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Plot Jewelry Is Neckwear for Data Fiends

Addy Dugdale — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:38:52 -0500

A couple of employees of ad agency W+K have come up with one of the kookier ideas in recent memory: data-driven jewelry. After scores of meetings, planner Lisa Prince noticed that data was being packaged up in ever increasingly-beautiful ways. So she teamed up with fellow W+K employee, art director Nicholla Long, to create Plot jewelry, described as "a brand that takes interesting data and transforms it into wearable art."

2010 Olympic Medals Are Made From Old Electronics

Ariel Schwartz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:51:06 -0400

The winning designs for Vancouver's 2010 Olympic medals have been revealed: the gold, silver, and bronze medals will all be made from melted-down electronics.

Gold Coin Vending Machine Offers Profit in Case of a Bank Run

Cliff Kuang — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:46:50 -0400

It's hard to invent business ideas that'll generate cash in this economy, but TG-Gold-Super-Markt thinks they've found a way: They plan on installing 500 vending machines across Germany, in locations ranging from train stations to airports, which will dispense gold in exchange for cash.

Nanotech Invention May Be Golden Bullet for Controlling Drug Addiction

Kit Eaton — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:14:56 -0400

Scientists at the University of Buffalo have found a new use for nanotechnology--as an extremely precise way of delivering chemicals to the right part of the brain to combat drug addiction. And, pleasingly, the science really does fit the "golden bullet" label as these nanoparticles are literally made of gold.

Mining Poop For Gold

Kit Eaton — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:07:37 -0500

This is one bizarre way to ride out the current economic lull: A treatment plant in Japan has been processing effluent to recover small quantities of gold contained in sewage. And in one year it's produced a higher yield than you might expect from a gold mine.

Vertu's Solid-Gold Boucheron 150 Cellphone

Kit Eaton — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:06:40 -0500

Vertu's high-end cellphones always mix luxury components with off-the-beaten-track designs and luxuriously high price tags, but with this latest product you have to wonder if Vertu's company dictionary even includes the word "recession". The Boucheron 150 cellphone, you see, is crafted from a single piece of solid gold.