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Last month we wrote about what it’s like to be a window cleaner in New York City. The New York Times did a video profiling veteran Spiderman Brent Weingard and documenting him cleaning windows or just, you know, hanging out. It was great. But you gotta wonder who was behind the camera on that piece. Because whoever it was was up there too.

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If you’re strapped for space in your flat, then the Living Cube might just be the thing for you. It’s still a one-of-a-kind build for now, but you should be able to make your own or have one made if you’ve got the carpentry skills.

Designed by Till Könneker, the Living Cube is an entertainment center, living room, open wardrobe, walk-in closet, and library in one. There’s a loft bed at the top which looks comfortable enough. If you’re not into books, then you can just fill the shelves up with your random stuff. The wardrobe has a lot of space for shirts and coats and there’s two rows of shelves at the bottom for your shoes.

The highlight has to be the walk-in closet, which offers additional space for everything else you can’t fit on the external shelves.

[via TAXI via Cool Material]

Whoever said fashion and couture must be made from expensive and exotic textiles obviously haven’t laid their eyes on Subway’s newest creative marketing strategy: Project Subway. It spoofs the fashion designer reality TV show, Project Runway, and tasked contestants to come up with the best and most creative fashion designs using Subway sandwich wrappers, napkins and other packaging as their materials.

Four designers competed, and designer Danilo Gabrielli emerged victorious. It reportedly took Danilo 14 hours, spread over two weeks, to create the two Subway couture dresses that he submitted for the competition.

The campaign was launched by Subway in an attempt to encourage people to try one of their sandwiches during their September “SUBtember” footlong promotion. The cool part? Project Subway was actually a part of New York Fashion Week.

[BuzzFeed via That’s Nerdalicious via Bit Rebels]

Thieves are going to love that gold one.

(Credit: Apple)

When a policeman asks me to do something, I can be overcome with suspicion.

For example, when a policeman asked me to pull over at the next exit on the freeway, I had a feeling it was for his benefit, rather than mine.

So when the New York Police Department started handing out flyers outside the city’s Apple stores on Friday, I had to wonder how this would help them.

Well, it would appear that the police in New York are entirely fed up of chasing after iPhone thieves.

In New York, iPhone and iPad theft leaped 40 percent in 2012. It’s showing no signs of slowing.

So the NYPD would like all iPhone owners to download iOS 7 immediately.

As AllThingsD reports, the fliers explained: “Should your iPhone get lost or stolen, it cannot be reprogrammed without an Apple ID and password.”

This is thanks to Activation Lock, which prevents a thief from deactivating your Find My Phone feature.

There is a slight kink in the police’s confidence, given that Apple … [Read more]

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If you think that you have an eye for detail whenever you wield a camera, then you would surely have maximized your smartphone camera’s capability with your collection of digital memories over time. After all, the angles that you capture are pretty much limited by where you are physically, but perhaps things can be spiced up a wee bit with the £14.99 Smartphone Camera Remote.

Yes sir, the Smartphone Camera Remote is certainly aptly named, where those who love snapping selfies will probably be able to go nuts with this bad boy. Sporting a 3 meter wireless range, it will be able to fit you as well as the rest of your merry bunch in the frame, and it will be accompanied by a handy removable prop-up stand. No longer do you need to capture a selfie with part of your arm appearing in the photo, showing the world that “selfie bicep” that you have been working on for the longest time. All you need to do is make sure everyone’s in the frame, and press the button in order to trigger the shutter, and you’re good to go. Go on, your imagination’s the limit.
[ Smartphone Camera Remote lets you capture photos without direct handset manipulation copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]