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This Crazy-Ass Ping Pong Table Took 400 Hours to Build

Axel Yberg and his firm Akke make what he calls functional art. That translates to fun creations like his Pingtuated Equilibripong table, which may or may not be the most beautiful ping pong table in existence. Read More >

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These Multifunctional Pencils Are Too Attractive to Ever Be Used

Pencils are decidedly simple instruments, used for the sole purpose of writing and drawing, but applications in which we use them in our daily lives are becoming increasingly niche. What if they had an added function? Read More >

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The Wonderfully Nerdy Intricacies of Brewing Good Coffee

Coffee is an extremely fickle drink when it comes to its creation. Weight, temperature, and time are all key factors in brewing a great cup, but those variables rarely stay the same for the making of any given cup. What you can master however, is technique, and when it comes to brewing pour-over coffee with the Kalita Wave Dripper, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better video than this. Read More >

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How Many Screws Does It Take to Get to the Center of an Exploded Fuji X100?

Looking at this dismantled Fuji X100, it quickly becomes apparent that staring at exploded gadgets will never get old. Left for dead after suffering fatal water damage, the X100 donated it's body to the internet, providing eye candy for us all to ogle at. Read More >

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What if the iPhone Was Responsible for the Evolution of Man?

If the iPhone was the catalyst for human evolution, it probably would have looked something like this 2001-inspired iPhone dock, which combines Lego, Apple and Stanley Kubrick in a single, glorious entity. Consider it your alpha and omega, [Reddit via Wired Design] Read More >

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Even Without Diamonds and Gold, Rolexes are Still Amazing

Rolex watches are generally known for their use of opulent materials and straightforward designs that don't exactly scream playful. But this customised Submariner, designed by the Bamford Watch Department, eschews the diamonds and gold and platinum in favour of something a little more sleek and stripped down. Ever think you'd see a Rolex packaged with a NATO band? Read More >

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The Nicest Micro-Cabin £6,500 Can Buy

Are you one of those people who constantly threatens to detach from society and go live out in the woods? But you're probably baffled as to how you'd go about making that a reality, right? Well for £6,500 and a little bit of elbow grease, you could finally make good on those empty threats with a super-tiny cabin. Read More >

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Your Emo Kid Haircut Will Give You a Lazy Eye

Hey you angsty little jerk, listen up! If you can stop rolling your eyes and cut the whole brooding thing for like 10 seconds, I have something very important to tell you: CUT YOUR HAIR. I don't say this as some out-of-touch baby boomer threatened by the slightest tinge of change, but rather someone concerned with preventing a lazy eye epidemic. Read More >

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Foxconn (Predictably) Reneges on Their Statements Regarding the Apple HDTV

Remember when Foxconn got loose lips and started popping off about a certain Apple HDTV that's in development? Seems like someone at Apple put the fear of god into its manufacturing partner, because all of a sudden, Foxconn is claiming that they had "neither confirmed, nor speculated" about any such thing. Yeah, OK. Read More >

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The Foosball Table So Stylish, It Doesn’t Have to Hide in the Garage

Because they're commonly banished to rec rooms and basements and bars, foosball tables are rarely judged for their looks. In fact, the vast majority of them are very ugly. But after seeing this fine piece of design work by RS Barcelona, maybe it's time to reconsider. Read More >

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Quantum Object Teleported 100 Kilometres by Chinese Scientists

Though quantum teleportation has existed for well over 10 years, it has never actually happened at a distance that would be of any use to people in the real world. But for the first time, Chinese researchers were able to teleport a quantum object nearly 100 kilometers, ramping up the real world applications for the idea. Read More >

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iOS’ Reminders and Notes Apps Will Likely Appear in iCloud

Considering that the Notes and Reminders apps on iOS will soon appear on OS X Mountain Lion, it probably shouldn't come as a huge shock that they'll probably be part of iCloud's suite of web apps. Today, the two utilities have popped up in screens for the beta version of iCloud, which nobody can seem to login to. Read More >

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Leica M Monochrom Is for Those Who Only See in Black and White

Leica's Latest addition to the M series of cameras is a bit different from the ones which came before it: the M Monochrom only shoots pictures in black and white. The £6120 full-frame camera is fully intended for enthusiasts and/or those with a bottomless bank account, and aims to explore the benefits of having a dedicated monochrome sensor (merely removing the color from a photo after the fact is hardly the same). Read More >

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Football Goal Chairs Are the Only Way Children Will Voluntarily Sit Down

Hyper kids are the absolute worst. Little tyrants they are. Trying to get them to sit still for five seconds? Impossible! What if you could turn sitting into a game? Like a real game; not that lame, thinly-veiled attempt to outsmart them. With the Lazy Football chair, those sugar-addled kids have met their match. Read More >

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HP Spectre XT: The Glass Laptop Has a Smaller, Cheaper and Aluminium-Clad Sibling

When HP unveiled the Envy 14 Spectre this past January, they offered up something that had been missing from the HP line in the past couple of years: a truly premium notebook. With the introduction of the 13-inch, aluminum-shelled Envy Spectre XT, what was once a single product is primed to become a line of high-end products. Read More >