Monthly Archives: March 2011

Unusual Coat Racks

These unusual coat racks from Nick Fraser Design serve a lot more purpose than just their unusual design. The Pipeworks Series, which is made out of exposed pipes, brings the fun elements of an industrial setting into the residential space. The gold-pa… Continue reading

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Video: Inflatable car seat is cheap, convenient… but is it safe?

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Easycarseat inflatable – Click above to watch the video after the jump

Just about every time we go through airport security, we notice there is at least one family that has to lug their bulky car seat … Continue reading

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Nest (1:2:3:4) Chair

Nest (1:2:3:4) is a chair (or a series of chairs) designed by Kirsten White and built by Jeremy Cox and Lucas Brancalion from Brothers and Sons, for the Capacity Show held at Bookhou in Toronto, earlier this year during Design Week.Made of birch wood a… Continue reading

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Stingray X-ray

This is an x-ray of a newly discovered species of stingray, native to the Amazon. You can't tell from this shot of its innards, but the Heliotrygon gomesi actually resembles a "pancake with a nose"—big, round, flat, and beige. Read mo… Continue reading

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Pioneer Anomaly Solved By 1970s Computer Graphics

Frans Faase updated us on a Pioneer Mystery we've been following for many years: something is tugging Pioneer 10 & 11. A few years ago a theory surfaced but now "A new computer model of the way heat is emitted by various parts of the Pione… Continue reading

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Science fiction growth-chart takes your kid from Tribble to Vader

This geeky dad made a growth-chart for his daughter that allows her to log her height against Star Wars and other science fiction franchise characters. It comes as a seven-foot-tall PDF, in case your kid happens to grow to Darth Vader heights.

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Pilot finds hole in plane’s fuselage

A US Airways 737 pilot in Charlotte, North Carolina, discovered a small hole in the exterior of his plane’s fuselage Monday, prompting the airline to take the plane out of service and for the FBI to begin an investigation.

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StrongArm helps load boats onto cars

Sea kayaks are quite possibly one of the finest things ever created by mankind, but they can be rather difficult to load onto the top of one’s car – this is particularly true for people who are trying to do the job single-handed, or who have a tall… Continue reading

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Researchers manage 448Gbps on commercial hardware, coming soonish to a trunk near you

We’ve seen many a theoretical demonstration of lightning-quick networks, but most use some rather special purpose hardware — like lasers and such that your average ISP doesn’t have hanging around. However, this new benchmark of 448Gbps is a little mo… Continue reading

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