Take a seat on our favorite invertebrate
Octopi have three hearts. They change colors to show emotion. (When they're red they're happy, white they're scared). They are able to use tools, build structures, commit what they've learned to long term memory and are otherwise remarkably intelligent, that despite only 30% of their neurons being located in their ...
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Buzz about Carpetzz
A carpet may be among the last items on a list of household items you'd think about designing yourself. But there's one website that makes doing exactly that surprisingly easy: Carpetzz. Read the rest of this review on our cool websites blog
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Hydrofloor covers an indoor pool beneath your feet
You've seen it in so many James Bond movies: a villain makes the floor drop away sending a would-be hero falling into a pool of water filled with piranhas or electric eels or the like. Well, remove the piranhas and the eels and the plans for world domination from ...
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Monte Rosa Hütte: The high-design mountain hut of the future
There may be no country in the world as into hiking and mountaineering as Switzerland. The Alpine nation is criss-crossed by trekking trails and dotted with remote hiking shelters. Most of those shelters are basic—a roof, a few beds, an outhouse, perhaps a wood burning stove. But one Swiss shelter ...
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The world’s easiest-to-make bed?
Instead of cleaning up a bedroom, some people throw their stray clothing into a closet. Instead of organizing shelves and drawers, some people pile their belongings in the basement. And instead of making their bed, some people get a Zip Bed. The Zip Bed, from the Italian design company Florida Furniture, is ideal ...
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One cool, small apartment
An apartment that's 32 square meters (344 sq. feet) is small. Really small. By way of comparison, that's about the same amount of space it would take to park three mid-sized sedans (think Toyota Camry) side by side. So, how many rooms could you squeeze into a 32 square meter apartment? ...
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