By Australian silversmith Polly van der Glas, this teeth jewellery, well… it’s kind of like ivory with a touch of plaque — I mean — patina. And the “stones” make a fashionable defensive alternative to brass knuckles.

Look, we know this stuff is horrendous. But really, it’s only just as offensive as Kay’s latest heart crossed with lips cross with angels pendant. So there. [Van Der Glas via ecoutree via inhabitat]

The idea of growing tissue in a lab is nothing new, so why not breasts? It’s fun to think about, but there is a serious side to all of this as well. We know that there are benefits for patients suffering from disease and injury, but we have to ask ourselves: What implications could this technology have for elective plastic surgery?

Back in 2006, scientists discovered a clue to growing new breast tissue using mammary stem cells. While this development could lead to drugs that could stop cancer, it could also give plastic surgeons the ability to grow new breast tissue. Today we discovered that Australian scientists are starting trials of a procedure called Neopec that involves implanting a biodegradable, synthetic chamber containing a woman’s fat tissue in the breast. The chamber acts as “scaffolding” for new breast tissue to grow on.

As awesome as all of this sounds, think about the bigger picture here. Today, there can be a stigma associated with excessive physical augmentation. Do you think our views would change if a woman (or a man for that matter) could be “naturally” augmented through cell manipulation? [Telegraph via PopSci and Times Online]

The Klein Bottle House — located in Rye in Australia’s Mornington Peninsula — is made of concrete sheets and black metal, surrounded by trees and next to a beach. I like it, but if I had to choose something, I would rather get Ben Rose Home, Cameron’s house in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Or if you want to get all freaky funky nerdy with me, I’d pick Rem Koolhaas’s Maison à Bordeaux. [McBride Charles Ryan via Design Boom]

Bundled with the upcoming Wii game Baby and Me (in Australia), this doll-mote uses the Wiimote’s speaker to make the baby cry or laugh. Turn on the Wii Balance Board, and the simulation is taken to the next level, allowing you to burp the baby, rock the baby and teach him/her/it to walk. (Spoiler alert: the muscle-less, brain-less baby doll can never learn to walk.)

Personally, I could do without all the nappy changing, but I can’t wait to score headshots in CoD with my new infant gun. [aussie-nintendo via GoNintendo via Kotaku]

The device was described as a larger iPhone, “small enough to carry in a handbag but too big to fit in a pocket.”

This makes the tablet smaller than a breadbox, right? [Apple Insider]

The D300s was mounted to the front of the hang glider and fitted with a 10.5mm fisheye lens. A custom hardwired trigger and release mechanism was used to fire both video and stills.

Of course, the $US1800 D300s now has some serious semi-pro competition from the $US1900 Canon 7D. And the 7D is an 18-megapixel, 1080p video beast. Click through the links above for our in-depth primers. [YouTube via CrunchGear]

Sure it’s been the lead story on CNN and a big story on Gawker, but there just wasn’t enough DIY mechanics or mobile-related mayhem for us to pounce on this little gem. As a dad, I don’t like seeing shit like this, but knowing there’s a happy ending made it a bit easier to view. Oops, did I give too much away? [Gawker]

Hairband balladeers from the roaring ’80s will be disappointed to learn that holes in the heart previously only able to be filled by some girl who is already dating some other guy can now be filled by a patch made of stem cells. As for the rest of us, we naturally assumed that if stem cells could give Christopher “Butthole” Reeve real Superman strength and build replica’s of Shakey’s Pizza, well, of course they can patch heart holes. [PopSci]

By March of next year, many British police officers will be handed a smartphone in order to maintain communication while increasing time in the field. It may work, assuming they block like a million distractions. Frankly, the only reason I wanted to even mention this in Remainders was to remind the world of that stroke of British police genius, Hot Fuzz, through Photoshop. It was that or an image of the gmilfy Prime Suspect herself, Helen Mirren. Did I choose wrong? [BBC via Engadget]

Science produces explanations great and small, and finally got around to one we’ve been waiting for since Heinrich “Coca” Cola invented the fizzy beverage: Why do we love the carbonation? Everyone used to think it was the exploding carbonation bubbles, but sure enough, it’s the carbon dioxide itself—you listening, Al Gore???—that sends a message to open up the sour taste buds, delivering a genuine flavour change. Sure, it’s not gadget news, but now, when you head out to the bars, you can order beer in the name of science. [Daily Mail UK]

I’m glad to see that it’s finally open for business because the way the Kurilpa Bridge was designed definitely enforces the green “Hey you! This bridge is made for walking” attitude:

The energy-saving lighting system will be powered by 84 solar panels that collectively generate a daily output of about 100KWh and an average yearly output of 38MWh. The solar energy generates supplies 75% of the power required to run the LED setup in the fully lit mode, but in most lighting configurations, 100% of the energy required will come from the solar panels. Surplus electricity generated by the solar array will be returned to the main grid.

How green and pretty it is aside, does that criss-cross design remind anyone else of pick-up sticks? [Ecofiend via kTreehugger]

Exhibit A, Woolworths newly redesigned logo, is on the left. Apple’s iconic apple logo is on the right. Not that similar at all, but the real issue, at least with Apple, is probably that Woolworths might expand its retail business into electronics and somehow threaten that lucrative iPod business.

“While we can’t rule [computers, musical players, or other devices] out, we haven’t got any plans at the moment,” said a Woolworths spokesman in a statement to AppleInsider.

To Apple’s credit, they’ve moved up from suing school systems to supermarket megachains. Bigger fish, and all that. [AppleInsider]

The name came from a failed case of crowdsourcing on Kraft’s part.

Now, obviously this is a name that has nothing to do with the product and looks like a mere exploitation of cliches in digital product nomenclature.The lesson is equally obvious. Even when they’re being asked for input or sourced for ideas, consumers want brands to be able execute some level of judgment, filtering out awful ideas at minimum.

Rowan Dean, creative director of advertising agency Euro RSCG, summed it up to The Australian. “The idea of getting the public to create the new name of the product the way they did with the original Vegemite is fantastic. But iSnack 2.0 is totally irrelevant to the iPod, Web 2.0 generation, and if they don’t change the brand name it will disappear from the shelves in six months.” The original Vegemite name was chosen through a public competition in the 1920s.

In Kraft’s defence, iSnack 1.0 would have been a really stupid name. 2.0 is a bigger number, however, and is therefore better. [Ad Age via The Awl]