Tardis Phone Skin
Very awesome in a nerdy way. Also its bigger on the inside than the outside.
[Via Etsy]
Prediction: TurboTax Error
More and more people are self filing or electronically filing taxes through software such as TurboTax, not to call them out specifically as I do like their software, and have not had any issues using it to date. I feel it is reasonable to predict that it is very likely in the next couple of years we will see an increase in cases where tax software is released with a glitch or error in the code which goes unnoticed for a portion of the tax season, while people who are unknowingly use this software without hesitation or consideration of the implication of its results, will file whatever the resultant return is.
Although not devastating, this would lead to a delay on returns, and a media circus surrounding what the best practices are for filing your returns, in other words it will be like April tax day sometime in February. I would not be surprised if this occurs in the 2012 or 2013 tax season with a big error.
Wood burning fireplaces may be as harmful as cigarettes.
From NIH.gov:
The sentiment that woodsmoke, being a natural substance, must be benign to humans is still sometimes heard. It is now well established, however, that wood-burning stoves and fireplaces as well as wildland and agricultural fires emit significant quantities of known health-damaging pollutants, including several carcinogenic compounds.
[via:nih.gov]
FerroFluid Lamp
[via: Kickstarter]
Nano QuadCopter Swarm
Very minority report, amazing how fast they form into groups after passing through the door. It seems as if they are being controlled via the camera network above the units so either fortunately or unfortunately this is still just in the lab.
[via: The Awesomer]
Life Sized Scrabble
From Hammacher Schlemmer:
Spanning over 49 square feet — nearly five times the size of the original— this is the world’s largest wall-mounted Scrabble game.
One of only nine in existence, it is handmade by John Kahn, renowned mixed media artist and creator of colossal pop art.
Meticulously constructed from Russian birch plywood, the 3/4″-deep back board is overlaid with the classic purple-hued background of the original game, laminated with a 0.023-gauge galvanized steel sheet, and covered by a heavy vinyl print of the playing board which is protected by a satin laminate.
Bordered by a 3/4″ x 2-1/2″ birch frame that wraps from the front to the back, the board attaches to a wall with included hardware.
The two 6′H x 5-5/8″W x 7″D birch tile racks are grooved and lined with felt, each accepting 50 of the included 100 tiles.
Made from a 3/8″ x 5/16″ rare earth magnet sandwiched between two pieces of birch plywood, each 4-3/8″-square x 3/8″-thick tile’s letter is sandblasted to a depth of 1/64″, lacquered in black, sanded, and clear-coated to a finish that will last for generations.
[via: reddit.com]
