Last week, we were looking at the 2007 IDEA Award winners and we stumbled over this product. The “Revolutionized Wrench” (also known as the X-Beam wrench, thanks Core77) This “wrench with a twist” in no way alters the function of basic use of a wrench. Instead, it makes some very simple changes to civilize […]

Believe it or not, the official holiday season has been underway for almost two weeks now. But, with all the discussion of how reasonably successful or relatively disappointing the “black Friday” kick off for holiday shopping was, and how many sales retailers will rack up before it’s all over, there’s only one thing […]

Weíve been stroking our collective chin over Patrick Smithís broadside on the aesthetic flaws of the new Airbus A380 for a over a week now. Weíve also been cogitating on Felix Salmonís response:
I do hold out some romantic hope that an ugly design can never be the best design; that something truly efficient is […]

Take five of Brazilís most legendary funk drummers and five of L.A.ís biggest underground hip-hop Djís, mix them together in a room full of wanna-be samba dancers, throw in some whistles and cow bells, then stand back as you witness the start of an intercontinental musical movement. You can get a taste of it […]

So you think that you can spot an upcoming trend, eh? Guess again.
CSULB Anthropology Associate Professor Carl Lipo, in addition to faculty from Durham University, England, Western Carolina University, and Indiana University, have concluded that popular trends such as music, fashion, and even names are nothing more than random acts of copying.
Thatís […]