I don't know much about big ships, but I do know a cool ship when I see one. The Ulstein X-Bow looks like it can take anything the sea can throw at it and its massive winch can pull 400 tons!

Citroën C-Cactus is a diesel/electric hybrid car that is made up of 40% less parts than a car of similar size. Most of the parts are made of recycled material.

Visible Body ~ Travel by the human body into a model interactive, 3D, detailed and understandable. It's like "Google Earth" Human Body!

The Magnetix iCoaster takes construction toys to the next level by using the power of magnetism.

The go-one³ is a "Human Powered Vehicle" [HPV], complete with headlight, backlight and turn signals. By the end of this year these electrical conveniences will be expanded to include an optional 500 Watt electric assist motor. Designed by Michael Goretsky

Space Invader scarf with embedded QR-code from Lendorf and Kaywa. I really like the idea of knitting your own code. How about a .org scarf?

Web Trend Map : selection of the 300 most influential and successful websites for 2008.

As I'm slowly getting over my penguin phobia, I'm starting to find this little rubber penguin usb drive strangely adorable (specially the rubber scarf).

Project of this tiny USB camera with no LCD screen. No cables are necessary. Just plug it.

The Morgan LifeCar is the most gorgeous fuel cell car I've ever seen. The LifeCar will be displayed to the public at Geneva Auto Show in March. Can't wait!

Problem: how to reduce the wild fires that ravage Table Mountain every summer. Solution: install wooden fire extinguishers that are completely useless. It’s not as dumb as it sounds…

Groovy Danit & Yinnon Simhi run Studio Groovy in Israel. They built a wooden Vespa. I don't really know what else to say.

Davone unveiled Rithm at CES, yet another designer loudspeaker. This one uses danish design and lovely woods to emulate furniture more than tech audio. Available in various woods.

Hello 8-Core Mac Pro, do you want to be my friend?

Vivid Audio will unveil this new bizarre shaped loudspeaker sound sytem, the G1 GIYA at next week's CES in Las Vegas. Suggested price? A measly $54,000. USD.

The Powerblock is a modern sculptural hidden powerstrip or recharging station. It kinda looks like a mouse made a Geodesic dome for his entrance.. Designed by Jérôme LOPÉ & Johann AUMAITRE

I just found out that I'm no better at Handbell Hero than I am at its inspiration. Still, Happy Holidays from VML Agency.

sQuba is a new prototype car that can be driven underwater, much like a James Bond car. The car will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show and I would think that we will see more of this special car in the future.

The Sony PCM-D1 is the most beautiful field record I've ever seen. I makes me want to become a sound engineer and go record pretty sounds.

BeoSound 3 by Bang & Olufsen. It’s a portable radio, clock and digital music player that also integrates a single, full-range loudspeaker unit within its compact form. Powered by a rechargeable battery, there are no cables or plugs – just incredible sound.Pre-order now.

The Crucifixion according to Google Earth: photographic project featuring four Biblical scenes as viewed from on high

Meet Lili, the little octoplush fairtrade webcam from United Pepper.

Bel-Air is a plant based air filtering system designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. Great design, even if I'm sure the plants would do just as well without the little glass bubble.

The O'Neill H4 Campack does not only look great but has an integrated camera and media player for snowboarders to record their rides! Brilliant!

The Global Incident map is a live world map of suspicious and terrorist related activity. It has so much scary information, you'll hardly want to leave your home!

Interactive Christmas lights on London's Regent Street courtesy of Nokia and Wieden + Kennedy

Called SOUND, Visionaire 53 has five 12 inch vinyl picture discs packaged inside a dome case. Each issue includes a MINI clubman vinyl killer record player: A battery operated toy car that acts as a portable record player. 4,000 made.

Yes please! Original rotary-dial phones, Bionic-Manned into cell phones. All you do is add a SIM card. Real rotary dial, real old-school bell. The best part? The battery will run it for 5 days!

Puma and W Hotels join forces. Now guests of W Hotels can design their own sneakers and get them delivered home. A special tray with choices of colors and materials has been made. Great concept and idea!

Sick of that same Earth image on your iPhone? Why not switch to Mars… Jupiter… maybe even Ganymede?

Logo size is one of the main bone of contention in the client/designer relationship. But thankfully you can get the MakeMyLogoBigger cream...

I see an iPhone and I want to paint it black... here's how. [Editor's Note: great touch with the retro logo]

MOTORAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition. With lavish 18k gold plated accents, engraved details and a black snakeskin pattern, this exclusive edition RAZR is sharper than ever. Fancy Schmancy.

Absolutely breathtaking gigapixel image of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper, and you can zoom all the way down to a 5cm x 5cm area of the 8m wide masterpiece.

The Virtual Water poster shows the total water footprint for everyday consumables like a cup of tea (90 L) or a beef steak (4500L)

Airtight's TILTVIEWER is an absolutely gorgeous 3D interface to Flickr. Wow!

Motorola´s replacement for the iconic PEBL, the brand new U9. Features a sexy design, with floating cover display and touch sensitive buttons.

Inspired by the Wild West, Steve Williams' Snake Oil Sales Van replaces the trusty steed of yore with a couple of Honda mopeds

The FleetHorse is a prototype Horse/Electric hybrid. No really, there is a horse inside, on a threadmill, which charges the batteries. Whaa?!?

Suzuki's concept X-Head, also known as TONKALICIOUS

the APTERA electric car is a contender for the Automotive X-Prize. Unfortunately their website was designed by someone that usually deals with prescription drugs companies

iStones by Brand Incubator for your ipod. They come in Wabi or Sabi. Either way, they rock. Pardon the pun(s).

The Electrobike. Cooler wheels for a warmer planet, and available through DWR for barely less than Arne Jacobsen classic Egg chair...

Absolutely gorgeous book of images body explored in our Solar System from Mercury to Neptune. Includes very recent mission images as well as re-worked images from old missions so that even old images are new.