Unorthodox Taxidermy

Dr. Seuss was more than some silly book about weird characters that spoke in a hypnotic rhythmic rhyme. First and foremost, Seuss was an artist. Even today, his art stands to be unique and instantly recognizable. During the 30's, Seuss started to explore mediums beyond two dimensional drawings. Coupled with his esoteric nature, he created sculptures made from real animal parts called the Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy. Most of them are sold out but they are beautiful to say the least. I wish I could afford one.

Paper Plane Coffee Table

This scale paper plane model by UK designer Lorraine Brennan had me foaming at the mouth. It's made of 2mm powder coated steel with silicon insets. A perfect plane - a perfect coffee table. No plans for production yet but perhaps a copy could be made with simple plywood. Can someone help me?

Allerca Cat

Cat allergy sufferers rejoice because a biotech company called Allerca have finally begun selling their long awaited Allerca cat. These are the world's first hypo-allergnic cats. Now you may think it all sounds creepy but rest assured, these cats aren't some lab experiment grown in test tubes. Quite simply, the company has identified the gene that triggers allergies. By screening and breeding only cats who have the genes missing were they able to carefully create a new cat that doesn't carry the gene at all. Aside from its biotech origins, the Allerca cat is assured to be as healthy as any pedigree. They are loving, energetic, and very expensive. At $4,000 a pop and a year long wait list already, the company can hardly breed enough of the kitties to go around. So if you have cat allergies but love furry little felines, go ahead and put yourself on the wait list. For you non-allergy sufferers, save yourself the money and go adopt a cat. There are many that need homes.

Enlightened Couch

This sofa sleeper is designed by Giovannoni and Rodrigo Torres for domodinamica. Inspired by the greek god of sleep, it has two arms with lights in place of the gods wings. The arms are made of flexible polyurethane resins covered with elastic fabrics which makes them flexible to point the lights anywhere in or around the couch. It's not the most attractive or perhaps captivating piece of furniture one could own, but this piece truly belongs in reader's home.

Sumo Pillow

This giant pillow from Sumolounge is made from 100% space age rip-proof nylon that can't stain, smell or rip and will please your every need for relaxation. This thing is huge and it looks very comfortable, I'm thinking it can even serve as a guest bed when needed! It's available right now for only 129$ and even available in hot pink! Who's getting me one?

Livingstones

Livingstones are pieces of furniture that look like smooth rocks and pebbles. They come in a variety of natural and slate colors and even carefully textured to simulate the grain found in pebbles. Despite their appearance, they're soft and offer another way to bring the organic and outdoors into our homes. The giant cupped shaped pebble looks particularly comfortable. I want one!

Oh SNAP! Photovoltaic OLEDs

Organic light emitting diodes or OLEDs are heralded as the future of LCD technology, for its ability to turn electricity into light with very little loss of energy, making them appear brighter and more efficient. Scientists decided to think backwards and realized if you reversed the process, (light turning into electricity), you get a photovoltaic cell. They put that theory to the test and found OLEDs can not only generate light but also recover some of the energy lost by turning light back into electricity. Just think about it! Imagine your cell phone screen bright as it wants to be, when it's in idle mode, the screen captures ambient light and recharges your battery. The same tech can apply to everything from TV's to windows. Soon, OLEDs will offer both low-cost lighting and low-cost energy production.

USB CELL

These batteries from MOXIA are more than meets the eye. Aside from being rechargeable, they recharge via. . . wait for it . . . USB! Yes - flip up the green top to reveal a USB plug. Pop it into your USB 2.0 laptop and charge the batts. I can see great uses for the traditional cylinder and 9 volt batts, but the cell phone one has me perplexed. Isn't it easer to charge your phone with its supplied cable instead of removing the battery cover each time? These actually would go great with my Nintendo Wii console since the wii-mote uses 2 AA batteries. I could just plug the batteries into the Wii's USB ports to charge up. One issue I have with these batteries are they are not green; meaning environmentally friendly. Put in some green technology and I'll buy 'em. $24.99 for a 2-pack of AA's.

Engine on a Chip

The Gods that roam the hallways of MIT are at it again. Unhappy with current power hungry microchips, they are planning a chip with a built-in engine. The engine will be made from tiny bits of silicon that spin at 20,000 revolutions per second. They estimate each chip will be able to produce 10 watts of power! They envision this technology integrated into current silicon microchips, extending the battery life of devices by 10x! I bow to MIT.

Heat and Roll

The aroma towel rack by dough-heat ltd has heated side vents from which you can hang your towels to dry. You can even control the temperature via the pop-out dial on the left. Once dry, you roll them up and place them in the center. It looks great and functions.