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Best Buy Missing 20 Laptops, Police Looking For Tom Cruise Wannabes

9:00AM March 5, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

A one-metre hole in the roof, footprints on a pipe leading up the side of the building, no alarm ringing, no one on any security footage and missing 20 laptops. Mission Impossible follow up or Best Buy burglary? More »


Gadgets

This Concrete Table Will Self-Destruct, Just Very Slowly

11:08PM January 28, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

Each time someone buys one of these limited-edition concrete coffee tables, the designers subtract a pre-planned chunk from the next one they’ll sell. So, it’s self-destruction in an expensive, arty, musical-chairs-meets-LEGO kind of way rather than a Mission Impossible explosion. “This Table Will Self Destruct” is intriguing, though: does its shrinkage represent less value for money each time, or do you get increased “art” as each chunk gets nibbled away? Only 23 chunks have been zapped so far, so you can buy a nearly complete one today or wait for it to get holier—both options will cost you US$1700 for two. [Product at Studio1am via Nerd Approved]

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