Microchip Implants for Employees

In Sweden, a company is implanting RFID microchips into its employees. The chips—much like the ones embedded into pet dogs—are about the size of a rice grain and are placed just beneath skin between the thumb and index finger. The new program is meant to give employees a more intuitive interaction with functions like unlocking doors, using the photocopier and, in the future, buying food …

iPhone-Controlled Batmobile

Creative design company Soap Studio is bringing Batman’s Tumbler Batmobile to life with a miniature, multi-functional remote-controlled car. The 1:12 scale replica comes equipped with 16 LEDs, a night-vision camera for photo and video, a voice intercom, special engine sounds and visual effects and even adjustable spoilers, which are all controllable through a WiFi-enabled iPhone or iPad. Batman buffs can pick up the Dark Knight-inspired …

The Blizzard of 2015 in Haiku

As the much-hyped blizzard of 2015 blew on, graphic novelist Liana Finck decided the best way to capture the spirit of the storm was to live-haiku the happenings going on around her. As she sat comfortably inside a coffee shop, Finck documented her musings and observations through pictures and poems of fellow cafe-goers, people shoveling snow and a mysterious man writing equations down on a …