The minimalist look of the Radio mirror serves well to hide its high tech innards. The mirror houses an interactive touch screen, FM Radio, lighting, clock, ambient temperature display, anti-mist system, and ability to connect auxiliary devices like the iPod or other mp3 players. Roca and Trendir
Large Wall of Sound overshadows the tiny iPod
Weighing 225 lbs, the Wall of Sound has to be the most gigantic iPod accessory ever created. This handcrafted iPod speaker measures 3 feet x 4 feet, has 28 speaker elements and a minimalist design. The frequency response goes over the full 40Hz to 20,000 kHz range. Costs $4,495. Uncrate
Tiny Origami
Creating shapes from a single sheet of paper without the use of any adhesives or the like is cool enough, but creating the same at near tiny levels is amazing. Artist Mui-Ling Teh has created this tiny origami art, which in passing would look nothing more than bits of paper. A closer look, and the [...]
Stop motion animation: Out of a Forest
Out Of A Forest is a stop motion animation by The Animation Workshop. It’s a non-commercial short film, and as is apparent, a lot of work went into the film. Watch the video, it starts to make a lot more sense towards the end. Vimeo
What? Man trades Bugatti Veyron for Corvete ZR1
This is pretty unbelievable, but it appears that a man traded off his Bugatti Veyron for a Corvette ZR1 at All American Chevrolet in Midland, Texas. Now the Corvette ZR1 is a great car, but it certainly can’t hold its own in front of the Veyron supercar. Plus, the ZR1 is just $100,000 while the [...]
The two feet of snow in New York
Ummm… yes. Sort of. The Worley Gig
Artist makes terrific images with just a pencil
These images could very well have been some black and white camera shots, but they are drawings made by artist Paul Lung. What truly makes all this impressive is that the artist only uses a pencil for his work, all drawings are made on A2 paper. Difficult to believe, yes, so the artist usually makes [...]
Disney creates animation with post-it notes
This stop motion animation from Disney is rather cool, and shows off the company’s immense talent. It’s quite basic upto the 1 minute mark, and after that the post-its swing into animation. The video was made to promote a volunteerism campaign for Disney employees. BoingBoing
Herod’s Temple model that has gone on for 30 years
Alec Garrard has been making this model of the Herod’s Temple for the last 30 years, and still going strong. It has taken more than 33,000 hours of work, is spread over 200 square feet and has more than 4000 figures. Everything is hand built, from the plywood figures to the hand-baked clay bricks. Quite [...]
Weird earphones put crazy things in your ears
Going in for weird earphones may not be the best thing to do, but if you must have a katana through your ears, or fungus on your ears without going through all the trouble, these earphones would probably do just fine. The sound quality though, is quite debatable. Available at GeekStuff4U. Akihabara News








