Inspired by highway billboards
Designed by the polish firm front architects, the Single Hauz is a prototype house created for the single person.  The design is inspired by freestanding billboards often seen near highways. this slim raised design makes them suitable for many locations where building may be difficult, including on the water. By using steel, [...]

 Weasels for sale: $29.95 a cup
Some of our best memories in life come from the crazy things animals do. Here are a few of the more unusual ones. (Pics)

 Hell hath no fury like an angry Argentinian and a tough rush hour commute
Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour.

 
Virtually everyone can afford micropayments, but they haven’t caught on until now
Micropayments have been one of the Internet’s most-hyped and least-successful ideas — until now, as virtual world creators and video game companies are beginning to expect, and even depend on, players to buy virtual goods in little chunks.

 
The cult of popularity that reigns in high school can look quaint from a safe distance, like your 20th reunion. By then the social order may have turned over like an hourglass: teenagers who were socially invisible have emerged as colorful characters, confident, transformed. Others seem preserved in time, same as ever, while some former [...]

 
Computer geeks do so love using weird and oddly poetic buzz words to describe new trends.  From these formidable minds, we mere mortals were handed such gems as “phishing”, “blog”, “spam”, “digg” and “cookies”. Yes, cookies.

 
 
Tiny pieces of RNA are turning out to play a big role in health. Over the past few years, scientists have found that these molecules, called microRNAs, are involved in key functions in cells and are linked to the development of certain cancers and other diseases. A new study led by scientists at Nanjing University, [...]

 
The Spark Lamp concept by Beverly Ng is an LED lamp that you can flip over during the day to recharge itself using solar power. It’s designed to educate the owner about their power consumption. The lamp sports integrated WiFi which wirelessly keeps track of you home’s power usage. When you turn the lamp on, [...]

 
 Third Arm
Next time you thought you need someone to lend a helping hand, think of this Third Arm. The whole idea seems supernatural but for Stelarc, it was more of a tangible concept. He is the same Australian performance artist who hung himself naked from flesh-piercing hooks attached to ropes. Well, this superficial arm will [...]

 The rule was that the person who drank the second to the last beer would have to sit on the
Masochist’s Couch. Consequently the parties went on for months on end.
Yesterday a strange thing happened. It started raining on the inside of our studios here at the Impact Lab. So we decided it was time for [...]