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My friend is going to space

My friend is going to recreate the Apollo 13 experience in his kitchen. You can join him there in his video-blogging feed.

Apollo 13 was in space for 5 days 22 hours 54 minutes and 41 seconds … That blows my mind! I’ve maintained a deep love affair with space and space exploration since early childhood – and I’ve always wanted to know what it was like to experience a journey to the Moon. So, I decided to build a DIY replica of Apollo 13 in my kitchen. For these coming 5 days 22 hours 54 minutes 41 seconds I will remain locked inside my cardboard spaceship. In the dark. Alone. I’m not going to leave under any circumstances. I’m probably going to lose my mind. Stick around for mission updates. This is going to get bizarre…

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Out of the box – book on Vimeo

Most phones come with flimsy manuals with complicated language and jargon. These books, which can live on a bookshelf actually contain the phone.
Each page reveals the elements of the phone in the right order, helping the user to set up the sim card, the battery and even slide the case onto the phone.

This is quite brilliant. Makes me want to change my iPhone 4 for this one…

[via Out of the box - book on Vimeo]