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An Alien Bottle Opener [Beer] If someone opened my beer with this Klein Bottle opener, I’d probably yelp in fear. It looks so alien and just plain weird that I can’t believe it actually works. Here’s what Bathsheba Sculpture, the company behind the Klein Bottle opener has to say: The problem of beer: That it […]

November 28, 2010

This Door Knob Lets You See What’s in the Room Behind It [Furnishings] You probably don’t spend much time thinking about door knobs, or how they could be improved. Maybe you should! This glass globe lets you catch a glimpse of what’s going on in the room you’re about to enter. Hideyuki Nakayama‘s “A Room […]

November 25, 2010

The Internet Shopping Bracket by Emma Barker The great thing about online shopping is that it’s like regular shopping, but without shame. The not-great thing about online shopping is that the Internet = everything, which is overwhelming. And then also the money thing. But! With the Hairpin's Official Internet Shopping Bracket you can now enjoy […]

November 20, 2010

Fluid Dress is knit from plastic tubing Fluid Dress 2.0! Lovely video of blacklight-reactive fluid being pumped through the 600 ft of plastic tubing comprising this dress by Casual Profanity. We saw an earlier prototype at Maker Faire Bay Area 2009. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | […]

November 18, 2010

How Google Docs Will Break Up With You [Humor] We started out so hot and heavy. The possibilities were endless. We were such a pair, the two of us! Passionate. In love. At least that’s what you led me to believe, you fucking asshole. We started out so hot and heavy. You’d visit me in […]

November 13, 2010

Fiskars Cuts+More Will Make Your Other Scissors Look So, So Lame [Officesupplies] Here’s something that should’ve happened way sooner: a pair of scissors that doesn’t just pathetically snip snip snip at things but opens bottles, cuts through wire, shreds boxes, pierces holes and does a bunch of other rad stuff. Diagram, please: Ah yes. I […]

November 12, 2010

Math Monday: Wearable geometry By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics If you love geometry, you can let everyone know by wearing dodecahedra with elegance and style! These dresses with sewn-on paper polyhedra embellishments were designed by Amila Hrustic. I’m not sure how one sits in a dress textured with tetrahedra, but it certainly […]

November 11, 2010