This Is Just Cool!

There is a new concept car by Yves Behar that is absolutely amazing. It will definitely be cool if it ever ends up in the market. Here is a brief look at ten reasons why:

1. It’s a hackable car. What this means is that the car is designed in parts that can be taken apart and then reconfigured into different shapes. You can create the size of the vehicle that you need at any given time.
2. Parts are interchangeable. This means that the number of different parts used to make this vehicle is limited which makes repairs and replacements a breeze.
3. It’s a small car. There’s a big trend towards using smaller and smaller cars right now especially in urban areas.
4. It’s an electric car. Electric vehicles are really starting to take off. This green technology is on the cutting-edge.
5. It also relies on solar power. This secondary renewable resource makes the vehicle even more powerful.
6. It is designed to be affordable. So many of the best new cars out there are expensive. This is especially true when they are green cars using forward-thinking technology in their design. This car is expected to be affordable.
7. It’s designed for the developing world. It’s not just affordable; it’s specifically targeted to benefit people living in developing nations. That’s a cool cause.
8. It’s cute. It’s just such a fun little design for a car!
9. It’s got good design behind it. Behar and his team have worked on a wide range of different products including transportation products and products for developing nations. They have a solid foundation to stand on.
10. It’s a vision of the future. This is the type of car that we’re going to see a lot of in the years to come. A car that is small, relies on multiple forms of green technology and yet is affordable for the average person. It’s going to be the norm but right now it’s a forerunner.

It’s always exciting when someone submits a suggestion to this site for something cool that we hadn’t yet come across ourselves. That was exactly how we found out about the lava pen made by Visconti. PrinterInks.com writer Peter Lavelle turned us on to it. Here’s what he had to say about this great little product:

"The new fountain pen endures boiling liquids up to 300C, and features a palladium nib – a substitute for white gold. It contains no alloys. These traits make the Visconti lava pen a calligrapher’s dream, according to the press release."

The reason that this pen is ideal for calligraphers is because of how smoothly it writes. The unique palladium nib makes crafting a calligraphic work easy and fun. Nibs are available in a variety of different sizes ranging from extra fine to stub. The item itself is available as a fountain pen or as a pencil. This means that you can do many different types of calligraphy writing with this product. And, of course, if you have a collection of pens then this will be a great addition to it since a pen made from lava is not something that you come across every day.

Unfortunately, this pen is going to be out of the price range of most people. It retails for nearly $600. It’s definitely a luxury item. It’s a nice treat for someone who can afford that luxury, though.

We’re digging these great new shoes for women from John Fluevog. As you can see from the picture above they have a really neat asymmetrical strap that catches our attention. Plus they have great embroidered detailing on the toe. This makes a woman’s feet look flirty and fun.

These heels are sexy but they’re still wearable. The heels are only two-and-a-half inches in height. That means that you get the lift that you’re looking for when you wear heels but you don’t strain your body. Also, they’re thick stacked heels so they’re really comfortable and easy to walk in.

These heels come in four different colors so you can get whatever works best for your wardrobe. We think that most stylish ones are the mauve and chocolate colored ones shown in this post. However there are also cream/grey ones, bold goldenrod/cream ones and a classic black too.

What’s great about this style of shoe is that it works well with jeans but can also be worn with skirts and dresses. That means that this isn’t a seasonal shoe. It’s perfect now; it’ll be perfect in spring and you’ll still be wearing it when summer rolls around. That helps to make up for the fact that these shoes are a little bit pricey at $249 per pair. Sure, that part’s not too cool, but they’ll last a long time and they’re still cheaper than Manolos or Louboutins.

Once you’ve seen the video above you probably won’t need any words at all to describe why the Rock, Paper, Scissors t-shirt by T-post is so cool. After all, this is amazing technology that lets you play an interactive game using a cool-looking shirt and your home computer. There’s not much more description needed than that but here are some other things you might want to know about it:

• It’s a form of augmented reality. This refers to the merging of physical life stuff with virtual imagery (and is sometimes also called mixed reality). We’re likely to see a lot more stuff like this as technology advances. At some point, we probably won’t be able to tell one reality from the other!
• You don’t actually need the T-shirt to do this. You can print the hand out from a pdf file and use that but it’s so much cooler to see a hand coming out of your t-shirt isn’t it?
• It comes from a really cool company. T-post is a company that is half t-shirt company, half magazine. Basically, you subscribe to the "magazine". Instead of getting a printed magazine, you get a T-shirt. Each tee has artwork on the front and a news story on the book. New tees come every six weeks. Very cool idea!

Have you ever seen anything else like this before?

One of the best things about being in a relationship is that you have someone to play with. Who else in your life do you tickle and horse around with and act childlike with? Of course, there’s always an element of adult fun to your partner play but it’s the fact that you’re playing that makes it all so wonderful.

That’s why the best gift that you can get for Valentine’s Day this year is a game to play with your partner. Here’s a look at five sexy Valentine’s Day games that we think are cool:

1. Lust. This is one of those gameboard games that gives you a good excuse to engage in a variety of different fun foreplay actions. If your bedroom life has been a bit boring then this is a top game for spicing things up.

2. Bottoms Up. This is a silly drinking game that’s become really popular. We certainly don’t think it’s cool to overdo the drinking but this can be a fun way to relive your college days with your sweetie if you can be fairly responsible about it.

3. Twister. This old classic never fails to produce a good time!

4. Strip Poker. Frugal folks don’t have to buy a new game at all. Just get out a deck of cards and play a game of strip poker.

5. Hanky Panky Games. This is a really fun sexy game for couples. It includes different people-shaped game pieces that you use your creativity to manipulate. Lots of laughs. There’s a "hugs and kisses" version as well as a naughtier version.

We received a great tip about something cool that we just had to check out. The person who submitted the tip did a great job of succinctly describing it so we’ll start off by sharing what the submissions said about the website called Avatara.

The creators of Evolver, the world’s first web based tool for building custom 3D character models, have just launched Avatara™, a new site designed specifically for social media enthusiasts. Avatara enables fast, easy creation and upload of customized, animated 3D avatars for use on Facebook, Myspace and for instant messaging to friends. Check it out!

That description sounded like enough for us to want to check out so we headed over to the Avatara website and here is what we found:

• This is a website where you can easily create an animated avatar of yourself.
• The process is super simple. You can either use an existing avatar or upload your own photo. Your photo does have to be larger than thumbnail size though.
• You can choose a lot of different actions for your Avatar. We like the "peek-a-boo" action shown above.
• You can upload the image to over two dozen different social networking sites to use as your profile avatar.
• It’s fun!

The two drawbacks we could see on the site:

• They’re in the process of upgrading their capacity. Until they do it’s a little bit slow to work with. It does work though.
• You have to either use OpenID or sign up for a free account. It’s not that difficult but it’s one more step in the process.

This is really cool. It seems like it’s the next thing we’re going to see a lot of in terms of profile pictures on social networking sites.