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Extraordinary Meetings - 9bytz. Here is a series of pictures we call extraordinary meetings. Would you believe Charlie Chaplin and Gandhi are in the same picture, or that William Burroughs and Kurt Cobain spent time together? Alfred Hitchcock and Andy Warhol William S. Burroughs and Kurt Cobain Charlie Chaplin and Ghandi Salvador Dali and Walt Disney Edith Sitwell and Marilyn Monroe Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and The Beatles Pablo Picasso and Brigitte Bardot Alfred Hitchcock and Salvador Dali Salvador Dali and Alice Cooper William S Burroughs and Debbie Harry Source: strawberige Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and John Burroughs Source: edisonfordwinterestates.

Salvador Dali - A Soft Self Portrait - Complete. Winner: Lyrical | Vimeo Festival + Awards. 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow - Interactive Feature. Electric Clothes Physicists at Wake Forest University have developed a fabric that doubles as a spare outlet. When used to line your shirt — or even your pillowcase or office chair — it converts subtle differences in temperature across the span of the clothing (say, from your cuff to your armpit) into electricity. And because the different parts of your shirt can vary by about 10 degrees, you could power up your MP3 player just by sitting still. According to the fabric’s creator, David Carroll, a cellphone case lined with the material could boost the phone’s battery charge by 10 to 15 percent over eight hours, using the heat absorbed from your pants pocket.

Chris Nosenzo The New Coffee Soon, coffee isn’t going to taste like coffee — at least not the dark, ashy roasts we drink today. Analytical Undies Your spandex can now subtly nag you to work out. The Morning Multitasker The problem with laptops and tablets, says Mark Rolston of the design firm Frog, is that they’re confined by a screen. Artist Marketplace.