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Lunar Rethinks Rock Climbing Walls, Making Them Slicker And Smarter

Lunar Europe gives the climbing wall an aesthetic that blends into modern spaces. And of course, it’s controlled with an iPhone app.

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Watch A Tiny Rube Goldberg Machine That Makes Postcards

Watch A Tiny Rube Goldberg Machine That Makes Postcards

Melvin the Machine is the world’s smallest Rube Goldberg machine. He’s also the world’s biggest social media oversharer.

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A Giant Concrete Joke Book Provides 5,643 Square Feet Of Laffs

A Giant Concrete Joke Book Provides 5,643 Square Feet Of Laffs

The installation pays tribute to one town’s rich comedic history.

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A Mechanical Roof Tweaks Concert Acoustics In Real Time

A Mechanical Roof Tweaks Concert Acoustics In Real Time

Imagine a concert hall that adapts to each performer, during the performance.

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Hallucinations Inspire Extra Trippy Edition Of Alice In Wonderland

Hallucinations Inspire Extra Trippy Edition Of Alice In Wonderland

Yayoi Kusama sees spots--literally. Who better to redesign Lewis Carroll’s head-trippy classic?

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Watch: Swooping Birds Fly Across An Oversized Game Boy Screen, Made of 3600 LCDs

Watch: Swooping Birds Fly Across An Oversized Game Boy Screen, Made of 3600 LCDs

It’s a stunning piece of signage, and also incredibly eco-friendly.

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Student Makes Stools From A Butcher’s Discarded Cow Bones

Student Makes Stools From A Butcher’s Discarded Cow Bones

Ergonomics, Flintstones style.

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A Paintbrush That Works On The iPad

A Paintbrush That Works On The iPad

Because why are we all finger painting like children?

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Camera Describes Pictures Instead Of Taking Them, Using Crowdsourcing

Camera Describes Pictures Instead Of Taking Them, Using Crowdsourcing

Using Mechanical Turk, Matt Richardson created a camera that prints out people’s impressions of a picture, rather than the picture itself.

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Kickstarter Advice From The Guy Whose E-Paper Watch Raised $7.1M

Kickstarter Advice From The Guy Whose E-Paper Watch Raised $7.1M

Having been turned down by VCs, Eric Migicovsky turned to Kickstarter. But he did so in a highly strategic, systematic way.

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