Biomimicry is almost a byword of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Indeed, if any group has
discovered that ‘nature does it better,’ it’s DARPA, and you have to
admit the Agency is pretty adept at imitating it. Here, are two of
DARPA’s latest robotic tributes to nature’s designs: the Cheetah Bot and
the Pack Mule Bot.
Yo dawg, I herd you like spoons, so Japan’s Village Vanguard made a plate like a spoon so you can spoon your eats from a spoon-shaped plate!
Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone 5 is finally here and what do China’s fanatical fanboys & gals get after their long wait? A longer iPhone… Really? Less than impressed with this critical post-Jobs product, China’s clever, creative and critical netizens have logged into China’s social media matrix to call Apple out.
The late Chairman Mao Zedong, founding father of the People’s Republic of China and global revolutionary icon, is still revered in China though the country has taken a radical turn down the capitalist road since his passing in 1976. These 8 revised and reimagined Mao posters reference the Great Helmsman’s impressive pop culture presence to sell consumer goods and more to today’s well-washed & wealthy proletariat.
Ever wish you could live out Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas without actually risking life imprisonment or a complete mental breakdown from carrying and consuming such an insane cache of drugs? Well now you can thanks to the Fear and Loathing Board Game.
T-shirt designs that ape the look of a buckled seat belt have proved popular sellers in China, a place where widespread ignorance of laws requiring seat belt use makes such avoidance the 3rd-leading cause of traffic accident fatalities.
If Borat’s cringe-worthy Man-kini is a perfect example of less being more, than its polar opposite, the “Face-Kini”, must mean more is less. First seen on the beaches of Qingdao in northeastern China, the full-body facehugging suits seem to be catching on among women who seek to preserve their pale skin from the tanning sun.
Toyota has unconsciously played the race card in naming their new compact two-door minivan, a sporty variant of the Porte MPV called the “Spade”. If you think that’s a tad over the line, join the club.
Tired of mood rings that don’t actually reflect your mood? Try these cat ears that respond to your brainwaves!
Got udon on the brain? So does “Udon No”, a really weird character whipped up by tourism promoters from Japan’s Kagawa prefecture. The noodle-brained mascot’s stated purpose is to ensure thoughts of delicious noodles are always on your mind.
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