Cars

Play-Doh Car Weighs Almost As Much As The Real Thing

At 1.5 tons, this life-size model of the Chevrolet Orlando weighs just 167kg less than the real thing. There’s no driving this car, though. Built over two weeks by a team of eight sculptors, the car is parked on a London street as a publicity stunt for the new Orlando.


August 27, 2010
Gadgets

Whoops! The 10 Greatest (Accidental) Inventions Of All Time

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits,” Thomas Edison once said. But is hustling all it takes? Is progress always deliberate? Sometimes genius arrives not by choice – but by chance. Below are our 10 favourite serendipitous innovations.