The Plastiki, made from 12,500 recycled plastic PET bottles, sailed from San Francisco to Sydney in 130 days to raise awareness about the amount of plastic floating in the world’s oceans.

The National Trust placed 10 giant sofas, all of them stuffed with hay and covered in grass, in various places in the UK to encourage citizens to go out more often and enjoy the summer outdoors.

These tough-ass minifigs were inked using ballpoint pens. Barcelona-based Grey agency made these pictures for a series of Pilot pen advertisements. We wonder if LEGO would approve of these.

Looking like they came out of the 1980s, these sneakers are both stylish and practical.  Made of suede, nylon mesh, and a specially designed sole that cushions and has good grip.

At first glance, it’s a shiny but unassuming world map. But the layer of gold foil can be scratched off to reveal a colorful and more detailed map. Perfect for globetrotters – and lottery players.

Although it looks a bit off-kilter at first glance, we’re grown to love designer Tiancheng Luo’s concept for a clock, which he designed with people who stay up late in mind. 6pm is the new 12am.

The guys at Design Q figured you must need a new SUV to go with your Explorer Jet plane, so they created this Range Rover, pimped out with a humidor and mini spa among other upgrades.

Berlin’s VR/Urban put together this strange contraption: a slingshot, which when fired, sends an SMS message through the air and lands it on a big screen. Weird, but cool when you see it.

Any movie with vampires, guns, mutants, and fistfights on moving vehicles needs to go on our “ones to watch” list. Scott Stewart, the film’s creator, did effects for Sin City and Iron Man.

Nerdcore rapper ytcracker takes on classic 1980s video games in this music video, animated by Doctor Octoroc, the same guy responsible for 8-bit Dr. Horrible. Let the pop culture references fly!

If you had any doubts that Google was watching your every move, just install this Firefox plug-in which fires off an annoying airhorn alarm every time data is sent to Google as you browse the web.

Our experience shooting off fireworks is limited to the occasional bottle rocket, but these guys did just a little more than that, shooting off 15,000 fireworks in sequence from a single ignition.

Featuring a minimal one-handed display, each Solus is crafted from a hefty titanium case, and powered by a Swiss-made Ronda movement. Available with either a Titanium or Leather band.

We can’t help but wonder how they managed to stop this poor dog once he crossed out of the frame. Do not under any circumstances try this at home. Or if you do, at least try it with your cat.

Craving some sugary sweets at your desk, and already filled up on mini donuts? Get your hands on this essential bit of cookery, and you’ll be popping tiny cupcakes in your mouth in 5 minutes flat.

Last Exit To Nowhere has been dubbed the “movie geek’s mecca”, and rightly so. The shop sells clothes and posters inspired by popular movies, from Ferris Bueller to Blade Runner.

Show everyone that you’re a bad ass even when you’re fast asleep with Urban Outfitters’ Good Nite pillowcases. Chuck Norris probably owns a ton of these. Exclusively available online.

The Flipboard iPad app is the magazine of the future. It aggregates content shared by your friends via twitter, facebook and from other online sources into a sleek and snappy magazine layout.

If you think about the number of cigarettes smoked during the first three seasons of Mad Men, we’re pretty sure everyone in the show would have died of lung cancer by the start of this season.

Tony Nijhuis’ incredible R/C model plane not only looks just like the real B-50 bomber on which it’s based, it actually flies. The plane has a 19-foot wingspan, and took 2 years and $9000 to build.

Apple’s new Mac Pro desktop is a beast. The updated aluminum “cheese-grater” case makes for easy upgrades, and handles up to 12 CPU cores, thanks to a pair of 6-core Intel Xeons. Full system specs here.

Do you miss/hate your ex? Move on with your life using Ex-blocker. It creates a plug-in that (mostly) blocks any ex-related content, for up to 5 exes! Also proven to work against Justin Bieber.

Who knew The Who could sound so good played on ukuleles. Thanks to the Durham Ukelele Orchestra, we now know these tiny Hawaiian guitars can rock. Yeah, we know the guy on bass is cheating.