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Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions
2:20AM Mark Wilson | After capturing just three seconds of brain activity through EEG, designers Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen can carve a snapshot of your thoughts into a block of foam. More »
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Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth The Inconvenience
1:27AM Mark Wilson | Ignore the site’s lame hip hop and its general theme of trying too hard, because these nu pop watches by designer Pascal Mouawad and musician Jermaine Dupri are pretty snazzy in their own right. $US145. [nupop via Whollysblog via bookofjoe]
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ThunderCats Xbox 360 Makes Me Bummed The Movie Is On Hold
11:40PM Danny Allen | I’m a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O’Flaherty from Gears of Wars) on hold. More »
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Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Mild Rainstorms
6:00PM Dan Nosowitz | This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $US150 in raw materials, and if properly made, has a “protection factor greater than 500″. 500 what? No idea! More »
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Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
2:00PM Rosa Golijan | When Georgios Maridakis’ product breaks it’s actually an intentional feature. His Clock Vase indicates time with a little hammer that knocks against the porcelain. And at the right stroke, it shatters. More »
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What Space Invaders Really Look Like (T-Shirt)
12:00PM Mark Wilson | All these years, we pegged the Space Invaders for grotesque aliens. But really they’re men and women just like us, flying spaceships in a war they neither want nor understand. $US18. [Threadless via FashionablyGeek]
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I’ve Always Wanted To Live In A Stealth Plane
8:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Klein Bottle House. According to the World Architecture Festival Awards, it’s the best home of 2009. F-117 pilots, dorky Tron fanboys and aliens all through the galaxy would agree. I’m in one of those categories. More »
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Walk Into The Light
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | You are lost, walking through a dark forest. Unknown animal sounds drill into your ears and fears. The freezing wind crackles above you. And then reality breaks, opening a gate to an unknown white. Would you enter or run away? More »
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6:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7’s laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work — including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn’t make the final design. More »
Ask The Artist: How Windows 7’s Home Screen Evolved
6:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7’s laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work — including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn’t make the final design. More »
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