Jelloware are disposable cups made entirely out of agar agar (a gelatinous substance derived from red algae) and cast in different flavors, such as lemon-basil, ginger-mint, or rosemary-beet, each specifically designed to compliment a corresponding drink, thus making it edible cups.

Jelloware is bio-degradable, so it can be thrown on to grass. Since it is made [...]

Get To The Points are magnetic Slip-Over-the-Page bookmarks. These colorful, reusable magnetic bookmarks are a super easy way to prominently mark a specific line of text for future reference, a memorable passage in a book, or earmark all your favorite recipes. Simply open the point and slip the bookmark over a page and it will [...]

The Insect Hotel is the winner of the British Land (a British real estate company) architecture competition called Beyond the Hive for artists to come up with designs for urban habitats for insect species.
The competition was held in London and the winning design was from a London based architecture consulting firm, Arup [...]

The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has launched an innovative and interactive mural campaign using Twitter. These murals pull content from Twitter to display real-time updates from and about Canada. These are installed on different streets of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
The murals feature touchscreen interfaces that centralize tourist buzz by displaying live tweets [...]

OneDown mousetrap is an idea similar to the upstanding toothbrush we covered earlier but there is a twist. The trap will swing upright only if the rodent is trapped inside and it is an indication that it has been trapped. Clever design! [via]

Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak spatial operating environment — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Don’t miss the TED talk video above.

The Tourist Lane is yet another “mission” from the Improv Everywhere team. Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. New York based Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents.
This time they created separate walking lanes for tourists and New Yorkers on a Fifth [...]

Roll It is a cylindrical house design by a team from various departments of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.

The experimental modular prototype provides a flexible space within a minimum housing unit. Three different sections are dedicated to different functional needs: there’s a bed and table in section, an exercise cylinder, and [...]

Light Touch is an amazing miniature projection product from Light Blue Optics, a company based in Cambridge, UK.
Light Blue Optics uses a technology called Holographic Laser Projection (HLP). HLP can create bright, high-resolution images, works on all types of surfaces and can turn any flat surface into a touch screen.
Following video demonstrates the technology.

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