Petting Zoo

Matt Groening's early work for Apple, bands to watch at SXSW, chasing the Higgs Boson and more in our look at the web this week

Illustrator and author Christoph Niemann unveiled his newest project, Petting Zoo at this year’s Design Indaba to much delight. Niemann created the interactive picture book as an app, allowing you to stretch, squish, morph and play with all of the animals in his fictitious menagerie. Pick it up from iTunes.

WiFi Boosting Phone Case

Matt Groening's early work for Apple, bands to watch at SXSW, chasing the Higgs Boson and more in our look at the web this week

Only sightly larger than a standard iPhone case, Linkase both protects your phone and claims to boost wireless speeds. Simply slide up a little EMW stick and boom, your WiFI download and upload speeds will double. We haven’t tried it yet, but the brand’s demonstrative video does well to convince.

Chasing the Higgs Boson

Matt Groening's early work for Apple, bands to watch at SXSW, chasing the Higgs Boson and more in our look at the web this week

Following the landmark multimedia experience “Snowfall,” the New York Times has released another multi-chapter investigation of the Higgs Boson. While not as graphically sophisticated as its predecessor, “Chasing the Higgs Boson” is a beautifully thorough look at the so-called “god particle.”