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The Dutch Are Making QR-Coded Coins. Seriously.

4:20AM June 18, 2011 | Max Behrman

When did you last scan a QR code? It probably wasn’t on a coin. But the Dutch are changing that with QR-coded currency. More »

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The Yellow Brick Road Is A Parking Lot In Peekskill, NY

2:06PM June 1, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Historian John Curren believes he has found the one and only inspiration for the yellow brick road in L. Frank Baum’s popular children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Now mostly gone, the road leads to a parking lot in the small town of Peekskill, NY More »

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What Is This?

4:00AM May 15, 2011 | Jack Loftus

This intricate metal structure is functional and flexible. Could it be a new kind of industrial skin, with wide-ranging real-world applications? The surface to a Borg Cube? Simple scaffolding? None, actually. It’s far more comfortable that any of those. More »

Entertainment

To Inflate This Roof You’ll Have To Roast Some Serious Chestnuts

2:40AM December 28, 2010 | Sam Biddle

This isn’t your typical glowing, inflatable picnic roof. No no. This Dutch design is inflated via hot air produced by a wood-burning oven, used to cook nuts, hot chocolate, or whatever else you’d like. And it looks amazing. More »

The Citadel: The World’s First Floating Apartment Complex

3:00PM July 30, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Since Holland is mostly under sea level, keeping houses from flooding is a constant problem. This concept fixes that problem by just having an apartment complex that floats. More »

Cars

Taga Stroller/Bike Combo Might Launch Your Tots Into the Stratosphere

7:00AM May 11, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Bike, stroller or wheeled trebuchet? Whatever it is, the Taga takes kid-carrying in a new direction. I just can’t help thinking those two smiling kids are one wheelie away from joining the ISS.

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