Posts Written by Paul Strauss

Why should your goldfish have to live in a crummy old round fishbowl, when they could take up residence in a trendy modern dwelling instead? Stack multiples to build out your own hotel for fish.

Before the Indy 500, Top Gear US’ Tanner Foust put his truck onto a giant orange Hot Wheels ramp, living out every little kid’s fantasy and nailing a world-record 332-foot jump in the process.

New York’s //kneeon produced this rather lovely looking stop-motion video for the song Flower by Amos Lee; it takes place in a delicate world, crafted almost entirely out of white paper.

The Lambent is nigh: in the latest E3 trailer for Gears of War 3, a mysterious message that Marcus Fenix receives from his father sends him on a dangerous search mission to find him. Out 9/2011.

After watching this brief vid from YouTube user PandaSmashTV, we now know that state mottos are so yesterday, and that these slightly offensive state stereotypes are clearly currying favor.

Events in the Sky takes the translation of haute cuisine a little literal with their sky-high dining concept. The service is available at locations around the world. They do marriages too.

Think you’re pretty good at SSFIV? Why don’t you put your controller where your mouth is? Seriously. ‘Broly’ here does it and he’s one of Texas’s best. Help send this Chun-master to Evo 2011 here.

Crowbar, check. HEV Suit, check. Headcrabs, check. This game looks awesome. Wait? It came out in 1998? That didn’t stop James Benson from creating a great new trailer for Valve’s classic FPS.

Joerg Sprave is back with another dangerous weapon. This time, he fires a spinning sawblade from his slingshot of doom. Reminds us of the first time we got our hands on the Gravity Gun in HL2.

If the Transformers started out as binoculars instead of cars and trucks, this is what they’d look like. Argentine designer Juan Pablo Lasa’s concept Cyberbots binocs really need to be made.

Ah, it’s springtime and love is in the air. This yellow budgie is in love with a yellow… tennis ball. The little bird just loves to roll around atop his new-found spherical friend – and peck at it.

New augmented reality tech melds physical and virtual worlds without those pesky markers other AR technologies use. Instead, SmartAR recognizes images and objects. Another cool demo here.

Based on the iconic 1965 Ford Mustang, this custom pool table is a dead-ringer for the classic muscle car. Cast in fiberglass, molded from a real ’65 Pony, there’s even a limited-edition Shelby.

Inspired by the Large Hadron Collider, the playful Accelerator Spinning Chair from Jaanus Osugaar is a counterpoint to a rocker: it has a pair of built-in hand straps and is designed to spin instead of rock.

We’re not sure why animals like to make off with or destroy video equipment, but one of these lions to pinch this guys GoPro camera and walk around with it in her mouth while it was recording.

Robhoff’s aluminum and powder-coated steel adjustable lighting fixture design allows for countless configurations, splashing light across walls at a variety of angles and intensities.

This cup has more holes than a brick of Swiss cheese, but still keeps you beverage inside thanks to a dual-layer design. The layers also let you drink hot beverages without burning your hand.

Pro street biker Danny MacAskill takes on every curb, sidewalk, bike rack, wall, shipping container and staircase he can find as he rides through the streets of Cape Town, South Africa.

VFX director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan brings us this tale of root vegetables, muscle cars, and little fuzzy bunny rabbits. Yep, it sounds weird. It is weird. But in a good weird sort of way, we assure you.

We are loving the shapes and light that’s bundled within these pristinely cut paper lampshades, handcrafted from repurposed comic books, novels and fairy tales from Rotterdam’s Ginkgo Studio.

Now that we’ve seen this talented kid and his super rockin’ performance with a diabolo, what we suspected is confirmed: walking and chewing gum at the same time isn’t really a skill.

With the heathered look and feel of wool, nau’s water resistant Vice jacket’s recycled poly/organic cotton fabric blends the technical benefits of a soft shell with the soft texture of natural fibers.

If the Kraken has been released and you need to TCB, try the WASP Injector weapon; it injects a freezing cold ball of compressed gas into prey at 800psi nearly instantly. Video here. (Thanks Eric!)