We thought everything was bigger in Dubai. Santa Monica building designer Tommy Landau created a model for a 224-story supertower which could one day stand in Abu Dhabi. Hell, the model itself is almost as tall as a man. The structure, aside from far eclipsing the 2,600 ft. Burj Dubai, would be coated in solar cells which would allow the ...

Who hasn’t fantasized about being a wizard? Harry Potter might have to constantly worry about the dark lord Voldemort leering over his shoulder, but my wizardly concerns are much more pedestrian, such as figuring out how to change the channel with my penis magic wand. Thanks to the Kymera Magic Wand Universal Remote, there is no need to go to ...

This animation, illustrating how a sewing machine actually works, is strangely hypnotizing. I knew what sewing machines did, but simply that. Only the do. It’s nice to know the how. Link

What do you do when you’re attacked by a Chihuahua / Piranha hybrid monster? We might finally know the answer with the upcoming 2010 monster film Chihuanhas. It’s sort of like Jaws meets Taco Bell. And what could the tagline for this movie possibly be? “They’re not just ankle biters anymore…” Of course, of course. Hit the jump for some ...

An ingenious DIYer noticed that the second generation iPod Shuffle and the Apple Remote have a similar shape. So similar that the two devices could be merged together with some crafty electronic finagling. When headphones are connected to the Shuffle / Remote mash-up device, the gadget works as the music player. Without headphones, the device carries the features of an ...

Always more of a Star Wars guy than a Trekkie, I still couldn’t help but shit myself just a tad when I saw this awesome Star Trek Enterprise Record Player concept. Had no one really thought about this before? Was there not a similar creation already in existence? It seems so clear! Inspired by the USS Enterprise starfleet from the ...

This Haute Charcuterie pair of Nike Air Force 1s puts the pedal to the metal and the metal to the muscle. Designer BlackYard created these anatomical pair of Nikes, which divides your foot into prime slices of meat. I’m sure this has some sort of snazzy concept, like “Oh, Nike is just one of those corporations filled with porky pigs.” ...

If I was stuck on a deserted island with nothing but a pair of headphones and my iPod, I would so mod my headphones to better resemble my current habitat. In fact, this awesome headphone mod could be used as awesomely musical camouflage from the island’s natives. It’s really a win-win. Because as you clean out the coconut shell, you ...

The fine gents over at De Capo Press were nice enough to send me a review copy of “Why Does E=mc2? (and Why Should We Care)” by renowned physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw. Cox and Forshaw attempt to accomplish what Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan attempted decades ago. And that is to make physics, and specifically, Einstein’s theory of ...

Keeping your condoms in your wallet isn’t always the smartest thing to do. Sure, it provides quick access whenever you might need one, but the constant folding and battering of the wallet is sure to cause some leakage issues. And that just isn’t going to work. This concept Belt Buckle design includes a special hidden sliding compartment made to hold ...