Lacking claws, armor, or stabbing teeth, humans are easy targets for predation. But thanks to our big, beautiful brains, we figured out early on how to co-opt the killing tools of nature’s top hunters for our own defense—and offense. Here are some of the best examples of technology mimicking nature. Or just straight up stealing from it. More »
The Design Museum’s Designs of the Year awards showcase the most innovative and imaginative designs from around the world, over the past year, spanning seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Transport and Product. Here are the winners for each category, just announced today. More »
You’d think you could do most things in the kitchen with a knife and a good mixing bowl. Apparently not, according to the spate of highly specific single-purpose kitchen gadgets that exist. We showed you a few last month, but it turns out there are so many more horrors that we missed. More »
The Design Museum has announced the contenders for the sixth annual Designs of the Year. And their shortlist for digital showcases some of the most innovative interpretations of technology we’ve ever seen. More »
Break out your checkbook and get ready to explain to your kids why they’re not going to college anymore; Julien’s Auction House is currently running its “Hollywood Legends 2013” live auction in Beverly Hills. You’ve got props and costumery from James Bond, Bruce Lee, and dozens of old-timey Hollywood classics. More »
As you scroll through these 34 exquisite hyperrealistic paintings, something strange will happen. You’ll start doubting your eyes, then your brain, then these images. You’ll become convinced that at least a few of them are photographs and not acrylic paint. They have to be. More »
The Design Museum has announced the contenders for the sixth annual Designs of the Year. And their shortlist for transport showcases some of the most forward-thinking ways to get around you’ve ever seen. More »
So we used to have these things called landlines, which were phones that you didn’t take with you everywhere and that you actually used to talk to people. Some of them didn’t even look like phones. More »
By now you may think that North Korea is only good for nuclear bluster and general insanity. But! Beneath that strange veneer lies actual technology, architecture, and design. More »
It’s almost Easter, a day of ham, nice outfits, obligatory church trips, and borderline abuse of baby rabbits. But most importantly, it’s the time of year when there are Peeps on the shelves of your local drugstore. More »
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