TIMEMAPS show destinations in terms of time rather than distance. Beautiful work by Vincent Meertens.

Beautiful series of posters to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry.

The Culture Yard by AART Architects in Elsinore, Denmark.

The beautiful countryside of Afghanistan captured by Augustin Pictures.

Bianchi by Gucci bike helmet.

Bustling Captetown, the world’s least crowded places and the incredible Machu Picchu express are all part of this week’s roundup from NotVentures.

The documentary work of photographer Jooney Woodward has recently won the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize.

Beautiful collages by Matt Wisniewski.

Samuel Wilkinson and Joe Wentworth's Pendola clock.

Andrew Bannecker and Nike's pop-up space at Van Cortlandt Cross Country Track, New York.

Bionic Bopper Cars, motorized boxing machines.

Harmonic Convergence installation by Christopher Janney, at the Miami International Airport.

Swivl, a sensor enabled and motorized base for your mobile video device with a paired marker. That means this iOS compatible dock can follow your movements by tilting side to side and up and down.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Flatsun, which flares up as visitors approach.

Contact lens by Haruka Kojin at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.

Meet the Rotundus GroundBot, a programmable/remote controlled silently moving robotic mobile platform that hosts cameras and sensors.

PPP (Permanent Play Project) is the creative project which introduces new ways of 'playing' for the next generation.

Adorable owl inspired wine packaging for Two Hoots.

This September ScanLAB Projects in collaboration with Cambridge University traveled to the Arctic aboard Greenpeace's Icebreaker The Arctic Sunrise.

Max de Esteban disassembles products, photographs each of the individual parts, the reassembles the images to create haunting images of the whole.

Mey Lean Kronemann's lumiBots, small, autonomous robots that can leave glowing traces.

Rollercoaster, a sinuous pavilion by Interval Architects.

Beautiful stop motion of a sculpture in progress.

Ann Droyd's bedtimes story for gadget lovers, "Goodnight iPad".

Dark Sky app for iPad offers local, short-term weather forecasts.

Samuel Wilkinson's Biome. The terrarium contents can be cared for via a smartphone or iPad app which remotely controls the water, climate and nutrients.

DIY Vacuum-Concentrating, bittersweet apropos and homemade macaron are all part of this week’s roundup from Tasteologie and Liqurious.

The NYtimes takes a look at Carl Zimmer's “Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed".

Maurizio Cattelan's 'All' retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.

The beautiful Inspiria Science Centre by aart architects.

Edward Linacre's Namib beetle inspired Airdrop Irrigation system wins the James Dyson award.

Beautiful video of a flock of starlings at sea.

Best Made's "Big Jug" of Pure Organic Maple Syrup from New Hampshire's North Family Farms.

Rhinos in flight, electric multicopters and a 3D scanned forest are all part of this week’s roundup from NOTCOT.org.

The To-Do List Calendar by Ryan McGinness.

Carbon Fiber Furniture by Nicholas Spens & Sir James Dyson.

Bob, the adventures of a hamster who travels the world by Jacob Frey.

Ki Seung Lee's Blood pack of santaclaus encourages blood donation for the holidays.

False Bay Writer's Cabin, a beautiful retreat/guest cottage from Olson Kundig Architects.

Surreal digital art from Evgenij Soloviev.

Gvin Coyle's Companion Rack fits one rolled newspaper in its snout, with generous space for magazines in its body.

Foscarini's latest installation, Metamorphosis, opened last week in the hangars of Berlin’s former Tempelhof airport.

Playful stationery from Berlin based cut&make.

Aqueous photo series by Mark Mawson captures beautiful shapes created by paint in water.