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Design
The Brave New World Lamp Looks Like a Trebuchet
2:20AM Sean Fallon | This unique Anglepoise lamp from the designers at Fresh West may have been inspired by old Far Eastern bamboo scaffolding—but it looks more like something that could hurl a projectile over a castle wall. More »
Design
Treubuchet Toaster Hurls Butter Bombs Loaded With Nooks and Crannies
11:20AM Sean Fallon | The Trebuchet Toaster concept from Ivo Vos’ Brunch Collection “celebrates the mundane” buy hurling toast across the room onto your plate. More »
Gadgets
Thirty-Foot Trebuchet Fires Chicken Poop at Potential Thieves
3:15AM Addy Dugdale | A businessman in the UK has come up with a novel way to deal with potential thieves: firing chickenshit at them from a 30-foot catapult. Joe Watson-Webb, a retired showman, had the iron trebuchet left over from his days as a showman, and gets his avian ammo from the farm next door. Local cops have said that they will prosecute Watson-Webb if he uses the catapult to defend his property against arsonists and robbers—but what would they think about the other weapon he has up his sleeve? Watson-Webb is also the proud owner of a 20-foot-long cannon, out of which he used to fire his wife! More »
