilliant (but obviously insane) Japanese chef created the Water Fryer, which is a fish bowl at the bottom of his deep fryer. Because the oil and water don't mix, as long as the fish stay low they're okay. Plus the crumbs from the deep fryer drop to the bottom which the fish eat as food. The fish allegedly live for up to 10 years as long they stay away from the oil. Or 2 seconds, if they come within reach of my mouth.
Mar 29 2007 Rock-climbing wall isn't so rocky
Illoiha is a designer gym in Japan that has this Omotesando climbing wall which, instead of recreating the side of a mountain like most rock-climbing walls, recreates that of a regular indoor wall. In addition to the regular grips the wall also includes picture frames, mirrors, deer heads, bird cages, and flower vases. I hope somebody takes this to the next level and starts creating walls that look like stuff you'd really want to climb. Like the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty or the tree outside your really hot neighbor's bedroom.
A few more shots after the jump.
Mar 29 2007 Axe towel is deceptive
The always clever marketing people at Axe have come up with this towel which looks like you're getting cozy with the opposite sex. As if it wasn't difficult enough trying to resist making out with your bath towel. Damn you temptation!
One more variant of the towel after the jump.
Mar 29 2007 Tool Silverware is silverware for men
Tool Silverware is a set of silverware with tools built into the back. Or tools with silverware built into the back. It's hard to tell which. I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be both though. Even men wouldn't get excited about using a spoon covered in motor oil. Unless it was chocolate motor oil. Mmm...tasty!
Mar 29 2007 Give your outlets some personality
For $45 you can get one of these vinyl wall decals from Adrien Gardere that make your wall outlets look a little more interesting. Now you can finally live out your fantasies of plugging stuff into a cow's butt without all those pesky legal problems.
Mar 28 2007 Giant expensive egg helps you relax
If you're having a tough time meditating and have $12,000 to spend, check out the Transport, an egg-shaped fiberglass vessel outfitted with speakers and an array of light-emitting diodes. It's described as a "perceptual pod," which means it doesn't do anything you couldn't already do by lying down and closing your eyes. It looks pretty cool though. Like something you sit in while coming up with evil plans and stroking a cat.
Mar 28 2007 Luvaglio creates $1,000,000 laptop
Luvaglio has created a laptop that costs a little over $1,000,000. Full details haven't been released yet, but there's a 17" widescreen LED lit screen with a specially designed anti-reflective glare coating, 128GB of Solid-State Hard Drive space, a Blu-Ray drive, an integrated screen cleaning device, and a very rare colored diamond piece of jewelry that doubles as the power button when placed into the laptop and also acts as security identification. The CEO of Luvaglio says they didn't want to just take a laptop and cover it in diamonds, but actually create something original. Although the only way this thing is going to be worth one million dollars is if they somehow managed to attach a submarine and a nuclear missile to it.
Mar 27 2007 CrushPak is the future of yogurt
The CrushPak is a new yogurt container which uses 36% less plastic and let's you squeeze the yogurt into your mouth via, uh, crushing. Although I don't see how this is any better than Go-Gurt's squeeze tubes. I guess squeezing a little container is so much more mature than squeezing a tube.
Mar 27 2007 Rotating snowflake coffee table
Saljoe is a coffee table shaped like a snowflake that rotates so that the top interacts with the snowflake design below it. It also serves as a Lazy-Susan so that you can pass things around it. Unfortunately the design makes it very difficult to use, since there's only one portion of the table that's solid and the rest is a branched snowflake design. You'd have to balance everything and just hope the rotating action doesn't knock it over.
One more shot of the Saljoe after the jump.
Mar 27 2007 New Transformers posters
I don't care what you think of the new robot designs, you have to admit that these new Transformers posters look ridiculously awesome. I've seen pornography that's less arousing. Lesbian pornography.
Mar 27 2007 Clever car safety ad
I'm not entirely sure where this is located, but it's a great car safety ad. It's also a great place to steal an oversized slingshot.
Mar 27 2007 Keepon is a dancing robot
Keepon is a robot project by Marek Michalowski of Carnegie Mellon to create a socially rhythmic robot that detects beats and dances to them. Sadly, this little dude dances better than I ever will in my entire life. Usually I just get on my back and spin like a Ninja Turtle. The ladies love it. And by love it I mean they point and laugh. And sometimes cry.
Mar 26 2007 Singapore builds floating towers
Far East Organization has commissioned the Office for Metropolitan Architecture to build this residential high-rise which stands at 153 meters tall. I'm all for clever architecture but this thing looks insane. I'm pretty sure they're breaking one or two laws of physics. Can you imagine living here? I'd spend the whole time hugging the floor praying I don't die.
Mar 26 2007 Pillow book brings back memories
For $102 you can get this pillow book, which is a, uh, pillow that looks like a book. Although that basically describes every book I had in college. And desk. And sometimes floor of a lecture hall.
Mar 26 2007 Making coffee with a laser
This crazy bastard decided to make his morning cup of coffee with a powerful laser. Now all he has to do is try shaving and maybe cleaning his ear wax with it and he'll officially be a mad scientist.
Mar 26 2007 Impossible fish tank
This is a fish tank at the Oita Marine Center that has open holes in the side where you can feed the fish. There's a vacuum holding the water in so that it doesn't pour out, but still allows the fish to swim out and be fed or pet. Or molested, if you're really really disgusting and into that sort of thing. And I know you are, pervert.
A few more shots of the fish tank after the jump.
