A snug mobile shelter for the homeless, called EDAR, a covered contraption that looks like the offspring of a shopping cart and a pop-up camper makes its debut in Los Angeles. L.A Times View full entry

Space 15 Twenty is a new retail experiment in Hollywood, organized by Urban Outfitters, in collaboration with rotating creative brands (such as first resident LA architecture bookstore Hennessey + Ingalls). Opening tonight, 7-10pm. View full entry

At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo, talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play.Ted Talks View full entry

It's a dictionary! It's a thesaurus! Great for architects, writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists! Visuwords.com View full entry

"Hello futurists," the blog says... The year is 2050. bus of the future View full entry

German plumbing manufacturer Duravit recently opened a showroom on Madison Avenue in NYC, it's first showroom in the United States. Designed by Schmutz + Partner of Stuttgart, Germany, Duravit NYC is characterized by it's tranquil blue-palette, a metaphor the designer calls upon to symbolize... View full entry

It is a very empty city. via El Pais. Thanks Bora. View full entry

Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos. The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving parts. The US government has licensed the technology to... View full entry

.., where 'cutting edge technology' results in 'amazing architecture' with 'incredible views, exotic bedrooms with whirlpool,' designed around 'spacious living and large kitchen,' as seen on 'HGTV, Discovery and Travel Channels,' is for sale, too. LivE HErE! View full entry

Security experts reckon the latest technology can detect hostile intentions before something bad happens. As object- and motion-recognition technology improves, researchers are starting to focus on facial expressions and what they can reveal. Micro-expressions are largely involuntary. There are... View full entry

British engineers have unveiled plans for the world's first 1,000mph car, a muscular streak of gunmetal and orange designed not to break the world land speed record but to shatter it. guardian View full entry

aka 'Repliee R-1,' is made... Read & watch here... View full entry

The Hack-your-IKEA competition recently selected two winners and eight nominees from nearly a hundred entries. All from enthusiastic hackers that each in their own way changed an IKEA product. "Hacker war"? Find out yourself: Bustler View full entry

Why does the U.S. foster unfettered creativity only in the context of lethal technologies? In 1958, The Pentagon created the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, to make sure the United States maintained "a lead in state-of-the-art technology for military capabilities and to prevent... View full entry

The Art Directors Club New York has announced the 50 young professionals who have claimed the ADC Young Guns 6 title. View full entry