Awesome Glass

Smarter Every Day talks about the Prince Rupert’s Drop. Made of molten glass that’s been dripped into cold water, its thick end is very durable, but the slightest of cracks on its tail end causes it to explode.

Keep plenty of drinks chilled with the Brainfreeze Glass Skull Ice Bucket. Its ample cranium hold up to 54 ounces of ice, though we also like the idea of eating raspberry sorbet out of it.

Artist Eric Franklin creates incredible, luminous skulls from flameworked glass, filled with neon and mercury gas. We think the next Terminator should look like this. Available from Artworks Gallery.

NetworkA sent Signal Snowboards’ founder Dave Lee to an Italian glass factory to watch them build an amazingly gorgeous snowboard from curved, tempered glass. Will it shatter, or will it slide?

Inspired by squash courts, the ASB Glassfloor is a multi-functional flooring system made from glass and an aluminum substructure, with LED marking lines that can be selected on a touchscreen.

Clearly a fan of the The Ramones, artist Ludvig Löfgren’s handblown black glass gorilla measures 12-inches-tall, and will look great keeping watch over your classic vinyl collection.

Psalt Design’s blobby handblown glass fish bowl will remind you (and your goldfish) of a Salvador Dali painting, as it appears to be melting over the edge of whatever shelf its placed on.

Are you a fan of Bottlehood Glassware? Here’s your chance to make your own upcycled glasses or vases from bottles. The Kinkajou by Patrick Lehoux lets you score bottles with little effort.

The ShotShell XL has three times the capacity of the original ShotShell. It also weighs nearly a pound and is guaranteed not to break, so it’s as handy as a projectile as it is as a shot glass.

Your half-and-half will look way cooler served in Fred & Friends’ clear glass half-pint container. Just don’t use it for long-term storage – milk doesn’t keep as long in the light, especially left open.

If he lived here, Nemo would have no reason to leave home, thanks to this hand-blown 2.5 gallon glass fishbowl, designed by aruliden, with its undulating organic terrain to swim around.

While touch sensitive keyboards aren’t the most practical of devices, there’s no denying the feast for the eyes of Jason Gidding’s see-through keyboard and mouse, now raising funds on Kickstarter.

We want to replace all of our tumblers with these awesome glasses, which look just like a 12oz. can of Coke. Though we strongly advise against crushing one of these with your head.

And we’re not talking about a lame single shot here. This manly hand-blown crystal skull shot glass holds 2.5oz. of your your deadliest hooch. This bringer of doom comes from Fred & Friends.

A profile of Kiva Ford by online arts & crafts market Etsy. Ford is an expert glassblower who crafts both decorative and scientific glassware. Check out his shop and his website for more.

Anchor Hocking takes the familiar form of the lowly disposable plastic cup and turns it into a glass tumbler. The Sigma tumbler can carry 18-ounces of fluid. Please don’t crush cup after use.

Etsy seller Bottlehood upcycles used bottles from various drinks – softdrinks, wine, beer, vodka – cutting off their necks and smoothing the rims to create these neat tumblers.

People will be jealous of your coolness as you class up your Mountain Dew in the morning with this goofy and stylish peeing dog drinking glass, which conveniently provides an excellent refill reminder.

A colossal container made from bullet-proof glass, Macro Sea’s Glassphemy installation withstands serious blows as people throw bottles from a raised platform to rethink and revive the act of recycling.

These robots are most definitely in disguise – they’re hiding in stained glass. Handmade by Timothy Miller, his works include Optimus Prime, Unicron, Shockwave, and of course, Bumblebee.

This gorgeous USB drive concept by Mac Funamizu has us drooling over its design. The see-through glass would light up when plugged in, with different colors indicating individual file types it stores.