This is a “Flaminrose”, a flamingo inspired prosthetic leg for wine glasses with broken stems. It was created by neverita design as part of their ‘Emergency Aid’ project, which “aims to transform broken and unusable objects into creative products.” Man, where have these been my entire relationship? I swear, if
This is a short video (complete with sick soundtrack) of the elite armed rollerblading police force being trained in Karachi, Pakistan to help combat street harassment and theft. Admittedly, rollerblades are fast. Also admittedly, they’re significantly not fast at all on anything that isn’t concrete or asphalt, which I imagine
Designer Chad Lalande 3-D printed this head safety hoop for his 18-year old blind Pomeranian Sienna to prevent her from running into door frames and walls when she feels like romping around. That is sweet. Some more info from Chad while I activate my at-home dog treat dispenser. “You mean
Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and that will led environmentalist Taylor Mali to develop the Snatchelator, a 28-foot telescoping paint roller modified with some gnarly looking bent metal braces that’s proven very successful at removing plastic bags from trees in his Carroll Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn. Some more
This is the very real and very available on Amazon FartVac, a $12 hose and bulb vacuum with an activated carbon filter at the end designed to suck up farts from your pants before filtering the smell out of them and releasing them back into the wild. Now I know
These are two cat themed ear savers/strap holders for face masks. I tried to find where the first one came from without much luck (despite reaching out to some of the shiftiest internet spelunkers I know), but the second one is 3D printable for free with the file download available
Because why do the heavy lifting if you don’t have to, this is a short video of a very festive Christmas lights display on one house, and a neighbor’s ‘DITTO’ follow up. Classic. I know I’ve seen this sort of thing before but I can’t remember where because my brain
Because nature is often an afterthought in humanity’s race towards progress, this is a video from the recently constructed (2018) Parleys Canyon Wildlife Overpass above Interstate 80 in Utah that allows animals to safely cross six lanes of traffic without getting flattened. The overpass, which is 320-feet long and 50-feet