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Why Sony's SmartWig And Microsoft's Mood Bra Aren't As Stupid As You Think
Two weeks ago, Sony prompted guffaws all over the Internet when they unveiled their latest invention: SmartWig. Developed by Hiroaki Tobita and Takuya Kuzi, the SmartWig is basically an EEG interface...
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Infographic: The Most Popular Toys Of The Past 50 Years
With parents causing so much carnage in pursuit of that elusive PlayStation 4 on Black Friday (so much so that the day is under threat of being rechristened "Bloody Friday") it's only natural to wonder...
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An Amazing Carpet Made From 20,000 Sheets Of Paper
For five years, the Dutch collective known as We Make Carpets has been blowing our minds by creating rugs from a panoply of weird, wild, and totally improbable materials. Made up of artist Bob...
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The Creepiest Horror Movie Of The Year Was Made With Puppets
Stop-motion animation--where a puppet is moved by an animator and photographed frame-by-frame to create the illusion of motion--is a special-effect technique that is as old as the movies themselves,...
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Just In Time For The Holidays, Presents Covered In Viruses
What do you want for the holidays? If you said "presents coated in pneumonia and influenza," have we got the wrapping paper for you.The brainchild of London creative agency WCRS, The Wrap-Up Project...
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Santa Hilariously Invades Famous Works Of Art
When I was a little kid, my father told me around Christmas one year that I should always make sure to behave, because Santa was everywhere. It was a terrifying prospect, but it turns out he was right:...
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The 21 Best Infographics Of 2013
One of the basic laws of quantum mechanics is that information can never entirely be lost, only assume other forms. One of the most exciting forms information can take is that of the infographic, and...
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Designed by game developers Naughty Dog, The Last Of Us is a bleak apocalyptic video game that imagines a world in which the killer, brain-altering fungi cordyceps has evolved to work as well on humans...
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Inside The Making Of The First Google Glass Stop-Motion Film
A girl's number written on a coffee shop patron's hand comes to life and becomes a portal to a fantastical cartoon world. It's a cute enough idea for a short animated film, but this movie has the...
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The Unlikely Evolution Of The @ Symbol
For a moment, let's not think about the @ symbol in the way we usually think of it, as the fulcrum of an email address, the navel connecting us to our Twitter handles, or even just the weird a hanging...
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How 500 Years Of Weird Condiment History Designed The Heinz Ketchup Bottle
What do you think about when you see a glass bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup on a table? If you're like most people, you probably don't pay very close attention to it. It is a means to a hot dog's end,...
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Why Aren't Our Gadgets Still Covered In Wood?
The world of Mad Men is made up of wood of every conceivable grain and color. The show's sumptuous design palette has been responsible for popularizing midcentury design again, showing everyday objects...
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The 15 Best Design Essays Of 2013
Some people think design is all pretty flourishes, but it's about a lot more than that: design encompasses not just the visual appearance of a thing, but also the intent behind it, and the experience...
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The 16 Best Photo Essays Of 2013
One of the best things about writing for a website dedicated to art and design is you're never short of great pictures to look at. Even by that standard, though, 2013 was an embarrassment of riches...
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How Hitler Redesigned Christmas
In December 1941, Adolf Hitler threw a Christmas Party for his fellow Nazis. It was a lavish affair, in which the Nazi Party's top officials, statesmen and generals gathered before a massive Christmas...
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This Photo Booth Only Snaps Pics When You Smooch
For decades now, the photo booth has been a potent dating wunderkabinet: both the perfect place to steal a kiss, and the best way to capture it. The Thermobooth is a new spin on the photo booth concept...
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The Only Breathalyzer You'll Need Tonight
There's no shortage of cheap breathalyzers out there. In fact, if your holidays were anything like mine, you were probably blowing 0.09 into a cheap $10 model on Christmas morning, courtesy of Santa,...
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A Kid-Friendly Circuit Board Turns Everything Into A Musical Instrument
Media artist Yuri Suzuki specializes in making creations that bring music to everyone. Just look at his last invention, a robot train that lets you write music with magic markers and makes music...
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This Interactive Map Shows How Far You Could Travel In 24 Hours
At a time of year in which most of us are recovering from cramped flights, jet lag, and layovers, it's easy to forget just how good humans have become at traveling distances that would have seemed...
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Completely Adorable Posters About Manners From The Tokyo Metro
Japanese society is one in which a multitude of customs and social expectations are layered over one another to form a society of manners as intricate as lace. It is no surprise, then, that in Japan,...
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