Sarah Palin - Superhero
Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin is shaking things up in the 2008 election cycle! Now, you can have your very own Sarah Palin Action Figure delivered right to your door.

 Two workers remain close by as these panda cubs have a sleep
They are one of the most endangered animals in the world, but these giant panda cubs are in safe hands.

That’s One Heck of A Squash!
I’m not familiar with a vegetable called a marrow (it seems to be some kind of squash), but this one is apparently the biggest ever at 113 pounds! There were lots of huge vegetables at a giant vegetable show in England.
The skin is craggy and dark, indicating it might not […]

 
 Touch-Hear Concept Design Incubation Centre
The Design Incubation Centre has hatched a concept that would probably make pocket dictionaries a thing of the past. That means, next time you come across an unfamiliar word, you wouldn’t flip pages of a thesaurus or search Google for it. Scrolling your fingers through the word or a phrase in the […]

 
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, […]

 Determined to bring the spirit of “rugged individualism” back to Washington
With the fighting spirit demonstrated by many of her fellow Alaskans, Sarah Palin has entered the national political arena ready to take on anything her opponents can come up with. An instant lightning rod for media attention, Governor Palin has risen to the occasion, holding […]

Thomas Frey: In 1976, President Gerald Ford issued an executive order forbidding the assassination of any foreign head of state. This order was issued when word leaked out that the CIA had made several attempts on Castro’s life as well as other “enemies” of the US. 
 
This is a topic that I’ve often […]

 
Frog Design has been busy re-inventing the light bulb, while Edison mumbles and rolls over in his grave. Frog is the legendary firm that has designed some of the first Apple computers, Sony TVs, and a whole lot of other neat stuff that you probably love.

Exploring the science of artificial touch
Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable “e-skin” that can feel heat and pressure like humans.

 
 Mini-Windmills
They are small and look more like art than innovation. But the mini-windmills built by a British company could soon be on roofs across Europe and the US — if German energy giant RWE has its way.

 
 Store workers texting their friends
Although Africa has always had a modest middle class made up mostly of government workers or others tied to the ruling elite, the middle ranks have begun to expand in recent years with private sector employees. They include secretaries, computer gurus, merchants and others who by virtue of education, geography or […]

Bring it On !!! Yea Thats What I Thought!!!
This basically means the guy can eat and even digest metal, glass and even toxic, poisonous material without going “Oh, shit! What was I thinking!” before puking blood and dying, which is what normally happens when other people try… read more….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4co_oV0BoPc

Clever perspective from the world down under
Simple, yet very imaginative ad for Madrid Metro. Your daily subway commute will never be the same. Second video after the jump.
  

 
Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a “visual computing era”.

 
I think the feeling of independence has no parallel. And this same feeling is valued to great heights by people with some physical impairment. We have products for everything, be it luxury or survival, but I wonder whether a device has hatched to take care of the blind single-handedly, without seeking the presence of well-wishers.

 
Designer Vivien Muller’s Solar Cell Tree Charger takes a page from nature, using solar panels as leaves that’ll allow it to soak up energy from the sun.

I Want One

Vehicle modder Daniel Deutsch (creator of the wonderful R2D2 projector) had built his own Landspeeder with a custom aluminum chassis. It travels a maximum of 25 MPH and can putter around in a Segway-like sphere of influence: a few miles on a single charge. Perfect for running down womp rats, but the X-34 […]

 Setting up camp in places most people can’t get to
EarthRoamer Xpedition Vehicles are designed to travel to four-wheel drive accessible, remote locations and provide a comfortable year-round camping experience without dependence on external power or utility hook ups.  (Pics)

The DaVinci Institute hopes to set a new standard for science museums
“Make the Difference Network” is an online resource for connecting donors with non-profits. Started by famed actress Jessica Biel, the site has been designed to draw attention to some of the lesser known causes. The DaVinci Institute and its plans for the Museum of […]

 
Ingenuity at its finest
Here at the Impact Lab, we love concept vehicles - not because we somehow think they’ll ever make it to market, but because we’re impressed by the innovative thinking behind them. Take the Peugeot 888, which looks like a very slick two-seater - but much more when you dig a little deeper. […]

 
In 2008, solar power seems to be the hot topic for alternative fuel use. Solar powered products are already coming down in price so that the average consumer can take it home and use it, but now scientist are turning to the moon as well as the sun for power. Could the moon fuel our […]

 
When we think of the human tongue, we think of a piece of human flesh that serves a lot of purposes, whether it is tasting food, cleaning our lips and mouth, kissing, swallowing and much more. And now, Georgia Tech scientists have come up with a breakthrough technology that is going to add yet another […]

 
But can the people get along?
The Mayans and Egyptians constructed incredible feats of architecture able to weather the test of time, but they had no idea their pyramids would inspire the shape of the latest carbon-neutral super-structure to hit Dubai.

 
Miami is the land of the surf and the beach; hot babes and dishy guys dot the landscape. A little change in scene is about to happen because the residents are going eco friendly in a very subtle way.

 
The bear-attack patient after the successful transplant
A Chinese medical team led by Shuzhong Guo of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an has successfully completed the first transplant to include facial bone in a transplant on a man whose face was slashed by a bear. The Chinese graft included muscles, nerves, blood vessels, cartilage and […]