BMW Electric Cars

Classic books for the iPad, custom-colored Leicas, MTV celebrates 30 and more in this week's look at the web

Join the debate on whether BMW’s two new plug-in cars will leave fans satisfied or leave them desiring a higher level of luxury customary to the brand.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Classic books for the iPad, custom-colored Leicas, MTV celebrates 30 and more in this week's look at the web

1. Hand iPhone Case Adding a more human—and distinctly more macabre–element to the iPhone, this creepy case lends a whole new meaning to the term hands-free. 2. ColorWare’s Leica D-Lux 5 Taking an already amazing camera to the next level, for $400 ColorWare will custom paint a Leica D-Lux 5 camera’s seven major parts, making it uniquely yours. The application’s color combinations are so fun, …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

A foldable rowboat, microscopic beauties, the human body as an instrument, and more in this week's link list

1. Genital Instruments Panties get strummed and nipples are turntables in this NSFW animated short and accompanying website from the French organization AIDES, putting a comically risqué spin on what in most other cultures would be a typically-sober public service announcement. 2. Spectacles Dazed & Confused editor John-Paul Pryor recently released his first novel called Spectacles, a “hallucinatory” ride through the Ballardian future of London …