Forkhead iPhone Stand

That headline is probably a bit of an overstatement, since this is probably the only iPhone stand made out of cutlery. ForkedUpArt of North Salt Lake, Utah, is actually selling two different stands. ForkHead, who you see standing at attention at your right, and SpoonHead, ForkHead’s smarter brother.
Sold through our favorite iPhone accessory store.  The ForkedUpArt iPhone stands can be customized if you want, and according to the artist, “I’m making these guys as fast as I can.”
How much will one of these unique items put you back? About US$20, plus shipping. That’s less expensive than some of the fancy-schmancy stands you can buy through more traditional sources, and let’s face it — these stands are really cool.

Aviator Space Ship

At the beginning of Avatar, one of the ship’s technicians tells the crew that they’ve been in cryogenic stasis for over five years — the time it takes to get from Earth to Pandora. Makes you wonder how they got there, doesn’t it? Today’s chemical thrusters wouldn’t fit the bill: Apollo 10, our fastest manned spacecraft ever, would take 120,000 years on a trip to Alpha Centauri, the closest known star system to our own.

New Scientist has a breakdown of the various technologies we could see ferrying us around space in the near future, such as ion propulsion, and stuff — ramjets, for instance — that’s still in the works. I’m glad to see some of my personal outlandish favorites are on there, such as solar sails and nuclear engines. There are also a few that will probably never ever see the glow of space, such as Miguel Alcubierre’s Alcubierre drive and wormholes, the latter of which New Scientist classifies as “almost certainly impossible” for travel.

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