Man-Made 'Happy Clouds" Float Over London [Emoticlouds]

sauce: Gizmodo: Man-Made 'Happy Clouds" Float Over London [Emoticlouds]

While a cloud floating overhead is traditionally heralded as a bad omen, the 2057 "Happy Clouds" released over London were simply meant to "cheer people up a bit."

Jacket With an Inflatable Hood Is Perfect For Sleepy Travelers

sauce: Gizmodo: Jacket With an Inflatable Hood Is Perfect For Sleepy Travelers

Sleeping on a train, plane or car would be a hell of a lot more comfortable if your jacket had a hood that could inflate and function as a pillow.

Rundle Lantern

sauce: Hyponeiria

Rundle Lantern Launch from Damien Mair on Vimeo.

The Credit Crisis Visualized in Animated Infographics

sauce: Information Aesthetics: The Credit Crisis Visualized in Animated Infographics

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Indian matchbox art

sauce: Boing Boing: Indian matchbox art

Matt Lee's gallery of matchboxes from the subcontinent highlights the lovely art that adorns these little bits of ephemera: "The random and disparate juxtapositions of the imagery encapsulate the mix of historic, mythological and contemporary visual culture in India."

Ice Invaders Attack Girly Mixed Drinks Everywhere [Food]

sauce: Gizmodo: Ice Invaders Attack Girly Mixed Drinks Everywhere [Food]

Sometimes it's not enough to be a somewhat indifferent fan of an 80s arcade phenomenon. Sometimes you need to share your blasé passion with others by making them ingest it.

Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly [Boom]

sauce: Gizmodo: Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly [Boom]

Once upon a time, back when people in Russia used big moustaches and sent other people to Siberia, there were no GPS or tacky cellphones. But they had atomic lighthouses to light the Artic shores.