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I know, poor form with the climate change humor, but it still doesn’t undercut the futuristic cool that is your own solar-powered floating island home.  Video after the cut.

Solar energy technologies such as photovoltaic panels could provide a third of the world’s energy by 2060 if politicians commit to limiting global warming. In 2011, the International Energy Agency has said that solar energy can make considerable contributions to solving the most urgent problem the world now faces, the greenhouse effect.

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Designer Jeff Skierka shows some nice retro audio homage with his cassette tape coffee table. You won’t even have to use a pencil to rewind.

This coffee table is a 12:1 scaled replica of a cassette tape. It is made of reclaimed maple, walnut and lucite. Dimensions are 47.25″ x 30″ x 5″ with a 3/8″ plexi top. This is a first prototype and one of a kind table. Future versions will be CNC machined out of high grade plywood with a variety of ply combinations and a glass top. This table has been an obsession of mine for 5 …
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If the meteorite ring we featured earlier isn’t your style, how about one that fuses such all time favorites as Doctor Who’s TARDIS, the insignia for Star Trek’s Star Fleet and the United States’ Space Shuttle?

This is a Sci-Fi style ring. They wanted insignias mixed in with the design. Tardis (Phone booth from Dr. Who) is center motif. With a space shuttle on one side and Star Trek symbol on the other.

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Sure, at first glance it might look like someone has gone fishing for Olympic swimmer, but what this device supposedly does is allows you to create an “infinite” swim in an otherwise regular pool.  It seems like a cheap alternative to current driven models and the manufacturer even has a video (after the cut).

The Bowswim ® Resistance Swimming System transforms your pool or swim spa into an impact-free training environment. This exercise machine is an easy-to-use, comfortable, and safe way to achieve an invigorating full-body workout.

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Ok, if this isn’t the introduction from a comic book explaining how you got your super powers, I don’t know what is. Did I mention that it is ringed by each of the planets… that rotate?  Be still my geeking heart!

This ring features a complete band of Gibeon Meteorite framed and mounted in an 18k gold band. The meteorite has been etched with nitric acid to reveal the characteristic patterns, or Widmanstatten figures, of iron meteorites, and set with 9 gemstones representing the planets of our Solar System. Mercury is represented by a rust colored Sapphire, Venus a golden …
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