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design
How to Cram an Entire Room into a Box

Somewhere in the grey area between architecture and gadgets lies the room-in-a box—an unholy chimera of comfortable seating and multi-tool functionality. Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve of the best-designed examples of these portable domiciles. Read More >

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12 Awesome Designs from the Guy Who Invented the Jambox

From the looks of it, Swiss-born Yves Behar may have beaten Apple at its own minimalist design game. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of his best creations. Read More >

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The 12 (Actually 13) Most Awesome GoPro Videos So Far

Man, you really can strap a Go Pro to just about anything, can't you? Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve of the most creative uses the versatile camera. Read More >

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Nine Timeless Monuments Photobombed By the Modern Era

They may not be as adorable as a baby sloth, but these nine examples of new tech invading old come from our friends at Oobject. Read More >

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boats
Making a Stretch Cruise Ship Is Tougher than It Looks

Today's mega-sized cruise liners are more akin to a floating city block than they are to any boat that harnessed the wind. And when they're sufficiently gigantic, these ships aren't even built in one piece—they're welded together from enormous prefab sections. Our friends at Oobject have 12 of the most impressive these Frankenboats. Read More >

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The Many Monuments to Russia’s Beloved MiG

The MiG-15 dominated the skies when made its debut in the Korean war. One of the USSR's first successful swept-wing aircraft it has since become the most-built jet of all time. Our friends at Oobject have assembled the most soaring monuments to the Soviet's favorite fighter. Read More >

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space
Giant Radio Telescopes Tune Into the Stars

The visible light comprises a minuscule fraction of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Radio telescopes allow us to observe what cannot be seen, like microwave background radiation—the echo of the Big Bang. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 18 of the most expansive intergalactic listening stations. Read More >

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space
A Pressure Suit for Every Occasion and Atmosphere

When a sealed, pressurised vessel (say, you) is exposed to a vacuum (say, space), things tend to get splattery. These fifteen atmospheric suits from our friends at Oobject are the hallmarks of life-support design from the golden age of exploration. Read More >

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architecture
Nine Architectural Projects for a Brave New World

I, for one, could use a Soma holiday right about now. But since I can't, these nine incredible architectural projects built by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Walt Disney to usher in an age of perfect, classless society will have to do. Read More >

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aircraft
The Incredible Engineering Behind History’s Greatest Airships

Zeppelins are actually quite an impressive species of aeronautical engineering—you know, when they aren't on fire. That's especially true considering the level of technological prowess in the 1920's. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 shots of these magnificent air-borne cruisers before they ever lifted off. Read More >

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12 Floating Airports That Turn City Skylines and Rivers into Landing Strips

Whether sitting atop the Hudson or drifting just above a skyscraper, these conceptual floating airports put landing strips where they're needed most: in the middle of bustling metropoleis. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the best. Read More >

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design
How to Get to the Sea Floor While Still Breathing

Before we had ALVIN—or proper submarines for that matter—the best way to get to the seafloor was by using a diving bell. Originally made from recycled church bells, these diving apparatuses protected their passengers from the murky depths in a bubble of air. Our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the best. Read More >

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12 Deep-Sea Diving Suits to Keep the Ocean from Crushing You Like a Walnut

Turns out that, aside from the drill-arm, Big Daddies aren't that far off from the real thing. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the toughest examples of deep-sea diving suits around—from da Vinci's cloth prototypes to the bell helmets made famous by countless Scooby-Doo villains. Read More >

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12 Coffins for the Not-So-Undead

Look, we've got enough problems as it is with walking corpses rising from the grave and trying to eat us. Last thing we need is someone crawling out of the ground a week after the fact just because they were really, really drunk. Read More >

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war
12 Tanks Made from Things That Probably Shouldn’t Be Used to Make Tanks

Guns? Who needs guns when you've got the buisness end of a Mig jet engine mounted on your tank's turret? That'll show those land mines who's boss. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the oddest armoured vehicles to ever grace the battlefield. Read More >