Now you can dress up like Astro Boy. Or Pikachu. Oh, there’s more. // Armour made of gel. // Self-assembling magnets. // Inside the collider. // Panoramic sunset, La Silla observatory, Chile. (h/t, Coudal) // Composite image of M82. // The Commodore 64. (1988) // Transparent appliances. // Transparent fish with tubular eyes. (h/t, Cronaca) // Apocryphal specimens. // Octopus chandeliers. // Flash drives of note. (h/t, Metrolander) // The MP3-grenade combo. // Robots! // Five moments of cinematic superheroism. // The secret lives of comic store employees. // Imaginary numbers. // 20 grim possible endings for Battlestar Galactica. // To hell with niceness. // Saturday Morning Watchmen. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Mr John Barry.

A gallery of gulls with a taste for ice-cream. 

Run, children, run!

Christian Fauer makes images with wax crayons.

Though not in the way you’d imagine.

Via Drawn!

The Chaitén Volcano, Chile. // London of yore. (h/t, Mick) // Shopping for lingerie in Saudi Arabia. // Photographs of work. // Fun with mirrors. // Assorted aircraft factories. // More birds flocking. // Aerial landscapes. // Wingsuits. (h/t, Rob) // Colour scheme generator. // Cassette inlays. // This track is pretty awful, but the break dancing is fun. // Steampunk acid machine. // Robot meets lighthouse. // Cave for sale. $300,000. // Stealth boat for sale. // Your Lamborghini has arrived. (h/t, Coudal) // From amputee to mermaid. // Milky Way as tube map. // And, via The Thin Man and CeeMoJones, it’s St. Germain.

From Dan Meth, via Anna, comes The Trilogy Meter.

Feel free to take issue with the meter’s readings.

Japanese industrial plants. 

Via Coudal. 

Truly, we live in an age of wonders. Anna steers our attention to GoGirl, a female urination device for ladies who prefer to remain upright. “GoGirl fits easily in your purse, pocket, or glove compartment. It’s a must for travel and sports. While the concept may be new to you, European women have used female urination devices for years. GoGirl’s not the first device of its kind. But try it. And we think you’ll agree it’s easily the best. Stop taking life sitting down!”  

The GoGirl is “neat, discreet and hygienic” and comes with tissues and a splash guard. Also available: SheWee and ShePee. Avoid those questionable toilet seats and fight the patriarchy. 

Scenes from the subway. Guns, gasmasks, missing trousers. // Assorted urban camouflage. // Owlship to the rescue. // Impressive cockpits. (h/t, Coudal) // Pneumatic message networks. // Discontinued sodas. // Things made of soap. // Carry your phone in a case made of pseudo-bacon. (h/t, Anna) // Man bags of note. // Moon halo. // Blast. // Dinosaurs and robots. // Pride and Predator. // The underwater photographs of Zena Holloway. // Cake malfunctions. // More chocolate skulls. // The kitchen of tomorrow. (1943) // Bible diagrams. // Ornamental mines. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Mr Bernard Herrmann.

Paper tank. // Airplane graveyard. // “My Death Star will cost how much?” // There’s a cow in my car. (h/t, I B Friesian) // Humans are among us! // Vintage space age illustrations. (h/t, Things) // 101 infrared photographs. // Shoe Snot and Metrobot. // Barbie and her hair. // Prince Charles is a fatuous prick. // When handicrafts go wrong. (h/t, Chastity Darling) // Every single curse word from The Sopranos. // Nano-landscapes. // Gentle monsters. // Because beauty comes in all head sizes. // Drum machine. // When flowers glow. // Bushfires. // Pac-Man oven gloves. (h/t, Coudal) // And, via The Thin Man, it’s BB Davis & the Red Orchidstra.

Dan McPharlin uses cardboard to construct tiny retro synthesizers and related paraphernalia. 

There’s a short interview here.