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Nissan Skyline Moist Tissue Box Looks Fast & Furious

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Styled after the late-90’s R-34 Nissan Skyline GT-R, this moist tissue holder is hands down the fastest-looking tissue box I’ve ever seen. Hopefully, it’s not so fast I can’t grab a tissue, though, or I will have to wipe my hands on my shirt.

An officially Nissan licensed product, the mini Skyline is available with Sonic Silver, Bayside Blue, and Black Pearl exterior paint and costs ¥6,600 (~$47) from Camshop.jp before shipping from Japan. So, it’s not exactly the cheapest tissue box. But can you really put a price on a tissue box that looks ready to speed off your coffee table and crash onto the floor?

The car measures a respectable 29cm x 11cm x 8cm (11.5″ x 4.5″ x 3″) and fits most standard-size boxes of moist tissues. The only thing that would make it better is if it produced engine revving or tire squealing noises whenever you pulled a tissue from it. They really should have made that a factory option.

[via TechEBlog]

The Skyline Chess Set lets you play a game of chess with your favorite city’s iconic buildings!

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Imagine the Harry Potter chess set… but with Muggle Architecture.

With 6 cities to choose from, scattered across North America, Europe, and Asia, the Skyline Chess set makes the game of chess a tad bit grander and classier than you’d expect. The board comes with its patent checkered design, but ditches the conventional army-inspired chess pieces for scaled-down replicas of iconic landmarks like the Burj, Eiffel, London Eye, and the Empire State Building.

Designer: Skyline Chess

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The chess set converts city skylines into chess players, with entire sets dedicated to the iconic buildings of New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Paris, and Dubai. Skyline Chess Sets let you play either as a singular city (with the board effectively being a visual representation of the city’s map) or battle it out between two cities, finally settling the debate of which one’s better – New York or London!

Each Skyline Chess Set comes in a variety of materials, featuring pieces made from acrylic, stainless steel, or even luxurious bronze, and the boards made out of card, wood, or marble. True-blue architecture enthusiasts can even grab brutalist editions of the game with die-cast resin pieces painted the signature concrete gray!

Combining the age-old popular strategy game with the undying beauty of architecture, the Skyline Chess Set’s appeal lies not just in the gameplay, but also in the fact that it makes a beautiful piece of tabletop decor. While the chess sets only come in 6 cities for now, the folks at Skyline Chess are actively expanding their collections with upcoming editions featuring Tokyo, LA, Hong Kong, and Shanghai!

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Nissan’s autonomous self-driving golf-ball will give you a hole-in-one everytime!

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In what seems like a very “we-made-it-because-we-could” sort of situation, Nissan’s latest self-driving design isn’t what you think. It isn’t a car, a bus, or any sort of automobile. In fact, it’s a golf ball! Titled the ProPilot, the golf-ball is inspired by Nissan’s ProPilot 2.0 driving technology, and is the company’s way of showing how they can fit their incredible self-driving chops into something literally palm-sized.

The golf ball obviously isn’t intended for professional use! As a way of demonstrating how small Nissan can go with its self-driving tech, the ball literally finds its way to the hole no matter where you hit it. Demonstrated on a putting course, the ball can literally be hit anywhere and it curves around, rolling autonomously to find its way into the hole. The golf ball is ultimately a promotional tool for Nissan’s ProPilot 2.0 technology, which will find its way into the company’s Skyline supercar model. ProPilot 2.0’s most powerful features include being able to create highly accurate map data for completely hands-free highway driving, along with being able to shift lanes and even make the right exits. You’ve got to admit though, the golf ball is a pretty amazing flex for the company!

Designer: Nissan

Nissan’s ProPilot 2.0 driver assist allows hands-off highway driving

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Nissan's ProPilot driver assist could comfortably control the car with little to no input already, as Autoblog experienced on a road trip last year, but it still required a driver's hand on the wheel. Now the company has announced ProPilot 2.0 will l...

The perfect pencil set for Architecture lovers!

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Inspired by the architecture of the city of dreams, the Graphite Towers literally let you sketch your dreams down on paper! Designed by Aruliden for the Museum of Modern Art, the Graphite Towers come precisely carved from blocks of graphite and can be used either by the tip or by the base to sketch on paper. Conversely, if you’re like me, you’ll probably keep them on your desks as keepsakes, rarely using them because they look so pretty!

Designed to resemble three of New York’s most iconic buildings, you can choose from the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, and the One World Trade Center… or be like me and buy the set so you can build yourself a New York skyline on your desk!

Designer: Aruliden

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How ‘Her’ Created A Hyper-Realistic Future With A Sparse Budget

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The real world is full of scuff marks and dents. Rust and signs of aging. But CG objects and cities? They’re likely to look unrealistically smooth—like the entire world was built an hour before the...
    






Why "Starchitects" Should Leave Santa Monica’s Skyline Alone

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If the building gods have their way, the ocean views in Los Angeles may soon be overshadowed by towers of swirling steel and glass. A string of high-profile architecture proposals by Rem Koolhaus,...
    






Mt Etna Eruption Spurts Lava into Sky

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Mt Etna acted up on Saturday and Sunday sending hot lava and volcanic gases into the night skyline. The scene was visible from the island of Sicily. While the flights above the region where the...

Comet ISON Going on Peak This November

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Comets are ephemeral objects that come and go. Maybe the most prominent one happens to be Halley’s Comet which passes by earth’s orbit every 75 years or so. The last time it appeared was in 1986 and...

Japanese Skyline Created with 1.8 Million LEGOs

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When we think of LEGO countries, we think of multicolored blocks making awkward buildings that defy gravity and the laws of physics. Japan, on the other hand, built their country to scale using LEGOs. 

Do you remember making LEGO countries when you were younger? I did. I remember stealing all the ...
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