Take a swarm of Roombas (robot vacuum cleaners), attach different coloured LEDs, set them off on pre-programmed cleaning missions in a room, photograph the whole thing using long exposure.
Presto! Roomba light art.
There’s an entire Flickr photo group dedicated to this kind of thing.
These vintage devices are sometimes confused with early spy gadgetry but the truth is much stranger. Sez David Galbraith of Oobject:
Jailers’ keys were apparently filled with gun powder to create a primitive gun that could be detonated if there was any trouble when opening a cell door. We found several original versions that back up this claim, dating from the 17th century and of various complexity.
Woody Allen by Lim Heng Swee.
British artist Peter Root.
He’ll never work in office supplies again.
Skyline Out Of Staples (Lostateminor)
The Link, created by Konstantin Slawinski of Hannover, Germany-based studio dreimann, is a moulded piece of soft silicone with two X-shaped slots that lets you turn any two kitchen utensils (or whatever you’re having yourself) into a pair of tongs.
Soil yourself with impunity!
Each box contains five pairs of disposable unisex underpants that will fit most adults.
$7 from Archie McPhee: the nice people that brought you Kacks In A Can.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFKnMCRwNOI
Greenpeace is using two equally cute remakes of VW’s own viral ad campaign to encourage the automotive giant to reduce its CO2 emissions.
Doubtless, we can expect one more good one, then three crap prequels in a row.
Greenpeace’s beef appears to stem from a letter to the European Union from Volkswagen and other German car manufacturers on January 26, 2007. In it, the carmakers asked the EU to reconsider proposals of a mandatory target of 120g/km CO2 or less for all new cars sold in Europe from 2012.
Greenpeace claims that as the largest automotive manufacturer in Europe (one in five vehicles sold in Europe are produced by Volkswagen Group), Volkswagen has the ability to have the greatest impact in CO2 emissions.
Greenpeace vs Volkswagen: The Dark Side goes viral (Car Advice)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF2v32xCD0Y
Remember that sound?
Well, Youtuber Darkfalky used a programme called PaulStretch to slow it down by 700%, thereby creating a lovely theme-tune for your nightmares.
