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From Photobasement.com

This is one of the more inspiring and ingenious inventions that manage to stand out of the crowd.

The prototype bookmark, currently named ABRACADABRA, is the result of some clever thinking and applied logic by  Jung-Hyun Lee, Won-Sik Chae and Rhea Jeong.

The bookmark allows you to easily continue where you left off in your book. All you need to do is squeeze the visible pad of the bookmark, forcing  air into the part of the bookmark inside the book, and abracadabra (excuse the pun), you are easily able to slide in your finger, aim your face at the book and continue reading.

A picture is worth a thousand words, as is demonstrated by this picture explaining how this smart little invention works:

Image source: Yanko Design 

Sure, it may have a corny name, but this bookmark has got a lot of guts and a unique idea that could translate it from a garage project to a major financial success. And it’s still a prototype, so the name can still be changed.

I hope so.

[from Yanko Design, via Boing Boing]

We all hate airport security. It’s an unneeded cause of stress, fatigue and high blood pressure, not to mention the many innocent people who are interogatted for a careless bit of fluid. Unfortunately, when something bad happens, everything directly or indirectly related gets beefed up. In this case it was security after 9/11.

So we all get stuck up and spend most of our time in security, though not anymore. Thanks to the Wired “How-to” Wiki, this frustrating procedure will hopefully save you a couple minutes, and a few thousand heartbeats.

Fly Through Airport Securiy - Wired How-to Wiki

Many thanks to the original author, Matthew Honan, and to the illustrator, Jason Lee.

This isn’t something you see everyday, let alone build! Hans Hemmert, a German artist, has created an accurate (and colorful!) model of a German Panther, a WWII tank.

The model is to scale, but you’ve got to see it to believe it:

Picture Credit: Inges Idee (German)

Just to put this into perspective, this is what the artist recreated with some air and plastic:

Picture Credit: Wikipedia.org

Rather amazing!

Link to Inges Idee

[Via Neatorama]

This is just a great splash of humor for everyone, for a rather boring Tuesday.

from News.com.au

Enjoy!

I love creating a round, long and clear note with some water (or wine!) and a wine glass. This guy takes it to the next level completely by organizing tens of glasses, and then playing a full-blown tune on them! Awesome stuff.

 Thanks to Amori for the link!

Another brilliant picture, this time by photographer ashraib

Happy Valentine’s Day!

PS: Hopefully more posts will be coming out more regularly, even though my spare time is a lot more scarce than it used to be.