Luke Jerram has created beautiful glass models of diseases such as swine flu, E.Coli, and smallpox to contrast with traditional medical renderings - these bacteria are actually transparent in nature.
The Impress foam touchscreen by Dis.play invites interaction between the human body and computer displays. It transforms an emotionally frigid object into something inviting and tactile.
The Áhöld utensils by Icelandic designer Sóley Þórisdóttir are made by offset-feeding aluminum into the 85-year-old ornate steel tools of the historic Erna Silver Workshop in Reykjavik.
Check out Tellart's beautiful, interactive "augmented reality" holiday card for 2008. Use your webcam to create flurries on your desk and play winter melodies.
Fascinating story about a gorgeous I.M. Pei-designed church in Washington, D.C. whose congregation has sued the city for declaring it an historic landmark (they want to demolish!)
Leslie Ruckman's Breathing Light Tables respond to ambient sounds, getting shy when they are separated or it's noisy - but put them together and they can have heated conversations. collab w/ Amaury Poudray
BLOOG - A machine that scrambles words and sentences of real-time blog posts, based on the look of a 1960’s Moog synthesizer. Pulling in RSS feeds, it scrolls through the text and adds/subtracts words.
![The Ufocap umbrella, which has no handle. Produced by Koryo in Seoul, South Korea. [Editor's Note: scary!]](http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/Picture_1-163.jpg)
