This is the most x-treme confection conflation in the illustrious history of food and food-like products. Its organic sustainably farmed bacon and I know you’re already on board but wait, theres more. Its got a touch of Vermont maple syrup flavouring. But wait.  Theres more. It’s in convenient on-a-stick lollipop form. But wait! THERES MORE! It’s also double Caffeinated for that extra punch to the brain you’ve been looking for. Ambrosia is for peasants. This is truly the food of the gods.

[Lollyphile]

Santiago Calatrava bases a lot of his work on biology, fusing his engineering prowess and architectural sensibilities with bio-mimicry of naturalistic forms. Then he paints it all bone white. He makes no secret of this inspiration though some astute intellectuals would argue that nothing can be gained from attempting to mimic the beauty of a butterfly, for instance, since one can never succeed in actually coming out as the winner in such a comparison as one could never supersede or even match that beauty and elegance. Black + Blum did not seek inspiration from nature for their High + Dry dish rack though. They, more sensibly perhaps, looked to architecture for inspiration. Santiago Calatrava’s architecture. Ruh Roh. So now we have a dish rack based on a building based on a butterfly. Welcome to the future. It’s recyclable and folds completely flat for storage too. Too bad it’s made from plastic in the first place. Wood is recyclable too you know.

Sometimes you crave a McGriddle but rationally know you shouldn’t be having one. Don’t worry though. This is natural. Well, your craving is. Not the McGriddle. It just manipulates your nature. Deep down you want to be fat. You like being fat. You’re only human. Its, to paraphrase, “a side effect of human evolution” that you crave the McGriddle and even if it didn’t make you fat, the very idea that its fattening is what you love about it. You, ladies and gentlemen, are masochistic fast food patrons. Fighting it is only denying your nature.

[The frontal cortex]

Michelle Kaufmann’s blog has a writeup on a little idea regarding architecture, performance rating, and you. It introduces an idea about labeling paralleling the reasons for which we standardize nutrition information labels on food then applying those reasons for labeling architecture in order to communicate specific performance issues. This idea definitely has legs and could be elaborated on much more than the writeup does. Theres potential here.

You don’t have to be aquaman to unlock the secrets of whale-kind. Toronto based and aptly named WhalePower (despite there being few whales actually in or even around Toronto) have done it already and proved it to be true. Using some biomimetic teeth on the edge of fan blades, called Tubercle Technology, they’ve created a system thats quieter and more efficient than the traditional smooth kind. Take that whales.