Link About It: This Week’s Picks

GPS shoes, the cure for greed, a Bad Trip and more in our look at the web this week

This Week’s LAB is Sponsored by Dos Equis 1. 1000 Years of War in Five Minutes Set to the tune of Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” an animated short neatly sums up 1,000 years of war in five minutes. Significant battles are signaled with low resolution flame spurts, with casualties reflected by the size of explosions. A bit lengthy, the video is worth watching if …

LunaHelm

GPS shoes, the cure for greed, a Bad Trip and more in our look at the web this week

Amsterdam-based conceptual (and presumably independently wealthy) artist and inventor Diddo offers an antidote to the Deadly Sin with a 5mL vial of stabilized pure dollar ink mechanically and chemically recovered from approximately $10,000 in US currency. Those in need of more, more, more can shoot up with the set’s 24-karat-gold-plated syringe.

No Place Like Home

GPS shoes, the cure for greed, a Bad Trip and more in our look at the web this week

Safety and luminescent swagger join forces in a new helmet for cyclists and skateboarders. The LunaHelm was developed at the Exertion Games Lab of Australia’s RMIT University and uses 104 LED lights to enhance rider visibility and signal turns without leaving the handlebars.