From Japan, an ice ball molding machine
Whiskey on the rocks. For some drinkers, that's their preference. For purists, whiskey should be had straight-up. But we imagine both groups could come together and share a drink cooled by a large, impressive-looking ice ball. Indeed, well-to-do Japanese (preferring communalism over conflict) have been drinking whiskey with large ice balls ...
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Peter Gill Case and conversation about green architecture
Since we published our review of 5 cool shipping container buildings, many more have been built. One of those: The Box Office in Providence, Rhode Island USA. The Box Office was constructed using 32 old shipping containers. In that way, it upcycled 94 tons of steel. But that isn't the Box ...
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Car tires, beer cans and vinyl records overhead
Nearly any solid object could be used to construct a roof. Choosing roofing material that's durable—and protects what's underneath—is the tricky part. Here's a review of three unusual objects that creative designers have used for their home roofs: Vinyl Records Artist and jazz musician Matt Glassmeyer is on top of the Nashville, ...
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Airwear combines airport codes with high design
Spot Cool Stuff can get geeky when it comes to airport codes. Those three letter combinations unique to every airport, used on all manner of airline documents from tickets and checked bag tags, are familiar to every frequent air traveler. So it was only a matter of time before some ...
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An amazing observation platform is proposed near Banff, Canada
Spot Cool Stuff has mixed feelings about building grandiose tourist infrastructure like the Langkawi Sky Bridge and the Grand Canyon Skywalk. We want to keep natural spaces natural. Yet some of the architecture that encroaches upon nature is fantastically cool. So it is (sort of—we'll get to that part soon) with ...
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What not to buy for man’s best friend
Last year humans world wide spent an estimated US$100 billion on products for dogs. With a market that big is it surprising that some of those products would be, shall we say, sub-optimal? With that in mind Spot Cool Stuff decided to take one of our occasional breaks in our quest ...
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