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Alpina Bike Spins your Vinyl Records as you Ride

Dutch designers have created a cycling/music machine that plays vinyl records as you ride at a consistent speed.

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Steve Jobs’ Biographer Interviewed on 60 Minutes

Walter Isaacson shares the story behind the story.

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The Future of Bike Innovation

Forget your fixie, these innovative bikes are the real deal.

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Ikea App Uses Facebook to Personalise Your Bedroom

Ikea attempt to sell you their durable and inexpensive Swedish wares by aligning them precisely with your personality, lifestyle and tastes.

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U-Boat Worx Offers Submarine Charters for Tourists

These 'personal submarines for yacht and tourism' are for those people who are desirous of exploring the depths of the ocean but who suffer the misfortune of not being Richard Branson.

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A Portable Hanging Herb Garden for Inner-City Dwellers

The dream of any inner-city or spatially-challenged dweller with a green thumb, finely tuned tastebuds and no backyard.

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Urban Farming Continues to Grow Around the World

Urban farms offer city dwellers a chance to green up their cities and get their hands dirty in the process.

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Paypal Founder’s Futuristic Floating Island City

The Silicon Valley billionaire is making plans for the project to be launched off the coast of San Francisco next year.

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Apple Unveils Eco-Friendly Campus HQ Plans

Apple's new eco-friendly HQ plans are larger-than-life.

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Japan’s Intelligent Vending Machines Know Your Type

Thinking machines are already among us, watching us, and telling us what to drink.

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Aleksander Krasinki’s Futuristic Floating Island City

Architect Aleksander Krasinski has developed and designed a futuristic island concept.

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Modular Bike Tracks Take Cycling into the Future

This design by Ines Le Bihan is proving a viable alternative to our current bike paths.

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Interview /// Voyurl Looks Closer at the Murky World of Web Analytics

Voyurl breaks down your browsing behaviour in attractive graphs.

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Facebook Launches a Free SMS App

Deactivating your Facebook account might become harder with the launch of Facebook Messenger, a free standalone SMS app.

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Apple Has More Money in the Bank than the US Government

Recent figures show that Steve Jobs is richer than the US Government.

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Tequila Could Fuel Cars as Well as Parties

Don't drink and drive. Pour it in the tank instead.

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Three Ideas Shaping the Future of Music

Technology is changing the way music is made and consumed.

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The Most Unforgettable Space Shuttle Pictures

National Geographic has compiled a photographic retrospective of the shuttle's colourful history.

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Up Bracelet Records Your Everything

Jawbone's new piece of wearable tech will keep tabs on your health.

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Weird And Wonderful Phone Chargers

Need to keep your phone charged at a festival?

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Google Insights Helps Predict The Economy

What does the average person do when confronted by something new in their life? Google it, of course.

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Iceland’s Crowdsourced Constitution. Like.

Iceland use social media to get the people's input for their new constitution.

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Students Create Futuristic Two-Wheeled Vehicle

Adelaide University students have created an inventive two wheeled contraption that could solve inner city transport issues.

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Luna Ring Could Power the World

Solar power from the moon could power the world.

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Kaiser Chiefs Want You to Make Their Album

Design and sell the new Kaiser Chief's album and earn a quid.

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Going Gaga for Google Chrome

The internet goes Gaga for Google Chrome.

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Discover the Beautiful World of Fonts with New Typography Application

Eye. Aperture. Descender. Spine. A weird collection of words, but for a typographer, a publication nerd like me or the owner of this new app they make perfect sense together.

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Highly Efficient Aero-Train Prototype that Actually Flies

A new prototype that would eliminate the problem of friction between a train and its tracks by flying extremely close to the ground.

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Open Source Classrooms Provide Ivy League Education for Free

Fancy a free Ivy League education? Open Culture will teach you everything you need to know.

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Google Gives Non-Profits a Helping Hand

Google's recent launch of Google for nonprofits brings together an extensive toolkit for non-profit organisations.

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