Man Made DIY

Dave Arnold, Director of Technology at the French Culinary Institute, has imagined a burger of the future. What's so different? Oh, well, it begins with gluing strips of bacon together with Activia RM, then making a ketchup and veal stock gel with calcium lactate gluconate, which is then cut into a little circle and stuffed inside a patty made from short ribs and chuck. Then, the patty is deep fried, cooked with butter in an immersion circulator, then grilled on a makeshift charcoal grill, while toasted rye, pickles, cheese, and the bacon sheet are all cut into perfect circles. The sandwich is assembled, and when cut, the ketchup/stock gel explodes onto the plate.

Or, just watch the… read more

Yes, Marty McFly staring at his watch surrounded by flaming tire tracks and the DeLorean was awesome...in the 80s.

But, it's 2011, and while the film still hits the spot as well as it ever did, I'm always a fan of a contemporary makeover. Especially when it's this Saul… read more

Acid Cow has located a series of twenty-three illustrations from 1910 that imagine what the world would look like in the year 2000.

The designs are full of automated machines and personal flying machines and of course, the requisite automatic learning machine and motorcycles with built-in rifles and bullet… read more

This week, I've been pretty affected by a recent article in Good magazine, entitled "Hurry Up and Wait." When I first saw it, it was  the art by Mark Weaver that got me salivating...

But, then, I actually read the article, in which several forward-thinking designers, writers, and scholars explore the necessity of patience and slowness, and how it must be as important to a successful future as speed.  And it's pretty… read more