With the rate everyone's moving these days, it's nearly impossible to slow down and enjoy life even when you want to. Fortunately, you don't have to go through it alone. This week's set of Android apps are all about making your life easier, more organised, and with all the information you'll need just a finger swipe away. Read More >>

It's been a long week, so take a break. You deserve it. Whether you want to lose yourself in an impossibly simple, endlessly addictive game, or have your new AI friend do all the dirty work for you, we've got you covered. Enjoy. Read More >>

Between work, leisure, travel, and everything in between, we've barely got enough time in the day to breathe, much less handle the little surprises life throws at us at the same time. Fortunately, you don't have to go through it alone. This week's set of iPhone apps are all about making your life easier, more organised, and with all the information you'll need just a finger swipe away. Read More >>

Back in the day, hair dryers and perm machines looked like they would eat your brain. Dark Roasted Blend has a nice roundup of photos of the vintage devices that makes you think think we sure did—and still do—some absolutely insane things for beauty. Read More >>

Why wait in the Starbucks line for one of those pitiful paper cups over and over again when you can have this handsome chiseled tumbler to refill every morning? Read More >>

Your profile picture represents you. You want to convey that you're fun, interesting, well-travelled, worldly, witty, or any number of likeable, desirable qualities. But we're also really predictable—our profile pictures can be boiled down into 14 specific categories. Read More >>

Google Glass is capable of some amazing things. Just look at this first crop of videos shot wearing a them. But given how much damage you do to your eyes staring at screens in the first place, will Google Glass harm your eyes in the long run? In a word: no. Read More >>

You can 3D print just about anything, from dresses to snowboards to a human face. A big part of the reason 3D printing is closing in on the mainstream is thanks to MakerBot, which is equipping anyone with an imagination—and $2,200 for a MakerBot Replicator—to print the physical manifestations of their dreams. Read More >>

Sometimes it feels like all kitchen accessories look the same. But for something different—albeit subtle—here's a pair of stainless steel salt and pepper shakers with magnets at the angles that work like a joint connector. Read More >>

You know what's a turn on? Oysters. You know what's a turn off? Vomit. Oysters might be a delicious aphrodisiac, but they have a tendency to be pretty unsanitary and they can make you sick. But researchers at Texas A&M University have found a way pasteurise the bivalves using electron beams, getting rid of some of the stuff that causes you to upchuck. Read More >>

The Delta Lamp lets you recapture the fun of rubber band balls from your days in school, without landing you in detention. Plus, it's an outlet for all your creative energy. Read More >>

The Herschel Space Observatory was the world's largest and most powerful infrared telescope, able to see parts of the universe nothing else could. Unfortunately, it met its maker this week when it ran out of the liquid helium coolant it requires to map hidden corners of the cosmos. Read More >>

How many coffee cups do you go through in a week? Probably way more than you should. JOCO's reusable cup will keep your guilt at bay. And it looks just like one of the ones you'd be tossing anyway. Read More >>

If you've got a 3D printer and a little bit of imagination, you can make pretty much anything. While these machines are still too expensive to be completely ubiquitous, early adopters are making some really amazing things. We got a look at a few of these objects at the 3D Printing Expo in New York this week. Here are the most unbelievable things we saw. Read More >>

These Corniche Shelves are quite nice. They're like little pieces of nature that you can slap on the wall. Read More >>