If you are the sort that like to take shots of your favorite adult beverage and likes to drink those shots out of odd glasses this is a win for you. A set of shot glasses that look like lenses for a Canon camera have landed called the Shot Glass Lens Set. The glasses are designed by DERELIQ Designs.

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Apparently achievements like revolutionizing how people read and a secret 10,000 year clock haven’t sated Jeff’s appetite for greatness. So according to a reliable news source the Amazon founder has successfully filed a patent for smartphone air cushions. What? Yes, the medication wasn’t doing tricks on your mind: smartphone air cushions.

Turns out Mr. Bezos is sharing inventor credit with Amazon VP Greg Heart. The application was filed on February and seems to have gone through without a hitch. As for the purpose of such a strange feature on smartphones, it’s going to be a sort of air ... Read more »

We have no idea why it’s called Yotel but they’re quite the experience to stay in. Inspired by first class airline accommodation, the Yotel franchise has been around for a couple of years now with outposts in London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and a new one in New York that opened in June. The Yotel is becoming well known not so much for the breakfast buffet but its neo-futuristic design that even includes a robot luggage handler.

Since the hotel business is all about stimulating the guests, the Yotel does this and more with its Japanese-meets-NASA aesthetics and obvious lack of staff. That means concierge, receptionists, doormen, etc.

The Yotel’s biggest high tech draw, of course, is the large robotic arm that handles guest luggage. Another interesting Yotel feature is its space conscious smallness. While not cramped, the rooms are pretty basic. Im ... Read more »