To quote directly from BoingBoing :
"This Swiss design firm challenged designers to repurpose everyday objects in imaginative ways -- like this tennis-ball earmuff. There are some really great results there, from a greenhouse built out of transparent CD jewel cases to fake fingernails made out of postage stamps."
The site is in German - but for those of you who cannot read it - don't worry - the pictures speak for themselves.
Now ..... can you come up with some ideas of your own?
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Available to buy for a little while now Richard Dawkins book - "The God Delusion" - puts forward a powerful case for atheism by demolishing any reasons for belief in a 'supernatural' being. Dawkins has written several important books in his time - for example, "The Selfish Gene" which makes the case for evolutionary theory. It was in this book that Dawkins proposed the idea of a 'meme' - you can read more about that elsewhere - do a search for yourself. And - read more about Richard Dawkins here at (good old) Wikipedia.
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Wired has a very good article (8 pages long) here if you want to read some more.
I've no idea how good - or otherwise - this sounds but it looks like a great idea.
Read more about it here at Gizmodo.
Gizmo - part 4 of 4.
Here's a rather neat device - it's a :
As you can see from the picture it also has USB connectivity.
Read more about it here at Engadget.
Gizmo - part 3 of 4.
Here's a wearable computer - it still looks a little "clunky" but there's bound to be a few folk who will want to have one.
Read more about it with some links here at Engadget.
Gizmo - part 2 of 4.
You certainly could not have made a camera with a transparent case back in the days of film.
Whether this is actually desirable or cool is another matter - but it is interesting all the same.
Read more and get some links here at Gizmodo.
Gizmo - part 1 of 4.
C-Net news have a link to the AutoMotoPortal where they've selected their most beautiful cars of all time.
A lot of you should recognise the car above - it became famous following an appearance in a recent John Travolta movie. Personally I find it "over-pimped" but I've used the picture as it IS at least based on the car I think is best.
C-Net link to a few other top 10 lists here.
A couple of entries about cars this week.
Gizmodo has an article with some excellent links which describes how a Frenchman painstakingly created a detailed, one-third-size model of a Ferrari 312. Fantastic work and craftsmanship.
You can work out for yourself how long it took him as the article says how many hours he spent on the project.
