1. New Ideas:

    A posting of thinking we like.

  2. Rieko Miyata

    Japanese designer Rieko Miyata forms this clamshell lookalike from coiled ribbon. click: http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/


  3. Kidrobot

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    Kidrobot claims to be the planet’s premier creator and retailer of limited edition toys, clothing, mini-figures, artwork & books. And they may even be right. Recently relocated to Melrose in L.A.

    click: kidrobot.com


  4. Mycelium Delirium

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    The largest organism on our planet is not a whale, but a bit of underground fungus (mycelium) recently discovered in eastern Oregon. Nobody knows how much it weighs, but its mass is spread across 2,000 acres, and is possibly 8,000 years old. A perfect bioorganism for a remake of The Blob.

    Click: Mycelium Delirium


  5. Izzy’s Ice Cream

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    This tiny ice cream shop in St. Paul, Minnesota is every marketer’s ice dream. As if flavors like Squad Car (coffee with donut chunks), Orca (licorice with vanilla swirl), Kalamansi sorbet (a bright citrus flavor), and Dinosaur Egg (malted vanilla with chocolate chunks) aren’t enough, you also get an “Izzy”–a tiny scoop on top of your double scoop. Handmade waffle cones have a surprise milk ball inside.

    click: izzysicecream.com


  6. Amyris

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    Cure malaria? Sure. Stop global warming? Why not? From developing a less expensive cure for malaria to fuel energy cells, Amyris Biotechnologies has received funding from a host of investors including the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation. Using metabolic engineering, which is startingly different from genetic engineering (based on the work of Jay D. Keasling, professor of chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s synthetic biology department), Amyris is able to translate synthetic biology into solutions for real-world problems. Watch for novel pharmaceuticals, renewable fuels, and specialty chemicals.

    click: amyris.com


  7. Halo 3

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    The game that gave insomnia a reason for being, Halo 3 is launching on midnight September 24 in Times Square. Third (obviously) in the Halo series from Bungie, the studio Microsoft purchased years back to help support their Xbox, the new version amps up everything.


  8. Locavores

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    The right to eat movement is taking shape as Locavores, a group located in San Francisco, challenges the world citizens to eat within a 100 mile radius of their home.

    click: locavores.com


  9. CityCars

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    Have trouble parallel parking? How are you at stacking? These electric CityCars designed by the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are perhaps the perfect fix for dense urban jams. Grab a CityCar to your destination, then deposit it at another CityCar site located at shopping and culture centers.

    click: CityCars


  10. chuck close

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    This new book of photographs by Chuck Close, A Couple Of Ways Of Doing Something, displays head shots of Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Chuck Close himself. The book is amazing not only for its lucidly aware photographs, but because the images themselves have been printed over a silver tint in the book printing process that gives the prints a halographic reality. As you turn the pages this way and that, the eyes seem to follow you.

    click: amazon.com


  11. Speaking at the T3PR Conference in New York City

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    Thinktopia CEO + Founder Patrick Hanlon will be speaking at the T3PR Conference in New York City, June 19, 2007. T3 will provide high-tech public relations practitioners with intelligence, education and tools for successful public relations campaigns. The one-day conference will have a mix of sessions led by PR industry leaders and innovators.

    click: www.prsa.org/networking/sections/technology/2007conference.html