Air de Paris

From 20 km away people can see the atmospheric pollution in Paris.
A giant helium balloon using innovative lighting shows the levels of pollution in the city air. Red shows highly polluted, orange for polluted, yellow for moderate and green for clean.

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How to Get Bruce Lee Like Strength Without Ever Going to a Gym

Bruce Lee was a paragon of cool and an icon of the ultimate bad-ass. Not only were his martial arts skills incredible, but he had such an impressive physique that even bodybuilders in the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger admired him.
What’s more impressive is that Bruce trained his body without ever stepping into a gym and with very little use of weights or machines.





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Cigarettes smoke people

This new ad campaign against the tabac in India is pretty good. Their slogan is "Cigarettes smoke people", just check out their two posters below.

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The Top 7 Deadly Burgers

DietBlog has listed what they feel are the top 7 hamburgers guaranteed to bring on an early heart attack. And damn have they got some beauties!

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Save Your Own Life

How a chair, rocks, aspirin, and a scarf can keep you alive in 12 do-or-die emergencies.

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How To Nap

For years, naps have gotten a bad rap, derided as a sign of laziness, weakness, or senility. We are 'caught' napping, or 'found asleep at the switch.' But lately napping has garnered new respect, thanks to solid scientific evidence that midday dozing benefits both mental acuity and overall health.

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Moodstream

This is pretty cool!
Getty Images has recently launched an interactive “brainstorming tool” called Moodstream. The site cycles through photos, videos and music using their huge cache of media as source material. Getty has created a tool for creative professionals (or everyone else) to find fresh inspiration. The control panel has sliders to adjust the mood and tone of the media; happy to sad, warm to cool.

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Ice Cold Snow Sauna

The Snow Room was showcased at a recent Hotel Equipment Fair in the sunny resort of Antalya, Turkey, plans are underfoot to launch it in premier luxury hotels and spas in 2008. The Snow Room, a ten-degrees-below-zero "spa" is a creation by the MNK Group, normally associated with the manufacture of saunas. Company briefs speak about the benefits of a hot-cold therapy, pointing out that it is a common practice in north European countries.

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iCondom

The company Contex is launching a new media campaign around the "apple Style" regarding their new condoms. In a nice packaging similar to the one of the iPhone, you will get 6 condoms all different for all sort of situation. The iMemory who will kept the shape of your sex, the iFood who will tast like Cola or strawberry and much more on their website.

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1/3 Of Everithing You Eat Goes Straight To The Garbage

Bruce Lee’s Top 7 Fundamentals for Getting Your Life in Shape

If you're thinking about getting your life in order than you should be looking toward legend Bruce Lee for guidance. Just take out the part about him being dead and you have some great lessons in life.

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Glo Pillow

The glo Pillow is an alternative to the traditional alarm clock. It was designed with teammate Eoin McNally in response to a brief to create a product which helps to combat the pressures of a “24 hour” lifestyle.The pillow uses an LED fabric substrate below the surface to wake the user using light. This substrate also functions as a display, showing the time on the pillows surface using the grid of LEDs below

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Cool condom packaging

Proposed new range of condom packaging that will increase appeal to the target market.

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Virtual Wall

The Virtual Wall provides a barrier made up of plasma laser beams depicting pedestrians doing what they do best and any car that crosses that barrier suffers the consequences. Okay so maybe those lasers aren’t powerful enough to do any harm but the effect is enough to make drivers and pedestrians alike follow crosswalk rules to the tee.

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Don't Smoke Tea, Drink Cigarettes

Take one of these cigarettes from your pocket, drop it into a cup of hot water and after a while start enjoying your cup of tea.

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Sudoku Toilet paper

Sudoku toilet paper is fun for you and your guests, in fact you may have trouble getting in the bathroom once this is on the roll. Just pull down the sheets and start filling in Sudoku puzzles. It is easy to play, just complete the grid so that each row, each column and each 3 by 3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.

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Test Your Breath

Check your breath by breathing into the microphone on your computer. No microphone? No problem. Just type in what you last ate. It's really funny and what a good site!

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CheeseBurger Flavored Water. Introducing “Meat Water”!

Meatwater is dinner in a bottle. It comes in a variety of colors and flavors to satisfy any palate. And whether you seek simple nutrition or serious energy enhancement, MeatWater delivers. MeatWater creates a product in the marketplace that fulfills the desire for streamlined sustenance while embracing your inner carnivore.

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The Future Of Healthcare

Microsoft’s intuitive vision of healthcare in the future and contains many interesting futuristic ideas such as the digital wallet. It is exciting to watch what kind of technology we would expect in the future and these fantastic concept ideas show what we can look forward for.

Nappak - Office sleep bag

The Nappak is a sleeping bag that is stored in a mobile trolley. This sleeping bag is designed for use in the office, and is especially idea if your office is not packed with workstations, papers and files. A nice design, especially if you want to take power naps in the afternoon.

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