Alex Covert - Alex Covert is a self-made technologist. He is interested in human-computer interfaces, techno gadgets, the peculiar, environmental concepts, internet phenomenons, the visually stunning, off-the-wall travel, clever marketing ideas, and luxury toys. This list is not all inclusive, however, and really, only begins to define this modern day explorer. Less [+/-]
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After-Film Fun 2 .0
MovieStinger.com is an Online Post-Credits Scene DatabaseStingers are those extra scenes or additional clips after a movie’s credits. They offer some satisfaction to those people stuck in the middle of the theater who are waiting for everyone else to exit or…
Published 625 Views
White Roofs
U.S. Wants Homeowners To Paint Rooftops a Lighter Shade of EcoWe don’t have to install CO2 scrubbers or shoot billions of tons of greenhouse gases into geological formations to save the Earth from global warming. All we have to do is paint our world a pale shade…
Published 614 Views
Deliberate Uglification
Trashing Your Camera to Deter Potential ThievesWe try so hard to prevent our shiny new possessions from getting scratched, scuffed, or dented - our cars, iPhones, laptops, etc. Heck, my brother just returned a clothes washing machine that was delivered…
Published 594 Views
Motion-Activated Movie Seats (VIDEO)
D-BOX Motion Code Rattles Audiences NationwideIn much the same way that video game controllers shake and vibrate when you get blown up, these movie theater seats react to scenes in movies. D-BOX Motion Code technology is the fancy name for motion-activated…
Published 552 Views
Ancient Typographic Rebirth (GALLERY)
‘Angels & Demons’ Ambigram Reignites Love for Mirror WordsIt seems there is a renewed interest in ambigrams thanks to Ron Howard’s movie, “Angels and Demons.” In the movie, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) comes across the word ‘Illuminati’, presented as an ambigram…
Published 953 Views
Classic Movie Makeovers
Chace Crawford Takes the Lead Role in "Footloose" RemakeThe classic movie "Footloose" debuted in 1984 and featured acting legends such as Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Chris Penn. "Footloose" is a classic tale about a rebellious teenager…
Published 512 Views
$84,800 Nissans (GALLERY)
Orange Nissan GTR Supercar Has $35,000 Worth of ExtraseBay seller vqmotoring-online has tempted our visual taste buds by auctioning off an orange Nissan GTR. This eBay listing has managed to get blogged about, probably because of its extreme amount of modifications.…
Published 1,851 Views
Virus Tracking Technology
Japanese Mobiles Single Out Swine Flu VictimsA highly invasive, government-funded application that uses GPS technology to monitor sickos has finally been created. No, I’m not talking about something useful like alerting the authorities when a violent,…
Published 505 Views
Overlooked Wind-Energy (GALLERY)
Reusing Existing StructuresMention anything about wind-turbines as potential sources of clean-energy and you'll likely hear something about them being eyesores. Not any more! Metropolis Magazine's 2009 Next Generation contest produced…
138 Views
Landline Endangerment
People Ditch Landlines for Mobiles and AlternativesI dropped my landline’s long-distance calling plan years ago, opting instead to use a cheaper alternative… my mobile phone. I have often wondered why I have the landline at all. Apparently, I’m not alone.…
Published 961 Views
Million-Friend Milestones
Oprah's Twitter Followers Reach 1 Million, And Other Tweet HeadlineIt only took Oprah one month to obtain over 1 million followers on Twitter. Since Twitter is currently the greatest thing since sliced bread according to the media, I think I’ll start posting the latest…
Published 541 Views
Fresh Summer Makeover (GALLERY)
New Coca Cola Can DesignsWhat do we think of when we think about Summer? Well yeah, ice-cold beer, but what else? Right. Ice-cold Coca Cola. And to celebrate the sunny season, Coca Cola is putting out 5 new can designs that remind…
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Ultra-Clean Hotels
No-Swine-Flu Guarantee to Revive Mexican TourismThe Swine flu scare seems to have died down, but it is still a very real concern in Mexico - the country hit the hardest by this strange-acting virus. Specifically, tourism has taken a nosedive and quite…
Published 694 Views
2 Man Guitars (VIDEO)
Antoine Dufour & Tommy Gauthier Use Four Hands for Twice the SoundThere’s two ways to play a guitar: strumming and picking. You can do both… but not like this. Watch this video as Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier show you what I mean. They play a song together and when…
Published 490 Views
Twitter Personal Ads
Radaroo Microblogs the Language of LoveDo you hear that? Something’s atwitter and I’m not talking about a state of nervous excitement… or maybe I am. Twitter is definitely in the air, though, along with the many, many applications powered by…
Published 607 Views
Swimming Power Plants (VIDEO)
Checkmate Group’s 500 ft Anaconda Creates Electricity from the OceanIt’s 600-feet long… a massive, serpent slithering through the open ocean. But this snake has good intentions. Really! Developed by the Checkmate Group, the “anaconda” is the latest design that hopes to…
Published 714 Views
Twitter Rumormongering
TweetOnTheStreet.com Dishes the Dirty DetailsAs the number of Twitter users continues to grow, so too do the applications built from the millions of real-time tweets posted on the popular microblogging site. Twitter taps into the “right now,” which…
Published 1,199 Views
Wooden Bicycles (GALLERY)
Holzweg Bike Uses Ash Wood to Enhance SuspensionA lot of designs that incorporate wood try to totally replace another material such as steel or plastic. This bike design by Arndt Menke, however, uses the organic stuff in only a few key locations. The…
Published 1,874 Views
Transparent Vehicles
Sara Watson Makes a Car Disappear With PaintUniversity of Central Lancashire (Uclan) design student Sara Watson wanted to make something disappear. Not with magic, but with a technique that she was more familiar with—painting. Recycling Lives,…
Published 8,823 Views
Lost Video Footage (VIDEO)
Clip of 22-Year-Old Susan Boyle Singing SurfacesIn an age of limitless video footage, juicy material is available if someone only takes the time to sift through it. Gerry McGuinness did just that - digging up this interesting piece from a long time…
Published 4,238 Views
Google Height Hacks
Discovering the Height of American IconsAfter reading a recent article about the prospects of Abraham Lincoln having a rare genetic disorder that explains his tall height, I decided to do a search on Google to see just how tall the Ex-President…
Published 927 Views
Pinched Flesh Alphabets (GALLERY)
Twisted Typography from Arjan BenningI could ramble on about the artistic underpinnings of these photos or ask such questions as “Whose skin is this?” or “How did the idea for this come about?” or “What part of the body is that?” I could.…
Published 2,426 Views
Luxe Media Loungers (GALLERY)
The Heimweh Loge is the Lamborghini of ChairsThe display of this chair with a Lamborghini in the background sets the tone appropriately, I think. Designer Helmut Schafferhofer obviously sees his Heimweh Loge chair as a luxury item. The Heimweh…
Published 1,783 Views
Bottled Bathwater
'10 Thousand BC Glacier Bath' Makes Bathing an Opulent AffairForget about drinking bottled water--now you can bathe in it! Based on the 10 Thousand BC brand of fine imported water, Glacier Bath hails from the Coastal Glacier Range in British Columbia, Canada. It…
Published 1,071 Views
Spare Desk Finders
Search For Your New Office Space with 'Desk Space Genie'There’s nothing fancy-looking about the site, but then, those are the website that surprise you the most, aren’t they? DeskSpaceGenie.co.uk is the UK’s (and potentially the world’s) first web site for…
Published 910 Views
Musical Odes to Sci-Fi (VIDEO)
10 Strange Star Wars Songs, From Banjo To Homemade TubaThere are thousands of aspiring musicians who post videos of themselves and their music on YouTube in hopes of becoming the next big thing. The people in these 10 videos more than likely won’t make it…
Published 1,786 Views
Lip-Syncing iPhone Apps (VIDEO)
'Mouth Off' Gives Your Words a Virtual MouthpieceThanks to "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," 'Mouth Off' is the latest iPhone application to go viral. It works like this: Put the iPhone up to your mouth (not necessary, but kind of defeats the purpose if…
Published 1,308 Views
Fashion Model Robots (VIDEO)
The HRP-4C Is Japan's Answer to Unaging Female ModelsThis video shows Japan’s Naked Fashion Robot. OK, so she's not really naked, I guess, as her android skin is embedded with armor-like plates. Let’s call it “robot-naked." Anyway, the HRP-4C is a walking,…
Published 1,451 Views
Overachieving Toilets (VIDEO)
St. Thomas Creations' Quattro Flushing Technology is RidiculousWe eat. Our bodies get rid of the waste. No trend here, right? Perhaps not. There’s a new toilet in town, however. A company called St. Thomas Creations uses Quattro Flushing Technology that simply washes…
Published 943 Views
Segway With Legs (VIDEO)
The Cajun Crawler Redefines Geeky Personal TransitSometimes… just sometimes, you have to reinvent the wheel, or in this case, the legs. A group of students from the University of Louisiana built this Segway-ish scooter (can it be called that?) with insect-like…
Published 1,215 Views
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