Some men (and women!) just want to see the world burn. Others are content to focus more specifically on technology. Whichever one you are, if you've ever thought about chucking a misbehaving iPod into the incinerator, you're going to enjoy this. Read More >>
Wrapping presents for Christmas or for someone's birthday is a pleasure in most cases. Wrapping luxury cars and towering trees and Space Shuttles, though, takes it to a whole new level. Read More >>
Featured comment by craigfjay:
"correct, it's a scimitar. here is a picture showing it after being unveiled:
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/scimitar/survivors/xd220-newy..." More »
Casinos are awesome, especially once you accept the fact that the house always wins. And if you're going to give away your money regardless, you might as well do it at one of these incredibly, wonderfully weird games. Read More >>
The honour of wearing badass protective gear isn't limited to astronauts and supersonic jet pilots. Here is a bit apocalyptic collection of everyday (well almost everyday) personal protective garments you should wear if you do not want to die. Read More >>
Featured comment by CaptainLove:
"Not really. Asbestos doesn't really do anything to you as long as it's contained. It's when the fibres fray and get inhaled that you get asbestosis. A..." 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. Read 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. Read 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 simply have to be, surely? Read More >>
Featured comment by dja357:
"Very impressive.
I can achieve a similar effect by increasing the luminosity slider under noise reduction in Photoshop." 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. Read More >>
Featured comment by RmAdam:
"I love how the American Soldier killing a girl with a hatchet when a few years back North Korean Soldiers killed three American Soldiers with an axe b..." More »
These sand sculptures were prepared as part of this year's Hollywood-themed Weston-Super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival on March 26, 2013. All week, 20 award-winning sand sculptors from across the globe are working to create sand sculptures that include odes to Harry Potter, Marilyn Monroe and characters from the Star Wars films as part of the town's very own movie themed festival on the beach. Read More >>
The Design Museum announced the contenders for its sixth annual Designs of the Year last week, and their shortlist for the architecture category showcases some structures which certainly make the jump from buildings to actual art. Read More >>
Featured comment by AlexSchot:
"I know building began a while back but the Ryugyeong Hotel is simply stunning
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ryugyeong_Ho..." More »
NASA recently released a few photos of the Expedition 34 crew aboard the International Space Station. Sitting inconspicuously in the corner of one of the pictures was Gort, the Earth-murdering robot from the 1951 classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. So we decided to sift through the vast archives of space exploration looking for other toys we took with us to the heavens. Read More >>
If you love watching movies but hate the unwashed masses—and happen to have giant heaping truckloads of money—designers and interior architects can offer a simple solution: your very own deluxe in-home movie theatre. Here are some of the most amazing in the world, inspired by everything from Star Wars and Star Trek, to Paris and Egypt, to well, okay a little more Star Trek. Read More >>
When you think of evil movie computers, 2001: A Space Odyssey comes immediately to mind. But HAL is just a naughty schoolboy compared to some of its colleagues. Here are the most diabolical machines to ever grace the silver screen. Read More >>
Featured comment by Guybot1001:
"Also, in the Stealth film, it wasn't the Talon planes that were the antagonists, the only AI in those things were speech and missile tracking.
the AI..." More »
There once was a Golden Age Of Flying. You didn't have to queue up, strip down, and surrender your beverage to the Goon Squad. Meals were served on real plates instead of sad, soggy cardboard boxes. The act of travelling itself was a pleasant part of the journey—instead of a necessary act of mass-transit. These conveniences still exist for the very rich, but there was a time when all of us had access to a fantastic world in the sky. That world is never coming back, but it's still nice to look back and fondly remember. Read More >>
Featured comment by strongp:
"The photo is of a very early prototype or a mock-up, I was lucky enough to enter a mockup in Bristol in 1971 and it had the later adjustable cockpit ..." More »
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