Archive for April, 2008
Trip The Light Fantastic - Remember Albert Hoffman Through Technology
The creator of LSD, Albert Hoffman, passed away this week at the ripe age of 102. After discovering the drug in 1938, the Swiss chemist accidentally got some on his finger in 1943 and experienced what is suspected to be the first LSD trip in history. After seeing a major surge in LSD during the 1960s and ’70s, it still remains popular among the youth counterculture, hippies and pretty much…
No commentsTrip The Light Fantastic emember Albert Hoffman Through Technology
The creator of LSD, Albert Hoffman, passed away this week at the ripe age of 102. After discovering the drug in 1938, the Swiss chemist accidentally got some on his finger in 1943 and experienced what is suspected to be the first LSD trip in history. After seeing a major surge in LSD during the 1960s and ’70s, it still remains popular among the youth counterculture, hippies and pretty much…
No commentsTrip The Light Fantastic — Remembering Albert Hofmann Through Technology
The creator of LSD, Albert Hofmann, passed away this week at the ripe age of 102. After discovering the drug in 1938, the Swiss chemist accidentally got some on his finger in 1943 and experienced what is suspected to be the first LSD trip in history. After seeing a major surge in LSD during the 1960s and ’70s, it still remains popular among the youth counterculture, hippies and pretty much…
No commentsTangling Your Wires On Purpose = Art
Accidentally tangling your wires into a knotted mess really sucks. Doing the same thing in a organized, purposeful fashion, can be pretty damn gorgeous. Take a look at these light installations from designer Kwangho Lee. Lee has mastered the art of tangled wires in the form of lighting fixtures.
The original concept was to strip your average everyday lamp down to it’s bare hardware. Over a …
Arcstream “Living Image” Lets You Walk On Interactive Fake Water
Jesus was known for a wide assortment of parlor tricks. If I had to choose one of Jesus’ powers, it would have to be turning water into wine, just because I’m a drunk badass like that. Arcstream AV is conquering another one of those biblical tricks with their interactive “Living Image” exhibit at The Science Museum in South Kensington, London.
Living Image uses a 6,500 lum…
Take That Thieves! ViprLock Changes The Key For Your Lock Anytime
If you go away for a few weeks and need to give your key to a housekeeper, babysitter, or dog watcher while your away, who knows whether that person is going out and making a copy of the key, with some sort of diabolical plot for thievery planned on your return. The ViprLock ensures that something like that could never happen, with its easy key lock changing.
The standard ViprLock comes with an A…
Hijos de Villa Tequila Gun: You Call That A Shot?
You feelin’ lucky today, punk? Well, shazzzam! If you need a new accessory for your Whiskey Holster, you might be very lucky indeed. The Hijos de Villa Tequila Gun chooses to opt out the violence of bullets, and replace every “shot” with 200ml of tequila in all of its drunk-aiding glory.
You know what would be awesome? Drinking all of the Tequila (since that’s the only wa…