Smoking is prohibited in plenty of public places these days, but for folks who just can't quit, why not do something positive for the environment with the product of that habit? The Cindy ashtray ...
With the exception of a few spectacularly ill-advised ergonomic keyboard redesigns, the collection of keys that we use to input data to our computers has been relatively unchanged for quite some ...
For any knitter who has ever looked at an ugly sweater and thought wistfully of all of the projects they could complete with that wasted yarn, the Un-Knitting Machine is a gift from the crafting ...
Raw data, as interesting as it may be to the scientists and analysts who use it, simply isn't very interesting (or understandable) to the rest of us. In order to get the general public truly ...
Is there anything better than hitting the open road and going wherever the feeling takes you? It's so much easier to pick up and set off on a spontaneous camping trip when you've got a camper or ...
People around the world shed a little tear when Polaroid announced that it would stop producing the instant film that had become synonymous with the company's name. The folks at The Impossible ...
We all get tired of modern urban living from time to time, but one American couple was so fed up with city life that they decided to create an entirely new community in the Costa Rican ...
While technology usually makes things faster, it rarely produces the kind of unique and soulful results that come from the hearts and hands of humans. The sign industry fell as a casualty to a ...
Life feels rather rigid and unyielding sometimes, which is why it's nice to have art like Jan Kriwol's into which we can escape momentarily. Kriwol's series "Paper Realities" only consists of ...
Most of us will never have the time or resources to travel all around the world - but for the lucky few who can make that trip, it's a life-changing experience. "Regular guy" filmmakers Rick ...
