Ektopia

So, you’re fishing by the river when you drop your iPhone in the water. What do you do? Cry like a babny who’s just dropped their dummy? Nope. Take it to pieces and make a fishing fly out of the little pieces! [via]

As part of Electrolux Design Lab 2008 comes the Scan Toaster which will connect to a PC via USB and burn news into your bread!

Bwack created a mega sampler, which Family Force 5 used on tour. It’s as impressive as it is ridiculous. [via]

Mum, Dad, I’m Into Steampunk is a charming short monologue by Marko Kaye.
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[...] Don’t get me wrong; I still live in your world. In this very house even. But now I exist between two eras: an Edwardian past and a quixotic future where dirigibles can travel through space and time. [...]

The creators of iMilk bring you iBeer for your iPhone! [via]

Netters Anatomy comes to the iPhone - “Using outstanding anatomical illustrations from Netter’s hugely popular Atlas of Human Anatomy (4th Edition), Netter’s Anatomy allows you to carry the bestselling reference for human anatomy on your iPhone or iPod touch. Navigate through images with the flick of a finger, pinch to zoom, and tap to test your knowledge of muscles, bones, vessels, viscera and the joints. Use study mode to explore images at your own pace and quiz mode to test yourself on what you know”. Here’s a video of it in action. Another reason to covert the iPhone. [via]

Hacked is a USB drive that nobody will bother about stealing; they’ll just be throwing it away! [via]

The Nuforce Icon is a tidy little amp designed to work with a computer. Hook it up via a USB cable for “audiophile-grade” sound. Looks like an interesting option for the Home Theatre PC market. Nice simple styling too. [via]

Just in case you’ve been stuck without a computer for the last week or so… Radiohead’s new video is amazing and is based on a large file containing comma separated values (CVS) from an original collection of data from laser scanning…thing! The data’s available to download too and comes packaged with a Creative Commons licence so you can use the data to create remixes etc. [via]

The Sound Chaser is a little stylus carrying train that follows a vinyl track that is made up from old cut-up records so the pieces can be assembled to create an infinate amount of tunes with bad timing! I love it; genius. [via]