Toilet Bike

Jobs' 317 patents, a toilet motorcycle, Portland pet-sitters and more in our look at the web this week

Only in Japan could you find a gem like this. The three-wheeled Toilet Bike Neo is powered by “100% biogas”, which we can only imagine to mean just what you’re thinking. This weekend will start its trek across Japan from Kyushu to Tokyo.

Farther

Jobs' 317 patents, a toilet motorcycle, Portland pet-sitters and more in our look at the web this week

Centered around one of the gnarliest big-mountain snowboarders, Jeremy Jones, the film documents his trek to ride the most breathtaking lines in the world’s most unreachable peaks. Telling the unbelievable story in gorgeous HD cinematography, with what one can imagine was a quarter of the Art of Flight budget, Farther will not disappoint.

Polar Ice Cubes

Jobs' 317 patents, a toilet motorcycle, Portland pet-sitters and more in our look at the web this week

Whimsical ice molds from Japanese store Monos replace the classic cube with polar bears and penguins perched atop floating icebergs, like tiny, ephemeral Natural History Museum dioramas for your water glass.