There are those people out there who think that food is too bland if your lips don’t go numb from the heat. If you are one of these people, there is a Gourmet Chile Sea Salt Set available to enhance your culinary and dining pleasure. You will be experimenting so much with these fabulous salt and pepper blends that they actually come packed in test tubes. They come in a range from slow smolder all the way up to full Fukushima melt-down!
The suburbs hold a certain amount of nostalgia for many people, but Australian artist Ian Strange has a bizarre relationship with that icon of the middle class – he likes to burn them down. His body of work juxtaposes large-scale installation art, video footage, symbolism, and towering infernos as a means of breaking down the constructions of society, in more ways than one.
I’ve got something really special for you today. It’s the first
revolution in eyewear since the contact lens. It’s called Frameri, code
for ‘one lens, many frames.’ That’s right, one pair of removable lenses
that fit several pairs of eyeglass frames. Frameri lets you change
your frames to fit your fashion, your mood, the weather, whatever…!
The next time you go to the bathroom, you might end up charging your phone in the process. Researchers at the University of Bristol and the University of West England have discovered a means of powering up a cell phone using a stream of urine; a technology known as "microbial fuel cells."
Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything. Man who catch most sushi with chopstick, become ChopsticKing. That idea behind – I mean that’s the idea behind Chopsticking, an Arduino-based board game made by NYU ITP students Christina Carter and Jess Jiyoung Jung. It’s a two-player game where you compete to grab the greatest number of sushi.
Chopsticking consists of two pairs of chopsticks, a board with a circular receptacle and tokens that look like sushi. There’s a metal plate that obscures part of the bin as it rotates, making it harder to fish out the tokens. Before you play the game, you first have to hold the chopsticks in the proper manner – your index finger and thumb must be resting on the upper stick while the lower half of your thumb anchors the lower stick in place. The Chopsticking sticks have sensors that detect if your fingers are in the right areas, so no cheating by using a fork or your fingers.
When the game begins, you pick up sushi tokens as fast as you can, but you also have to dip them in “soy sauce”, which is actually an RFID reader that detects the tags on the sushi. The player is awarded two scores at the end of the time limit. One is for the number of sushi you were able to dip in the sauce while the other is for how well you held the chopsticks.
Christina and Jess showed off Chopsticking at the World Maker Faire in New York City. It must have been a hit-and-miss affair.
[Chopsticking via MAKE]
Let’s say you’re suddenly equipped with the means to send a Twitter-style text message into deep space. What would you want to say? Is communication even possible?
A group of researchers at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science want to find out, using the Jamesburg Earth Station.
Amstel Beer has created quite possibly the coolest vending machine
in history, and that says a lot, as there has been some steep competition over the years.
The inability for people to shut themselves off from technology, for
example, has been the inspiration of many online memes and rants urging
people to spend time with each other, or focus on or appreciate their
surroundings. That’s why Amstel rewards people with beer in exchange for taking a breather…
If you like to cook and can walk and chew gum at the same time, then you may want to try to Make Your Own Bubble Gum. The kit brings together all the ingredients to make about ½ a pound of the gooey chewy. It could be a whole new adventure in your culinary exploits. You could also make some as gifts this year for those certain people in your life — you know, the bubble-brains and the bubble-butts
Every year I try to find a variety of pet costumes for Halloween that
show off different aspects of a pet’s personality. I have to admit that
this year’s pickings are not as rich as they were in the past; maybe
it’s the economy, but most of the costumes out in 2013 are holdovers
from past years. Though darling, they didn’t qualify for the 2013
competition. Nevertheless, we do have some great category winners, such
as Most Embarrassing, Most Suggestive, Best Little Devil, and Most
Valiant pet costumes. Seek and maybe you shall find something for your
sweet pet!
With a Stained Glass Light Bulb by GE you can set a whole different type of mood lighting. At just 25 watts, this great little bulb will cast a low, multicolored glow over any space you choose. Use it as a pretty nightlight. Use it during meditation to give you that old-world cathedral feel. Gregorian chants on your iPod will really fill that image out. Or just use it to add some cool lighting to your latest party.
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