If you’ve always wondered how longbows were manufactured, then check out this interesting “How it’s Made” segment. Video after the break.

Because the longbow can be made from a single piece of wood, it can be crafted relatively easily and quickly. Amateur bowyers today can craft a longbow in about ten to twenty hours, while highly skilled bowyers, such as those who produced medieval English Longbows, can craft wooden longbows in just a few hours

Rinspeed’s sQuba concept is essentially a “zero-emission vehicle with the capability to drive on land, on water and up to 10m under water.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Thanks to its Lotus chassis, the sQuba moves like a cat on land, and with Swiss firm Esoro’s help, it moves like a fish underwater. The first step in the process was removing the car’s dependence on air – so the petrol motor was out, and electric motors were in

[via MotorAuthority]

With a MacBook Air/iPod dock, integrated surround sound speakers, heated seat, and multi-touch flusher, the Air Poo concept could be the ultimate toilet for Apple fans. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The multi-touch flushpad intuitively uses one finger swipe to send no. 1 down the pipes and two fingers for no. 2, which its built-in iPod dock and surround sound masks with “crystal clear highs and bowel-shaking lows.”

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AVing provides us with a hand-on preview of the Polymer Vision E-ink Readius, which features “Bluetooth, dual-band HSDPA, tri-band GSM / EDGE, expandability via microSD, SMS,” and phone functionality. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery — courtesy of Engadget.

The site will push content to your device based on choices made there for feeds, newspapers, mags, audio books, and whatever else Polymer Vision sees fit to add. The device will support books in HTML, text files, and PDFs, though, we expect as they gain ground with partners the list may expand

[via EngadgetAVing]

Why risk getting caught sleeping at work when you can wear these eyelid stickers? Put simply, “slap ’em on your closed eyelids and learn to sleep sitting up.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

So you want to sleep at work. I can’t say that’s the brightest idea in the world, but who am I to judge? Let me help you out: if you want to sleep at your desk and also look really, really creepy while awake

[via GizmodoBitsandpieces]

Most homes look boring, the Nautilus does not. This shell-shaped creation “is dominated by smooth surfaces, spiral stairs and natural plantings that makes the inhabitants feel like they’re living inside a snail.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

Taking cues from a Nautilus shell, the house is put together using ferrocement construction, a technique involving a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a special two-inch-thick composite of concrete spread over it, resulting in a structure that’s earthquake-proof and maintenance-free

[via Dvice]