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.

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Algorithms for bras, muscle car stamps, the unauthorized Kim Jong-il autobiography and more in our weekly look at the web

1. Oreo Separator Machine Taking an intellectual approach to advertising, Oreo’s mockumentary on Portland Physicist David Neevel’s Separator Machine is pure gold. Neevel’s perfectly boring disposition provides a clever tone throughout the cheeky video, and aside from finding it hilarious, we applaud Oreo for creating a viral video campaign that also speaks to the truth of their product—the cream is where it’s at! 2. Astronaut …

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Artificial retinas, a 3D-printing pen and #ifihadglass in our look at the web this week

1. #ifihadglass Glass, Google’s augmented reality eyewear device, is nearly ready for prime time and we had a chance to demo it this week; The Verge is just as excited about it as we are. The next phase of rollout invites people from all walks of life to apply for early purchase by “using Google+ or Twitter, tell us what you would do if you …