If you're more into eating circuit boards than walking on them, then this candy circuit board might be just what you sweet-toothed geeks are looking for. This one is based on an iphone circuit board.
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The Oops Design Awards have taken it upon themselves to do something that should have been done a long time ago -they have created an award for the ugliest, silliest and most useless product designs of the year. As you may have guessed, the lamp above is in the running for ugliest. It is the Oswine Lamp designed by Johanness Hemann. The nominees gallery actually has a few items I like, but for the most part it's brimming with hillariously hideous items.
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Consumerist has a great list article with 10 ads you'd never see today. In it, you'll learn how the World Trade Centers could have been saved by asbestos, why you should wrap your children in cellophane and why doctors love Camel cigarettes. Hilarity ensues.
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This stunning castle was created by Japanese art student Wataru Itou. It took four years of dedication to bring to fruition. It is complete with electric lights and a working train. The exhibit is called "A Castle On The Ocean" and is on display in Tokyo.
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It's important to keep kids feeling comfortable and happy, even when they need to watch out for poisonous gas clouds -or at least, that must be the theory behind this Mickey Mouse gas mask sold in WWII. Paranoia and consumerism sure make for an interesting combination.
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Fancy fast food takes regular old fast food and turns it into gourmet (looking) food. I'm sure it doesn't taste as good as real four star cuisine, but it sure does look delicious. Best of all, there's plenty of recipes so you can duplicate the efforts.
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Ulrock the rottweiler adopted this eight week old wolf cub and the pair is quickly becoming best friends. If you've ever wondered how well wolf cubs could get along with a domesticated dog, here's your answer. They sleep together and even howl at the moon in unison. Little Beldaran the wolf was abandoned by his parents at only four days old.
Preserve director Heather Grierson, 49, said: 'It's a true love story that has touched the hearts of everyone who visits the preserve.
'You just can't be in a bad mood when these two are around. It's impossible to look at them and not feel good.'
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Welcome to the Hello Kitty Castle in Taiwan. It can help take care of all of your cute needs. The gallery has some amazingly cute things in it, including food garnished with a Hello Kitty chocolate dusting.
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Whether you consider it a form of animal cruelty or just a little harmless fun, it's hard to deny that cats look pretty cute in costumes. The gallery on Now That's Nifty has a few fantastic feline frocks for your viewing pleasure. Click and enjoy.
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It's easy to fall in love with this photo series from Vlad Artazov. With only bent nails and some basic sets, he is able to convey a whole spectrum of human emotions. The result is beautiful and surprisingly, sadly touching. View the whole gallery to get the full effect.
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Artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf created this art installation in the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna to show the potential effects our negative actions take on the evironment.
According to the artists, these scenes of ecological nightmares are “experimental set-up[s]” in which “the viewer is forced to reconsider traditional modes of animal presentation and simultaneously to question the authenticity of concepts which are restaging 'natural' environments while they are increasingly endangered.”
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If you're like me, you have a major problem with cables taking over your home life. Here's a great, visually interesting way to overkill the solution -a whole wall of outlets.
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