Cocoon

Science

Butterfly Eggs Don’t Look Like They’re From This World

9:00AM August 30, 2010 | Casey Chan

Butterflies sorta creep me out. First, they start out as another bug and then they cocoon themselves. Who does that? And just take a look at this butterfly egg, it’s borderline alien looking. More »


Gadgets

Screw Cooking: Grow Your Own Meat From Animal Cells

1:20AM September 26, 2009 | Adam Frucci

The Cocoon Cooker isn’t just some fancy steamer or something like that. No, it’s a machine that actually grows meat and fish from heated animal cells. A-whaaa? More »


Entertainment

Cocoon: For People Who Want To Live In A Blimp

2:40AM September 3, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Located just off Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Cocoon is a house shaped like a zeppelin. It sits propped up on the edge of a steep drop-off, as if it’s tempting people to make Hindenburg jokes. I’ll resist the urge. [Designer Choice via Inhabitat] More »


Mobile

Macbook Would Commit Adultery With LED Mobile Phone

12:05PM January 21, 2008 | Haroon Malik

Tao Ma is at it again, cranking out another great phone concept. The new design, the LED Cellphone, incorporates hundreds of LEDs, all of which are used to create the mobile’s striking UI. Check out the gallery below to see a cellphone your plastic white MacBook would fall head over heels for.

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Geek Out

Oi Modular Sofa Makes me Think of Albino Tetris, Shipping Now

10:00PM October 23, 2007 | Addy Dugdale

The Oi sofa concept was launched in New York last year, but it’s taken almost a year and a half to make it available. Made out of L- and bar-shaped components, you can make loads of different-shaped sofas with it, including one with a neat side table add-on. It packs up/down into a 30-inch cube so shipping and storage is easy, and it costs $US2,300.

galleryPost('oisofa', 6, 'oi sofa'); [I Like Oi via MoCo Loco] More »