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3-D Printing From Beyond the Grave: Household Items Made From Dead People

From the Dutch design firm Studio Wieki Somers come household objects made out of human ashes. Yes, human ashes. As in John Steegman (b. 1939, d. 1985), who is now a vacuum cleaner:Pietertje Vos (b. 1942, d. 2007), now a scale:And ...READ MORE

Ingenious Flipper Bridge Melds Left-Side Drivers With Right-Side Drivers

Hong Kong drives on the left side of the road, mainland China on the right. So how do you prevent crashes when driving between them?READ MORE

How Retro Can High Design Get? Think Wooly Mammoths and Fred Flintstone
How Retro Can High Design Get? Think Wooly Mammoths and Fred Flintstone

Design Student Tackles Scourge of Used Bubblegum

The Gumdrop program is twofold, providing handy waste bins for "ABC" gum and products that recycle that used gum.READ MORE

World's Largest Glass Table Looks Like a Magically Frozen River

The table is cut from the same glass used in telescopes that see to the farthest ends of the universe.READ MORE

Enjoy a Piping Hot Cup of the Future ... Without the Burn!

Could this be what your Starbucks latte will come in, a few years from now?READ MORE

Amazing Video: Robotic Swarms That'll Infest Your Home Entertainment Center

What if display technology breaks up into little bits that morph depending on need?READ MORE

The Origami MP3 Player Does Not Come Preloaded with M.I.A's "Paper Planes," Ben Folds

A concept for a device that you control by folding.READ MORE

Almost Genius: A Development Platform for Creating Your Own Electric Car

Think you'd be a good car designer? Trexa wants to give you a shot with an open-source platform.READ MORE

Ambient Tunes While You Ride Your Bike

Tunebug turns the helmet itself into a flat-panel speakerREAD MORE

Almost Genius: A Cheap, Flat-Pack, Recyclable Bike Helmet

A new bike-helmet concept is a one-way ticket to a vegetative state.READ MORE

Almost Genius: A Wall-Socket With Built-In Extension Cord

This thing is amazing! Except...READ MORE

Crunchy Zoo Aviary Looks Like a Geodesic Hackysack

Who says architectural nuttiness is going out of style?READ MORE

Design Crime: Electrolux Musical Vacuum Cleaner

Electrolux unveils a prototype of its Silent vacuum cleaner--with speakers and an iPod dock.READ MORE

Friday Fun: The Chicest Gear for Post-Apocalypse Savages

How does a self-respecting fashionista go about catching a pigeon or fishing from a pier?READ MORE