I got my hands on these fabuliciously cool soft magnets by GELTEC. When someone talks to you about magnets, you think about hard pieces of metal, but thees little suckers are as soft as gummi bears. Once you get these in your hands, it’s hard to let go…
check them out.GELTEC
If you want some fun in the office, get an Air Zooka. This is one of the most surprising little science toys you’ll get out there. This lil bucket hurls an invisible ball of air at any target. If your good, you can pin point targets at up to 20 feet and really surprise people. It feels like a ghost punching you. Its the best $15 you’ll ever spend. ZeroToys also has a few other little gadget toys that are fun. Check them out!Air Zooka
Pixelating images has been a trend for some time now, but physically pixelating an object is somewhat new, besides all those pixel bots or lego brick objects. Anyhow, perhaps it’s just me and I’m behind in this trend… I love this watch, even though its not available for purchase yet.
Fire is such a magical event…you stare, stare, and stare…forever..and along with an amaaazzzzing environment, it just makes you sooooo relaxed.
If you ever get the chance, go down to Providence RI for their enchanting “waterfire” events, packed full of eclectic people, mystic music, crackling wood fires, yummy street food, and at times, fireworks, jazz festivals, and outside dance floors. It’s a definite experience like no other thats free every few weeks during the summer.waterfire
Are you asian, or think you can tell the difference between someone thats japaneses, chinese, korean, etc? This is a great classic site thats been up for years to test your asian awareness-ism. They give you 20 some images, and you vote for what ethnicity that person looks like. I got 13/20..not too bad…do we really all look the same to some people? There needs to be a european version of this test..take the test!
update: They have expanded the “looks like” test with extra cultural test ranging from Food, Art, Architecture, and much more in their new Exam Room. I got 15/18 on the food test 😉
Hyper Sonic Sound, HSS, are uber cool directional speakers invented by Woody Norris. What are they, well, basically, if I stuck a flashlight in front of the speaker, only people within the lights cone would be able to hear what I was broadcasting. It’s the strangest feeling. First you hear it, then you dont . The other wow factor is you cant tell which direction the sound is coming from. I don’t quite understand how it works, but I’ve had the chance to play with and have never seen or heard anything like it. When someone points the speaker at you, it sounds like there’s a speaker inside of you, playing through your lungs or sum something. It’s mad weird!!!!! but uber cooool!
There’s another invention like it called the audiospotlight done by a MIT graduate. Anyhow, I’m not sure what the future of sound is, but this is for sure one revolutionary step for it.Hyper Sonic Speakers
Audio Spotlight (holosonic)
The TED Conference(Technology, Entertainment, Design) is perhaps the most unbelievable gathering of mind-provoking, astonishing, inspirational, diverse, and life changing conferences I have ever been to. I could rant on for pages about it, but check out their webpage and look at the speakers list and imagine if all the attendees were just as amazzzzing. Only about 1000 people are invited each year. I’ve been extremely fortunate to work for and attend the conference since 2003. The TED conference is a mind-boggling experience taken place in Monterey CA each year.TED conference
Ze Frank (The guy presenting above)
DUNNIES!!!! I love these little creatures. I have a few of these in my studio, and they really spice up the space. Kid Robot is an amazzzzingly sweeeet store full of inspirational little toys and figures. There’s a shop in NYC and SF. If you get the chance, swing by and go krazy. You’ll feel 10 years younger in a heartbeat!KidRobot
