Apple "iPhone"

Wacom Inkling

Urwerk Zeit Device

Sony Sports

Oregon Scientific All-Terrain Video Camera

Minimalist products

John's phone

Eye of the storm by Quian Yiran

Customizable electrical stove

Syd Mead's land yacht

Shimizu's futuristic mega-projects

Futuristic mega-projects by Shimizu ::: Pink Tentacle

Star Trek apartment

Unreality - Man Builds His Own Star Trek Apartment |

Content-aware fill

Well, wow. Seems like this new Photoshop CS5 feature isn't even an April Fools's joke: content-aware fill "guesses" at the right background to fill in when you delete areas in your picture. I'm still on Photoshop 7, but this might be a killer feature to update for.

The World's Best Ever: Adobe is aware… content aware

Futuristic bikes

Some of the designs shown at the Taipeh Cycle Show seem more appropriate to explore Mars than to use for your daily commute: especially futuristic is the Infinity design by German Stephan Henrich that doesn't run on wheels, but on a rubber-coated chain that spans the whole interior of the bike.

Fahrrad-Design: Shoppen, Falten, Retten - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Auto

Superplexus

This is probably one of the most expensive toys in the world, even though the word "toy" doesn't really do it justice: the Superplexus is a spherical 3D labyrinth, similar to those board labyrinths that are operated by wheels and that are available in different sizes. You have to steer a small steel ball through it by operating the 3 different axis without dropping the ball-- and I guess it might take a while to finish this one. Pictured above is the 24" version, they built one of double size too.

Superplexus Circles

Olympic pictograms

An educational video, unfortunately not embeddable, that traces the development Olympic pictograms since their first appearance at the 1936 Olympics. Pictured above still the most clean and iconic pictograms ever, the ones developed for the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages - Video Feature - NYTimes.com

Concept cars of the 1960s

After the 1950s concept cars I give you the 60ies edition. Here things start to get a bit exciting. First up we have a Bertone Alfa Romeo Carabo, less than one meter high, and only one prototype of this baby was ever built. Hell and yes!

Concept Cars - Bertone Carabo


Oh yes. This is a 1965 Chevrolet Mako Shark II. Really nice in its first edition from 1962 already, the later version depicted here is just about the hottest car you can imagine. Yummy!

Carroantigo.com: Carros Conceitos


O.S.I. made some amazing cars back in the day. Their Alfa Romeo Scarabeo from 1966 was nice but the real killer is the Alpine Silver Fox from 1967. With a very strange body this looks more like a nautical vehicle than a car. I remember in my old supercar card games from the 1980s, this was one of the most badass cards you could get.

Concept Cars - O.S.I. Silver Fox


And another Chevrolet: this one from 1969 is called Manta Ray and you can see why immediately, this lead to the development of the truly amazing Corvette XP-882. Hot hot hot! Also stay tuned for the 1970s edition next week.

Carroantigo.com: Carros Conceitos

UPDATE: This may not be forgotten: 1968 Ferrari Berlinetta.

Concept cars of the 1950s

Niccccce stuff: actually the real cool designs came around in the 1970s (in my opinion, that is), but there are a few notable examples of funky concept cars from the fifties: the Lincoln Futura (on which the original Batmobile is based on), the Ford Nucleon (yes, that's the car that was supposed to be powered by a nuclear reactor. Not pictured here as only models exist), the Chevrolet Corvette (1957! way ahead of its time), and the GM Firebird (the car that looks like a jet fighter). Stay tuned for the 1960s edition next week..

Carroantigo.com: Carros Conceito

Philco PC

Nice, can I get this with Brazil-like magnifying screen in front? Schultzeworks is building the Philco PC, inspired by the 1954 design classic Philco Predicta. Interested in buying one? Well too bad these are just 3D design renderings:

Thank you to everyone who has called or written to inquire where they could buy the Philco PC. However, these images are 3D renderings of a design concept which does not yet exist in the real world. We are currently meeting with PC manufacturers and hope that will change in the near future. In the meantime, thanks for the interest, and it’s very cool that you thought the images were real.

SchultzeWORKS | PhilcoPC

Alien abduction lamp

Loved this ever since the first designs were posted: The alien abduction lamp by designer Lasse Klein. Limited run of 2000 pieces only, available on the home page.

Alien Abduction Lamp