Full-scale X-Wing replica touches down as world's largest Lego model

A certain Jedi Master, species unknown, once said, “size matters not.” But he obviously wasn’t referring to the latest Lego creation from the Lego group. Taking the title of the world’s largest Lego model is a 1:1 scale replica of an X-Wing made up of 5,335,200 Lego bricks and taking 32 Lego [more]

HTC One sales: Holding its own against the Galaxy S4

It’s no secret. HTC’s future – along with the job of its CEO – is riding on the success of its flagship phone, the HTC One. With recent reports saying that the company is in a “freefall” while losing top staff, things weren't looking so hot. But there may be hope yet, as HTC has reported [more]

Inhalable drug delivery provides new approach to lung cancer treatment

According to American Cancer Society estimates, lung cancer will account for 27 percent of all US cancer deaths in 2013, making it by far the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women. Part of the problem is getting the toxic chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat the cancer into the lung [more]

Video: What $20 million means to both Tesla and Fisker

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Tesla Motors, Fisker, Videos When is $20 million not equal to $20 million? When, for some, it's an interest payment and, for others, it's all they're worth. Here's how that one number means two totally different things to two different green car companies. Speaking [more]

Fast and Furious 6 : un carnage automobile impliquant 400 voitures

C'est hier qu'est sorti le sixième opus de Fast and Furious, la franchise du cinéma la plus riche en octane. On connaît donc maintenant la totalité du casting automobile. Malheureusement, une grande partie n'aura pas survécu au tournage. [more]

US Cellular getting ready to launch Home Phone service

Keen to capitalize on the ever-growing segment of landline cutters, US Cellular appears to be launching a home phone service similar to the Home Connect offerings by Verizon and Sprint in the near future. According to information we've received, all you have to do is plug in a regular cordless [more]

Chrome 28 beta for Android brings translation bar, fullscreen on tablets

Internationally savvy Chrome desktop users are well acquainted with the translation bar's ability to quickly make sense of sites using foreign languages. Courtesy of the new Chrome 28 beta for Android, they can take that linguistic power on the road: the translation bar now shows up on mobile w [more]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Fires Back at Chrysler

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Fires Back at ChryslerAs expected, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired back after Chrysler issued out a rebuttal to the electric-car manufacturer’s claim that it was the first American car company to have fully repaid its government loan. Yesterday, Chrysler called Tesla out sta [more]

Can This Sleek Lighter Challenge The Zippo?

Alessi’s new Sushi lighter is at home both in your pocket and your kitchen. Design is a search to perfectly integrate form, function, and meaning. A single design can take years of iterations and refinements and still may never embody that ideal. But if it becomes iconic--think the Coca-Cola [more]

Gorgeously Complex 3-D Printed Sculptures You Can Eat

The Sugar Lab makes geometric confections, fittingly, from sugar. Much has been made about the game-changing uses and applications for 3-D printing. The technology has made headway in every field you can think of--from prosthetics and bionic organs to design and architecture to, yes, functioni [more]

Renovation On The Sly: Same Footprint, Twice The Volume

Christopher Polly’s eco-renovation of the Cosgriff House is a study in thrift. Families grow and need space to stretch out. Just not in the last few years; economic woes halted people’s enthusiasm for renovation projects. That’s poised to change: Home improvement spending is expected to [more]

Minimalist Posters That Reduce Your Favorite Movies To Basic Shapes

Graphic designer Michal Krasnopolski creates 22 movie posters that are head-scratchingly metaphorical. In the future, when the history of the Internet is taught alongside social studies and algebra in middle school, there will be a brief, marginal mention of minimalist posters and how they, fo [more]

Video: Watch a rocket-powered bicycle set a new land speed record

Filed under: Etc., Videos Frenchman François Gissy has laid claim to a new land speed record using a rocket-powered bicycle. Yes, you read that right. A rocket-powered bicycle. Gissy and his bicycle managed to hit a mind-boggling 163 miles per hour (263 kilometers per hour) over a vacant str [more]

E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum

Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: new table sizes and a matching bench have been added to London designer Mathias Hahn's E8 range of colourful wooden furniture. (more...) [more]

Camera trap captures stunning footage of a rare Javan leopard

Unlike some previous footage, fleeting and grainy, here we're lucky enough to see a Javan leopard getting all cozy in front of the camera. [more]

Samsung Galaxy S4 Aurora Red will be AT&T exclusive

Samsung's latest flagship smartphone is one of the best sellers in the market with more than 10 million units being sold in less than a month after the device's retail launch. Samsung also announced four new shades for its popular Galaxy S4 smartphone that includes Blue Arctic, Red Au [more]

It's official: HTC First UK launch is cancelled

HTC First took yet another critical hit today. The UK carrier EE (the merged Orange and T-Mobile) has confirmed it won't launch the HTC First in Britain and the pre-orders won't be fulfilled. This strike on the HTC First comes shortly after rumors that AT&T will discontinue the Fac [more]

HTC exec claims HTC One already reached 5 million sales

The HTC One got a troubled start due to supply shortages of crucial components - the aluminum unibody and the UltraPixel camera sensor - but an anonymous HTC exec speaking to the Wall Street Journal claims the phone has been doing pretty well despite that. The One launched at the end of March in [more]

Samsung device running Tizen OS confirmed by UAProf

A new device running the Tizen OS has been spotted on Samsung's UAProf website codenamed the Redwood GT-I8805. This is no real surprise as it was announced earlier by Samsung that we'll be seeing a Tizen device sometime in 2013 - in fact, even the codename Redwood has been seen floating a [more]

HTC Desire 600 dual sim goes official, Sense 5 on board

The HTC One leads the charge of the Sense 5 experience and now the HTC Desire 600 dual sim fills the ranks with an affordable alternative. The smartphone was introduced today and is supposed to bring many of the One's premium features at a far lower price point. The HTC Desire 600 dual sim [more]

diebedo francis kere: opera village transforms burkina faso

a large scale urban master plan aims to rebuild the city of laongo as a cultural, educational, and residential center based around sustainable living and construction.The post diebedo francis kere: opera village transforms burkina faso appeared first on designboom. [more]

dresden military history museum by daniel libeskind wins 2013 micheletti award

the 135 year old museum outside of dresden wins a prestigious award for its most recent renovation by studio daniel libeskind.The post dresden military history museum by daniel libeskind wins 2013 micheletti award appeared first on designboom. [more]

fausto fantinuoli x NIKE: landscapes of brazil

fausto fantinuoli created these landscapes using sneakers from two of NIKE's recent collections inspired by brazil.The post fausto fantinuoli x NIKE: landscapes of brazil appeared first on designboom. [more]