Posts Written by Paul Strauss

Created from 380,000 Lego bricks, this life-sized Ford Explorer weighs in at a 2,654 pounds, and will eventually live at LEGOLAND Florida’s Ford Driving School. And no, you can’t drive it.

Luke Hart’s simple, yet ingenious bookshelf design automatically adapts itself to the height and weight of books placed on its bright red, rubbery shelves which return to their natural shape when empty.

Stubs the dog knows his commands. Not only does he know how to fetch a stick, but he’ll even climb a tree to retrieve his twig if he needs to. Not sure how he’d handle a taller tree though.

Artist Amy Shackleton is a painter, but she doesn’t own a single brush. Her paintings are created entirely with squeeze-bottles of paint and the creative use of gravity to direct the flow.

This fun footage of DragonCon 2011 from YouTube user beatdownboogie has clips of renowned cosplayer Yaya Han, the Nightmare Armor costume makers and a seemingly perfect soundtrack.

Lee Seo-jin’s Earth-friendly Cuptea design is a lovely marriage of disposable cup and teabag. The flat kit converts into a beautiful hexagon for flower tea and an octagonal shape for leaf tea.

Garia and Mansory have collaborated on a one-off supercar golf cart, with carbon fiber on the front and back aprons, a teak-lined cabin floor and specially designed headlights and fender gills.

The puppets of Glove and Boots start messing with the space-time continuum when Fafa builds himself a time machine. Insanity kicks in right around 1:05 and pretty much never ends.

The Dalmore Distillery Exclusive, with tastes of marmalade, roasted Java coffee, crushed pecan nuts and licorice, is a vintage 1991 single malt aged for 20 years in American white oak casks.

Industrial designer Sebastian Bergne built this awesome greenhouse entirely out of Lego bricks, recently on display at London’s Covent Gardens. Brown Lego bricks even act as mulch.

Yvan Arpa for ArtyA comingled Swiss watchmaking and firearms with a bezel and inner dial like a target sight, six 6mm Flobert bullets suspended in the dial, and three 38mm cartridges on back.

Looking like a map of the U.S., this NERF weapon fires saucer-like projectiles more than 40 feet. Holds just 5 discs at a time, so be sure to aim wisely before opening up on your victims.

Musician Jason Yang takes on Muse’s anthem Resistance on piano and electric violin. It gets a little nuts around 3:33, but an epic space-rock solo makes perfect sense in a Muse song.

Cats aren’t the only animals who like to go bowling. This hamster manages to knock down some pins without the need for a laser pointer to guide him. Best he can do is a spare though.

Space cadets, load up your phone with classic moments in space exploration, including gems like “That’s one small step for man…“, “The Eagle has landed.” and “Houston, we’ve had a problem.“

After a car wreck and the tinkerings of Dr Mechanik, this V-Rod was reincarnated as a café racer, with a handmade aluminum tank, suede seat and about 19 pounds shaved off the curb weight.

If you’ve ever spent any time on the Vegas Strip, you’ve probably endured the crowds to watch the dancing fountains at The Bellagio. This version cost way less to produce, and is more entertaining.

We have no idea why these kittens are hanging all over this vacuum in the first place. Maybe it sucked up some Tender Vittles. Regardless, they get a rude awakening when they hit the power switch.

It may look like a rolling amp and speaker cabinet for a rock band, but the On Tour cabinet from Aureate actually conceals shelves and drawers for storing books, games, movies, and what-not.

The SWYP (See What You Print) combines a desktop printer with a touchscreen tablet that’s exactly the size of the paper beneath, providing an intuitive UI and predictable printing results.

Freddie Wong only slightly exaggerates the actions Sam Fisher needs to take in order to remain in the cover of darkness. Or maybe the fluorescent tubes are more deadly than the bad guys with guns.

An extraordinary view of the Northern and Southern Auroras captured from the ISS as it orbits the globe, making Earth look like some far-off alien planet. Another awesome clip here.

Sure, the Joker and Harley Quinn already made the rounds in the Arkham Asylum, but that doesn’t mean we’re not looking forward to taking them on in this latest, villain–infested Bat-installment.