Disgusting But Gorgeous Pics Of NYC’s Foulest Waterway
A photo essay about Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal makes you wonder: Who knew that tar, PCBs, and traces of gonorrhea could be so pretty?
Homemade Bombs? No, It’s Just Found Art
These rigged objects are made from household objects and trash.
What Life Looks Like When Wrapped In Plastic
A Spanish collective is just a few inflatable floors short of making the world’s best bouncy castles.
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How Grocery Store Design Is Wrecking The Planet
The modern grocery store is a case of mass manipulation. And it’s a likely culprit for food waste being higher than ever.
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Mapping Happiness In American Cities, Using Twitter
Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and about a zillion tweets, these maps correlate happiness and location.
An Illustrated Travelogue Of Obama’s 2008 Campaign
Now hanging in the Library of Congress, these unlikely screen-printed works from Nicola Green recall the buzz that attended Barack Obama in 2008.
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Fresh From TED: A Mind-Blowing App That Could Remake Mobile Retail
Jinha Lee, an MIT Media Lab alum, gives Co.Design a first look at an invention that allows you to try on clothes virtually.
Building A Working Plotter Made Out Of Cardboard And Glue
Hello, world! Niklas Roy teaches students to build electronics from organic materials.
From Google And Berg, A Superb Concept For Better Video Chatting
In 2011, Google Creative Lab brought on Berg to develop a video chat appliance unlike any the world had seen. The project was scrapped, but it still makes for a great story.
Watch: A Practical Preview Of Leap Motion
Leap Motion wants to make motion control your next mouse. Here’s a look at what the developers of the to-do app Clear have done with the SDK.
This Amazing Bionic Hand Can Actually Feel Someone’s Touch
Wired directly into their nervous system, this remarkable robotic hand will soon allow one amputee to actually touch and feel things again.
