FEATUREDSpiralizing! Magically turning veggies into up to 7ft "pasta" with the Benriner Spiral Slicer. Delicious Zucchini Pasta with Bolognese for humans and some Yam Pasta with Salmon and Nori for the NOTpuppy.

FEATUREDUnboxing the new MakerBot Replicator 5th Gen Desktop 3D Printer ~ fun new features from the camera to magnetic extruder head, from spring loaded nozzles to easier leveling and more...

FEATUREDINSPIRATION: London Knitting and Stitching Show 2014! From alpacas and sheep, birds and elephants, mounds of colorful wool and more...

VIDEOCaleb Wood's Plumb, free hand animation drawn frame by frame on a wall of the Prove Gallery in Duluth, Minnesota.

VIDEOStep inside 'Momentum,' installation from United Visual Artists (UVA) at Barbican Centre, London. Void of darkness, filled with 12 illuminated pendulums swinging rhythmically from the sky, time and physical space feels distorted.

FEATUREDCrufts Dog Show 2014, Day 1: Working and Pastoral (Herding) Group ~ Take a peek at some of the thousands of amazing dogs, and those special moments with their owners/handlers in between the competitions.

VIDEOOreo, Twitter, and MAYA teamed up to ask the question: What if you had a personal home version of the Oreo 3D Trending Vending Machine? Exploring quantified snacking, timeshifted tastes, and the ability to Eat the Tweets!

VIDEOFollow up for the post #56933: the Man vs. Machine (Timo Boll vs. KUKA Agilus robot) ping-pong match for KUKA Robotics.

VIDEOMAYA Design just finished building an early prototype of an Oreo 3D printer that dynamically creates cookies based on trending tweets. Premiering at SXSW this week!

VIDEOThe Foldscope, a fully functional microscope that can be laser cut or die-cut out of paper for around 50 cents and developed at Stanford.

FEATUREDThe new Dyson Cool Air Multiplier/Fan! Here's a first look at the new, 75% quieter, and 30% less energy version! Full unbox and look at the new remote, subtle display, and more!

FEATUREDElectronics Overdose - What i've learned the last few weeks as seen on the NOTLabs Instagram. A peek into our upcoming assembly line for a secret project I can't wait to share with you!

VIDEOSave the Date for an exciting duel: 11th of March man vs. machine: it's the table tennis match of a new kind featuring the table tennis champion Timo Boll versus KUKA industrial robot!

VIDEOAn orb web spider making its web, with one frame take every 4 seconds.

FEATUREDSimplethings has fun messages inside their pie boxes! The tiny cutie pie boxes say "life is short. enjoy the simplethings." and the simple pies box says "you make good decisions."

VIDEOStella Artois team up with Andy Cavatorta and indie rock band Cold War Kids

VIDEOUsing reclaimed books and hand crafted oars, Radlab has created two feature walls for Intuit's new office space in Cambridge. The book and oar walls are whimsical studies of the field condition and the wave condition respectively.

VIDEOChris Burden's Metropolis II at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The installation is an intense kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast paced, frenetic modern city with nearly 100,000 cars racing through at 240 scale miles per hour.

VIDEOBeautiful automata from Dean O'Callaghan that capture the movement of a falling water droplet.

VIDEODrone view of dolphin stampede and whales... stunning video by Captain Dave Anderson of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari in Dana Point, California

VIDEOGhostcubes, unusual hinges and attachments for cubes from juggler Erik Aberg.

VIDEOAurora, sculptures of flame. These brain-like images are photos of flames created by igniting alcohol, from Fabian Oefner.

VIDEO BBH imagines a world without color in the 'Color Prohibition' ad for Dulux paint.

VIDEOMid-run refuel from a mini plane filled with Powerade! Fun ad from The Lift.

VIDEOOverstepping Artifacts, a fractal-filled music video from Alexandre Lehmann.

VIDEOAutonomous Machines by Echo Yang. An interesting series of creative machines.

VIDEOTiny remote-control pop-up Shop zooms around the streets of Harajuku, Tokyo.

VIDEOThis Ikea RGB billboard from Thjnk and I Made This makes clever use of its limited space.

FEATUREDUnboxing the Mophie Space Pack for iPhone 5/5s. Extend your battery life and add 16GB or 32GB of storage which works like an external hard drive and more when paired with their Space app.

FEATUREDOakley Limited Edition Eyeshades 'Disruptive By Design' 2014 ~ a look back at 30 years of Oakley Eyewear leads to a special Heritage Collection this year! Love the retro logos...

VIDEOA look at Joris Laarman Lab's MX3D Metal Printing.

VIDEOMeet the Glaucus in this short from Lauren Cheung for the NY Times.

VIDEOWatch a micoscopic timelapse as a single snowflake forms.

VIDEOThe new music video for Cut Copy's "We Are Explorers" is an open-source 3D-printed story. Download the 3D models for free, print them, shoot and reshape the narrative any way you want.

VIDEOSimple Parts, Complex Effects: An exhibition of digitally fabricated design work by Joshua Vermillion and University of Calgary design students.

FEATUREDA look inside the new Philips LED SlimStyle A Shape lightbulbs - less weight, less space, less energy, and great lighting, but most interesting is the design (both inside and out!)

VIDEOJonathan Keep has a system to DIY 3D Printed Chocolate using "any 3D printer, a syringe, a bicycle pump and an empty fizzy drinks bottle."

VIDEOToyota 2014 Tundra Car-B-Q ad ~ love the epic party and time reversal that plays like an HGTV how-to show.

VIDEOCoca Cola Social Media Guard!

VIDEOMini documentary on glass blower and lighting installation artist Hiromi Takizawa's most recent light installation in downtown Riverside. "Ultraviolet."

VIDEOFord 3D Prints the 2015 Mustang in Chocolate/Sugar! With help from 3D Systems and the Sugar Lab...

VIDEOSubmerged Turntable installation by artist Evan Holm. A turntable that works even while submerged underwater.

VIDEOBlok Knives - Ben Edmonds is a Derbyshire-based knife maker who produces the most exquisite and simple kitchen knives from carbon steel and beautiful woods.

VIDEOCool video showing District Millworks make their catalog Shuffleboard table by hand!

VIDEOGreat new video for Hockeysmith - But Blood. Filmed through liquid to give it a uniquely haunting quiver.

VIDEOTHE ARK - A site specific installation by Romain Tardy and Squeaky Lobster in Proyecta Oaxaca, Ethnobotanical garden of Oaxaca, Mexico. Video Mapping Installation.

VIDEOTrailer for Ernest & Celestine ~ award winning, beautifully animated french film (coming out dubbed in english Feb 2014) about the unexpected friendship between a mouse and a bear.

VIDEOIn the UK, for the Lego Movie promotion, they even turned actual commercials into Lego versions for a whole ad break!

VIDEO][LIMINAL][ employs a swarm of hacked semi-autonomous flying drones equipped with loudspeakers to create a series of performances and an installation on the topic of relational anxiety of inhabiting spaces.

VIDEOSaatchi & Saatchi pit Samsonite luggage against gravity, monsoons and a chicken in their latest campaigns.

VIDEOThink you know how doors work? Think again. Doors reconsidered by Klemens Torggler.

VIDEOA little animated video resume of Antonin Waterkeyn, a graphic designer from Paris.

VIDEOBeautiful advert for The Americans with a timelapse motion video of the husband and wife in bed as they create the sickle and hammer with their movements.

VIDEORusty Squid created Book Hive, a movement responsive kinetic sculpture featuring 400 animatronic books, to celebrate 400 years of libraries in the city of Bristol UK.

FEATUREDKraken vs Cupid ~ for Valentine's Day, Londoners can gift inky black roses and a bottle of Kraken Rum from the Think Ink Florist!

VIDEOMichael Molina explains Pangaea with the help of a Pop-up presentation.

VIDEOWalking City from Universal Everything, a slowly evolving video sculpture.

FEATUREDFirst step before ordering 3D prints should be getting Material Sample Kits! Here's a look at the design of the ones from Shapeways. Each kit has a 3D printed safety pin of sorts and samples, with corresponding info cards!

VIDEOYoung Rival's Black Is Good music video is the trippiest Magic Eye (aka random dot autostereogram) video. Wow. Full screen it at 1080p and relax your eyes...

FEATUREDMicroduino ~ the quarter sized modular computing units that are open source and arduino compatible! From kickstarter to reality, take a peek at the little pile on my desk!

VIDEOCreaturecast shine the spotlight on Ctenophore and their cilia.

VIDEOCyclone style vortices created by heating soap bubbles from beneath.

VIDEOBoggie's Nouveau Parfum Hungarian Music Video ~ a beautiful take on the live editing of a regular girl into a pop star.

VIDEOThe Golden Age of Insect Aviation, a 10 second short from Wayne Unten.

VIDEOFollow artist and independent toy designer Joe Ledbetter as he takes you through his entire toy design process with his Chaos Bunnies project.

VIDEOThe 'Making of' for Bombay Bicycle Club's new music video 'Luna'

FEATUREDA look inside the Ace Hotel's latest in Downtown Los Angeles ~ take a look at everything from restaurant, LA Chapter, to the lobby, rooftop, pool, bars, and rooms!

VIDEOBelieved to be the world’s first multi-material inflatable 3D print. Blossom works by forcing air into the cavities of the print causing it to ‘bloom’ and thereby reveal the complexity of its physical structure.

VIDEOThe MELT Icepop Generator could make your face into a popsicle.

VIDEOIncredible footage of birds in flight from Dennis Hlynsk capture their flight paths.

FEATUREDSkookum Dog Gear ~ NOTpuppy, Bucky, tries out their (faux) Sheepskin Bed with Memory Foam, Stuffed Toy Bat, the World's Best Tennis Balls, Collar + Bungee Leash and more... Fun packaging and details.

VIDEOCastan - A bespoke typeface created for howies. Literally carved from a windfallen Welsh chestnut tree and inked to become this stunning typeface by Carter Wong for Howies.

VIDEOAUDITOIRE - Carte de Voeux 2014 - the first prototype « pop-up card » using a smartphone as projection source.

VIDEOWheel Of Life: A short film of a hand crafted paper Zoetrope coming to life from The Makerie Studio with Director André Gidoin.

VIDEOTimbre Speaker by Casey Lin - 'Timbre Speaker trims the essence of a speaker down to the very bare minimum, allowing the inherent qualities of the materials to become the centerpiece of the design.'

VIDEOA highspeed look at a bullet fired into a water balloon.

VIDEOKipling's making of the 3D Printed Monkey Madness City Jungle Shopper Bag! Fun use of their signature monkeys and 3D printing...

VIDEO'cuboino' is a tangible, digital extension for the kids' marble-game 'cuboro'. ›digital‹ blocks with different sensors/actuatos can be seamlessly combined with analog wooden blocks to create a new experience!

FEATUREDAnnouncing The NOTCOT $5 EMAIL EXPERIMENT! Feeling a little overwhelmed with not so fun emails today ~ so trying out a silly idea - curious? *Thanks for your interest! The experiment is now closed!*

VIDEOA literal explosion of flavor! Several tons of black peppercorns, cardamom, turmeric, paprika, cumin seeds, ginger, chilli and coriander were rigged to explode in perfect sync with a bespoke musical composition by Grey London for Schwartz.

VIDEOType/Dynamics by LUST - The Dutch design studio created a new interactive installation for the exhibition ‘Type/Dynamics’ at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

FEATUREDBare Conductive's Flashing Card Sets are a fun use of their Electric Paint. We Draw our own circuits and light up the Conductive Encounters!

VIDEOThe making of Siberia Elite headset, with exclusive glimpses of the manufacturing and testing process.

FEATUREDFun bicycle racks from Outline Works that show off your bike when holding it, and look like minimalist trophies when you're out cycling... and a peek at their new Elephant that holds two bikes!

FEATUREDInspiration: Portland, OR! A peek at our adventures and some of the fun food, shops, donuts, street art, and more that inspired us! Also, what's up with #PDXcarpet?

FEATUREDA gorgeous display from Makers and Merchants at Top Drawer. We love the branding and identity work from Horse and their focus on products sourced, selected, made and crafted with artisans.

FEATUREDMore highlights from January 2014's Top Drawer, Home and Craft in London. Lots of fun displays, products, and colorful goods!

FEATUREDPaper animals and playful prints from Mibo at Top Drawer including kids range with Coq en Pâte and "Save Our Species" range for raising awareness about endangered species.

VIDEOBrooklyn Boulder's Active Collaborative Workspace (ACW) in Somerville - "Built on top of a 120 foot long and 22 foot high climbing wall in the midst of the 40,000 square foot hybrid climbing facility..."

VIDEOMake Works interview ten30 design about the benefits and challenges of working with the Scottish Fashion Industry - with advice for new designers looking for factories and suppliers.

FEATUREDWhen in Portland, of course we had to check out the Ace Hotel! Take a peek inside room #420!

VIDEOMaking the Berlin Boombox. A tour to various production facilities around Berlin. Our local manufacturers put all their knowledge and passion into the creation of this cardboard ghettoblaster.

VIDEOHere's to the makers. Scoutmob Shoppe connects you to the authentic, the unique and the curious. We celebrate independent makers and their inspired goods.

FEATUREDInside Wieden + Kennedy Portland - Since featuring it in '06, finally visited the pushpin Fail Harder piece, and roamed their 600 person HQ to share the creative energy + inspiration throughout! Too much to summarize, go see the pics.

FEATUREDQuin Candy in Portland, OR - fun packaging, store, and delicious small batch, handmade gum drops, lollipops, caramels, + marshmallows in unexpected flavors like Blackberry Tangerine, Peanut Butter Roasted Banana and more!

FEATUREDInside the Wieden + Kennedy Portland Garage isn't what you'd expect. From large Faile pieces to a studio hidden in the storage closet...

FEATUREDBase Camp Brewing in Portland, OR ~ from their fun graphic design/branding, aluminum bottles, and toasted marshmallows (torched on to their pint glasses pre-pour)... to a twitter to real life high five.

VIDEO IF YOU BUILD IT, a documentary following Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie County, North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives.

VIDEOA slow motion video captures the collapse of a soap bubble in contact with a cold rod.

VIDEOKaleidoscope by Dulce Luna at IaaC -- Dots of CMY color expand when they receive an electrical impulse, simulating the camouflage technique of an octopus's skin.

FEATUREDGrain Audio's PWS (Packable Wireless System) Speaker has an enclosure made of solid Walnut wood ~ and some interesting packaging!

VIDEOOtoto, an experimental printed circuit board (PCB), which, combining sensors, inputs and touchpads, allows you to easily create your own electronic musical instrument. Designed by Dentaku.

VIDEOThree-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation by Yoichi Ochiai, Takayuki Hoshi, and Jun Rekimoto.

FEATUREDROADTRIP ADVENTURE! From LA to Park City, UT ~ we drove from the beach, across the city, offroading through the desert, up into the mountains to find the snow and back ~ truly testing the Audi 2014 Q7 TDI.

FEATUREDPop-Tarts Airstream Trailer! Made to look like a toaster complete with lever on the door and Pop-Tarts popping out the top ~ we found this at the "Road to Sochi" Olympic Trials in Park City, UT.

VIDEOWave - A 3D printable toy over at Shapeways that uses principles of physics to transfer liquids allowing for all kinds of fun arrangements.

VIDEOAre you bored with your regular old Nerf Gun? RydeSafe Reflective Decals transform it into a DEATH RAY!

VIDEOAdieu. Guy Laramée turns a set of Encyclopedia Brittanica into a mountain range.

FEATUREDEinstök Icelandic Ales - beautiful packaging we couldn't resist, and delicious beer within! Drink. Conquer. Repeat.

VIDEOBruton Stroube Studios' Annual Holiday Card. This year's takes the form of a 4-minute short integrating 3D Animation and live action footage. Enjoy!

FEATUREDStranger & Stranger delivery! Mind blowing holiday surprise from the masters of packaging ~ this year, they revisit their Holiday Spirits, turning the labels into beautifully packaged tshirts in a stunning box!

FEATUREDNOTCOT 2013 Holiday Coupons ~ More help on your holiday shopping for goodies for your loved ones... or a little something for you!

FEATUREDLet's Get Lost - You & Me - a peek at What We Do Copenhagen's wooden Faunascapes up close!

VIDEOCity Lights from Colin Rich, a stunning timelapse over the city of Los Angeles.

VIDEOExperimental animation meets pottery by Jim Le Fevre, Mike Paterson and Roops and Al Johnstone (RAMP ceramics), commissioned by the Crafts Council.

VIDEOAirbnb's latest campaign Birdbinb compares birds to travellers, creating 50 birdhouse replicas of Airbnb listings. The resulting birdhouses were strung up at the “Tree of Life” in New Orleans’ Audubon Park.

VIDEOCy Kuckenbaker sorts the San Diego traffic by color.

VIDEOPrint Happiness, a pop-up 3D printshop on Great Windmill Street, London for the charity Kids Company.

VIDEOInto the Atmosphere, a beautiful video from Michael Shainblum.

FEATUREDYETI Coolers - beyond this hardcore line of coolers are some amazing design, branding, and packaging details. Here's a close up look at the Tundra 45, SeaDek, Bear Locks, Beverage Holder, and Rod Holder. And Bucky hops in...

VIDEORollin' Safari - what if animals were round? Fun trailer for ITFS 2013.

VIDEOGrizzly Bear vs. YETI Cooler. Fun video, strangely beautiful and fascinating to watch.

VIDEO"It Couldn't Be Done: An Audi Story" ~ beautifully storybook illustrated by Mattson Creative.

VIDEOGorgeous artist's series bicycles from Herman van Hulsteijn. This collaboration with Arnhem features stunning lacquer work, urushi.

VIDEOPorsche releases .STL file for the 2014 Cayman S so you can 3D print your own mini version.

VIDEOGE and Reuben Wu (of British rock band Ladytron) collaborated to bring freight logistics to life in a cool new video: 'Over 2 Million Containers, 2000 Routes'.

VIDEOBunker 599. RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon split a concrete bunker from the 1940s to create a visitor center in the Netherlands.

VIDEOEpic Verizon Droid Commercial - 48 Hours, featuring Edward Norton. "Just your average karaoke-blasting, great escaping, ferret-winning 48-hours."

VIDEOThe Pop Dongle by Pop Secret: The First-Ever Smellable Mobile Game. Smell it while you play! By Deutsch Los Angeles and Deeplocal.

VIDEOA Four Cable Drawing Machine by David Bynoe created for the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary, Alberta.

FEATUREDThe details and tiny knots and twirls in the wood ~ inspiring details as we built this 100+ft wood fence the last few days...

VIDEO3 Union Shop - The Colby Poster Printing Company. A beautiful shot film sharing the story of the printing company behind so many of the bright text filled ads and posters angelenos have seen on telephone poles and street signs for decades...

VIDEOMore drones in the air means more targets for SkyJack, an autonomous drone that can seek out, hack, and wirelessly take over other drones within wifi distance to create your zombie drone army.

VIDEOSipho Mabona plans to fold a life-sized origami elephant.

VIDEOA temperature inversion at the Grand Canyon creates a sea of clouds and captured by Paul Lettieri.

VIDEORandom detail of the day ~ did you ever try putting in 99 (or 61-99) seconds in your microwave cook time?

FEATUREDAmazon Prime Air ~ love that Amazon is sharing their R&D experiment with 30 min delivery via drones! Fun video... interesting provocation to get people imaging the possibilities...

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Coupons are here! Here are awesome deals from some of our favorite shops to help you with your holiday shopping (or treat yourself to a little something!) Enjoy!

FEATUREDPrintstagr.am TinyBooks! Teeny tiny magnetic hard bound books filled with your instagram photos. We made some to document Bucky's first year... and they magnetically shut and stick to the fridge!

VIDEOBritish Airways - #lookup in Piccadilly Circus! Brilliant billboard where the kid looks up and points at the planes as they fly by and actually knows where they are headed!

FEATUREDA close up look at Bruce Lee Playing Cards by Dan & Dave. "The faces of the cards were inspired by the iconic tracksuit he wore in Game of Death, and feature a black stripe running through them, “like water”."

VIDEOThe uCAT, a turtle-inspired robot for exploring dangerous wrecks.

VIDEOLeif Ristroph and colleagues at NYU create a 4 winged robot whose motion is inspired by the movement of jellyfish.

VIDEOThe flight of the Volocopter VC200 which uses 18 propellers.