Spotting cool stuff at the International Toy Fair
Spot Cool Stuff is freshly returned from the 2012 International Toy Fair, a huge trade show where games, puzzles, scooters, trinkets, action figures, squirt guns, building blocks, mini robots and all manner of other playthings are put on display—and then taken way too seriously. Here's our annual roundup of the new ...
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Real world play things inspired by mobile apps
Users of Apple iPads and iPhones downloaded more than 5 million mobile applications from the iTunes app store last month. About that many apps were downloaded by users of Android tablets and smartphones. A million or so more went to Blackberries and devices running other operating systems. Among the people who ...
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The only art volume you’ll ever need
If you could curate the ultimate art museum with an unlimited budget what works of art would you choose to display? A team of over 100 editors, art historians and archeologists spent more than a decade tackling that very question. The result of their collective research is displayed in an epic ...
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A Boeing 767′s amazing emergency landing
Rarely is there highly compelling video of an airplane crash landing in which no one dies and no one gets hurt. Yet—amazingly—that's exactly what happens here. A Boeing 767 LOT Airlines flight took off on a seemingly routine flight from New York City with with 230 passengers aboard. As the plane ...
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The trippy stop motion of Rymdreglage
Were you to download one song from Rymdreglage and then another from Ninja Moped you would have two songs from the same band. Why the two names? To confuse their opponents. And that's not the only strange thing about the pairing of Swedish high school friends Daniel Larsson and Tomas Redigh. ...
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Rise and fall in seven seasons
Obviously, the infographic shown below doesn't depict the lifespan of every TV show (even with the exception of some shows on HBO). My So Called Life only lasted for one season (sadly). The Simpsons has been going for more than 20. Still, it's amazing how many television series do fit ...
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