Satoshi Itasaka‘s Balloon Bench, inspired by the 1953 French film Le Ballon Rouge, looks like it’s cleverly suspended by floating balloons. In reality, it’s suspended from the ceiling by four anchors concealed by sculptures.

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Previously on Neatorama: Real Life Floating House, Inspired by Up

Attention Doctor Who fans!  Behold the Doctor Who TARDIS Floating Pen from the NeatoShop.   The pen features an awesome 3D floating TARDIS.  This is one pen you won’t be letting your friends borrow.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more fabulous Doctor Who items!

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Humans may not be able to walk on water, but an invention by Li Weiguo let us bike on water! Behold the amphibious bicycle, made by water containers jerry-rigged into pontoons:

Li Weiguo’s daughter Li Jin rides the human-powered amphibious bicycle on the water in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China on May 30, 2009. The amphibious bicycle made by Li Weiguo is equipped with eight water buckets as pontoons and adjustable vane wheels as driving power. This kind of bike can walk on land and on water.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by coconutnut.

Hoverit Ltd, a British company, has introduced the first piece in its line of magnetic ‘hover’ furniture. Dubbed ‘The Lounger’, the chair is built by hand and defies gravity through the use of repelling magnetic forces in both its bed and base. The feeling one has when kicked back in this lounger is like none other and has been described as “floating on a cloud”.

If you want a hover chair of your own it’ll set you back about £7,500.

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From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by whitespace.

Who hasn’t wanted their very own private island? And what if you could build it with some friends and free recycled objects. Sound too good to be true? This guy has built not one but two!

The original Spiral Island was (as its successor will be) built upon a floating collection used plastic bottles, all netted together to support a bamboo and plywood structure above. Located in Mexico, the original was 66 by 54 feet and was able to support full-sized mangroves to provide shade and privacy, yet also able to be moved from place to place by its creator as need with a simple motorized system.

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