Rafael Rozenkranz designed a washable jogging suit that has a MP3 player built into it. A kinetic generator powers the player, which is controlled with large buttons on the chest. Best of all, the skintight suit will look so very attractive on you.

Link -via DVICE | Project Website

You can find this amusing sculpture by Miquel Barceló in Union Square in New York City. It stands 26 feet tall and weighs 7 tons. Why an elephant, let alone one in this position? The artist explained, "A tree looks like an upside-down elephant, and when you touch a tree, it feels like the skin of an elephant."

Link -via My Modern Met | Photo: Marlborough Gallery

Previously by Miquel Barceló: The UN's New Grotto

Chicago-based artist Mary Ellen Croteau made this self-portrait out of translucent plastic bottle caps. When carefully stacked in different combinations, they produce a wide array of colors. This entire mosaic is eight by seven feet across.

Link -via Dude Craft

From 1836 to 1940, the Bellville family of London operated a business of letting people know the time. Ruth Bellville, the most famous member of that family, walked around London with a high grade watch that had been set to within one tenth of a second of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. For a fee, she'd tell you the current time:

Clients checked their timepieces against the Belvilles' silver "chronometer", which was called Arnold after its maker, and paid for the privilege.

Such was the reliability of Ruth Belville and Arnold as distributors of GMT that competition from the electric signals of the Standard Time Company could not put them out of business, despite a "dirty tricks" campaign, through lecture halls and newspapers, to undermine Ruth's old-fashioned practice.

Belville continued to ply her trade up to the age of 86, including making the twelve-mile journey on foot to Greenwich.

Link -via Nerdcore | Photo: Futility Closet

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Brad Slattery made Super Pixel Bros., a version of Super Mario Bros. that is played with 64 alternating lights. The whole design is quite minimal. There's a 8X8 LED matrix, a digital display, and controller buttons mounted onto a circuit board. There are multiple levels in the game, each of which is 120 pixels wide. Mario is represented by a simple yellow dot.

http://www.bradsprojects.com/electronics/Bradsprojects-SuperPixelBros.html -via Bit Rebels

The Migrations Map is an interactive map that lets you see which countries people are moving to and from across the world. Here, for example, are the ten largest streams of immigrants into Australia. The UK contributes the largest share with over one million current residents of Australia.

This map was made by Martin De Wulf, a computer scientist in Brussels.

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In a way, this actually makes it simpler. But I'll probably end up using tax preparation software anyway.

-via Glenn Reynolds | Image: Daniel J. Velleman

I can't find any information about this marvelous invention other than that it was spotted at the University of California at Davis. It does not appear to be a commercially-available product, but a one-off structure. I know one thing with certainty: I want one.

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The Jedi Kittens are back! This time, there's a frantic chase through a trench on the surface of the Death Star (or something approximate) followed by a lightsaber duel.

-via Nerd Bastards

Calguns forum user mossy loves the Portal video game franchise, so he had these custom grips made for his 1911 handguns. They're made of walnut wood, mother of pearl, brass, and silver. The text reads "The cake is a lie." If the reference is unfamiliar, the always handy Know Your Meme will bring you up to speed.

Link -via Everyday, No Days Off

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Scott Coxhead, a video game modder, has made Nyan Cat into a usable weapon in the first-person shooter game Unreal Tournament 3. The animation and music quality are outstanding. It also looks like a very useful weapon, as Nyan Cat can be fired around corners.

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Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is known for pushing the boundaries of art. In the past, he's made a machine that produces excrement and has tattooed pigs. More recently, he's been engraving beautiful and intricate patterns into car tires.

Link -via Dude Craft

Previously: Tire Art by Betsabeé Romero

Maru, the web celebrity cat from Japan, loves to crawl in and out of boxes. A young lady in Edinburgh named Rachel made this excellent costume in imitation of him. We need a video. Nay, we need impersonating Maru to become a major Internet meme.

Link -via Craft | Photo: That in Black Ink

Katalina of TheYouFinder bought a bag of gummi eggs and looked for a creative way to use them. After exploring her options, she decided to make these gorgeous cupcakes that come from a modified buttermilk pancake recipe but completely real bacon.

http://www.theyoufinder.com/home/2011/09/16/pancake-bacon-and-egg-cupcakes/ -via Tasteologie

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Are you prepared to shelter in place for a few weeks? Are you ready to get out of your area quickly with all of the equipment that you need? What disaster scenarios are you ready for?

Like the Boy Scouts say, be prepared. This man is and he will tell you how to be ready to face hard living in an urban environment.

-via Everyday, No Days Off