Candles are low tech by definition. We've been using them for thousands of years. But designer Zelf Koelman put a more modern spin on them by whipping up an auto-lighting candle rig that even has a dimmer switch. It's as neat as it is totally absurd.
    
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EllerySo.... Happy... So much Beautiful....
They're light, they're cheap, they're marginally comfortable, but ironically, folding chairs are rarely easy to stack and store. They're supposed to be, but their random curves and bulges make it a task that's frankly just not worth it—especially knowing that Folditure's ultra-flat hanging Tilt chairs are about to hit the market.
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Isabella Rosselini is continuing with her series of "Green Porno" shorts for the Sundance channel in which she has demonstrated how cuttlefish mate, and how earthworms copulate.
She has moved on to mammals in the latest of the adorably nutty clips, and demonstrates here how "mamma" hamster deals with too many babies.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
What has your calendar done for you lately? Just reminding you of the day isn't going to cut it anymore—that's why god gave us smartphones. So if traditional calendars want any hope of staying relevant, it's time to start pulling double-duty. Which is exactly why we love this ingenious—if perhaps mildly unsanitary—drinkable tea calendar from Hälssen & Lyon.
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Illustration and science have always gone hand in hand. If you want to understand something, drawing it is a good place to start. Macoto Murayama, a 29-year-old botanist and designer, goes even further: he carefully dissects and models flowers using 3D drafting software.
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The first thing you notice about Rain Room, the sure blockbuster installation that opened at MoMA on Friday, is the tropical humidity. The second thing is the sound from hundreds of gallons of water pouring from an artificial ceiling. Finally, after your eyes adjust to the darkness, you actually see it: Rain Room, a 1,000-square-foot space that’s in a state of perpetual downpour.
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Google is famous for the Easter eggs buried in its products. This might be one of the most entertaining we've seen in while. Head over to Google Image Search and punch in a query for "atari breakout"—or just click this link—and say goodbye to the rest of your evening.
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If you'd rather your cats weren't shredding the furniture to pieces while you're away at work all day, you need a steady source of distraction to keep them occupied. And as long as you've got at least one window in your home, this solar-powered cat toy will keep them entertained and out of trouble. Mostly.
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EllerySlightly hideous, overwhelmingly awesome.
If you've got DIY in your soul and love the beeps, bloops and lights of circuit boards, the Othermill is a computer-controlled mill that'll let you print your own circuit boards right at home. Even more, the mill can cut metal, wood, wax and plastic so you can make jewelry, molds and more. It's a milling machine for your desk.
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Remember the now ubiquitous bullet time effect in the Matrix? That technique requires dozens of cameras and other expensive gear, but JPL engineer, inventor and Gizmodo friend Mark Rober, figured out how to do it for just a few dollars.
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The Treadmill dancer who has treadmill danced his way into the Internet's mostly dead heart! If dancing on workout equipment was an art (which it totally is), then this artist would be the Baryshnikov of that world.
The gym is a dreadful, soul-sucking place filled with unnaturally colored walls (see: that puke orange to the right), TVs playing CNN all the time and juicy pits, but sometimes magical things happen in there. Examples: Me finding a brand new Snickers bar in a locker once (it wasn't poisoned, I ate it and didn't die) and this dude dancing on the treadmill like he's dancing on Saturn's rings. He's dancing like he doesn't give a shit what the calorie counter on that machine says. He's dancing like his psychiatrist just diagnosed him as Virtually Insane. He's dancing like he doesn't care about the fact that if he made one wrong step this video would go from "this guy's got sweet moves" to "hahahah look at this asshole fall on the treadmill." That would never happen, though, because he's a master. The treadmill is his stage.
The only thing missing from this video are back-up dancers (aka Amanda Bynes on an elliptical and the Beyonce of the treadmills), an audience and 12 bouquets of roses falling at his feet.
A wave of rock shaped by wind and rain towers above a plain in Western Australia, September 1963.
Photograph by Robert B. Goodman, National Geographic
This might be the biggest tech humblebrag ever. A team of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs has quietly shrugged its shoulders and admitted to the fact that, yeah, it's been using quantum internet for, like, the last two years. Whatever.
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Playing a horror game as a toddler already sounds, well, kind of scary. Know what could potentially make the experience even scarier? Virtual reality.
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ElleryDamn, we could have had a blow up couch
Are you in need of a lot of extra seating for an upcoming shindig and a way to safely get 30 guests to shore after an emergency shipwreck? Look no further than the Beach7 AirLounge XL which provides comfortable seating for up to 30 people—possibly more if comfort isn't an issue—in a package that deflates and folds away for easy storage.
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Do you hear that? That's the sound of the world becoming a more awesome place/arteries clogging now that we have a better way to serve butter: by smooshing it through a customized cheese grater. Delicious.
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We've shared countless methods for managing your cables, but if you have one that you need to unplug or move around frequently, your best bet might be a magnet and a small spring.
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Covering any and all things with solar panels would be an awesome way to get power, but the bulk and expense of the tech we've got today makes it a little less than practical. But wonder-material-at-large graphene is shaking up the scene with ultra-thin solar panels and, maybe someday, solar-powered paint.
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Android: SmartSilence allows you to completely disable audio or vibration alerts on your phone or tablet on a recurring schedule.
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Anyway, I hope you haven’t mistaken my silence since on the matter as a sign I’ve found any peace. I have not. While I still cannot resist vegetable dumplings/wontons/gyoza/potstickers on any take-out menu, hoping to find within their centers the dumplings I once knew and loved, I’ve had enough mystery vegetable mush to accept that if you want spectacular vegetable dumplings, you’ll want to make them at home.
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Most measuring spoons nest nicely inside of each other, but if you use them often, you may want them detached and more readily available when you need them. This kitchen storage trick keeps each measuring cup on its own hook, with its measurement printed above it, so you can grab the one you want quickly.
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Occasionally, researchers at IBM take a break from exploring the limits of data storage at the molecular level—and instead make stop motion films, animated entirely with individual atoms. This is the result.
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