Ange-line Tetrault has nested a fox, an owl and a bear into these teacups in a pretty cool way. As you sip, the animals are revealed, swimming in your choice of tasty beverage.
Think ‘scrabble tiles mashed up with a construction sign on the side of the road.’ This interactive piece of art is made of 830 wood tiles, all responsive to whatever passes before it. As the camera is obstructed, the motor adjusts the tile, and the shadow cast ends up making a great mosaic. Would be cool to see it made of shiny new coins, or maybe actual mirrors. Regardless, this really is art in motion. Watch the video to see for yourself.
So here is what Japan has done to combat theft and robberies in storefronts. Clerks have bohan yo kara boru, or anti-crime balls, within close proximity of where they work. If there is an attempted or successful robbery, they blast the orange ball and splash the assailant with a vivid orange paint. Assailants may exit the building, but they are a marked target for police who can better identify suspects as they try to leave the scene. Awesome!
James Dyson is most famous for his vacuum cleaner design, but he also hosts a design challenge that yields very interesting inventions, as you can see from the examples below. Glance at the pictures then take a look at the video demonstrations to see how each design works.
Chance and close observation are sometimes the catalyst to the wonderful inventions we find all around us. Gizmodo recently listed the Top 10 Greatest (accidental) Inventions of All Time. Yes, of course they are, comically, not the greatest of all time, but they certainly include great stories of inventors discovering that what they stumbled upon was more successful than what they had intended on creating.
