Design

An American architect has broken his own Guinness World Record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards.

Bryan Berg used 218,792 cards to create a replica of the Venetian Macau, which is on display in its namesake luxury hotel and casino.Read More

Stainless case with protective hinged lid and internal silicone bumpers ensure a tight fit for 3G or 3Gs phones

Designed by Ryan Glasgow of Portland, Oregon, these fancy iPhone cases are constructed from sturdy 304 stainless steel and cost $95.Read More

With the vertical prison concept, height becomes the wall, keeping prisoners above the surface, yet still accessible via specially designed pods which act as transportation across the prison’s grounds.Read More

The RoboPlow sports a 50" blade, six wheel drive, and a bad attitude when it comes to all things snow

This is the idea that every geek has had, but the guys at Idea Laboratories were just fed up enough to actually see it through. Watching the video will make you wonder why somebody hasn't come up with this solution before.Read More

Millau Viaduct, Millau, France

Bridges might not get the respect the world’s tallest skyscrapers get but these horizontal architectural wonders push the engineering envelope just as hard. From “Galloping Gertie” to the Golden Gate, these bridges prove the journey is often more interesting than the destination.Read More

The torch (with fuel) weighs about 3.5 pounds and contains stainless steel, aluminum and sheet-moulding compound.

The three foot torch, inspired by both the lines carved into the snow by skiers schushing down mountains and the undulating beauty of the snowy Canadian landscape, was designed by Bombardier’s aerospace and transportation design teams in collaboration with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC).Read More

Since a friend pointed out that John Coker's' I-ROC rocket looked like a Crayon®, he's had the idea in mind to build a Crayon rocket. Not just a Crayon rocket, but a pack of Crayon rockets! The smallest pack of Crayons he could find had eight, so that was his target.Read More

Yale engineering students invent spokeless bicycle wheel

Yale mechanical engineering students wanted to build a bicycle unlike any other, so they developed a single-speed, hubless rear wheel designed bicycle without spokes, using "two cranks and two bottom brackets to gear up the ratio; it goes from (IIRC) 53 to a 13, which is connected to the second crank and another 53 which connects to the rear hub."Read More

These creative sculptures are cast in resin and hand painted designs that are available as a trumpet, piano, clarinet, and guitar. Priced at $30.Read More

Billionaire Richard Branson unveils the Virgin Necker Nymph underwater "plane" to take passengers to depths of 130'

Space was apparently not the final frontier for Virgin CEO Richard Branson. The serial entrepreneur has officially unveiled his latest project, the Virgin Necker Nymph underwater plane that carries three passengers to ocean depths of 130 feet.Read More