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Here’s a peek at some of the forthcoming T-shirt designs spawned by the rumored collaboration between legendary Tokyo streetwear brand BAPE (A Bathing Ape) and the Pokemon media empire. [Via: World Famous Design Junkies] Link to the original article…

Prolific Meiji-period artist Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831-1889), well-known in the West for his darkly humorous illustrations, was commissioned by Scottish surgeon and Japanese art collector William Anderson (1842-1900) to produce a large number of comic paintings in the 1870s. Anderson’s collection, which today forms the core of the Japanese paintings at the British Museum, included the [...]

Engineers from Osaka University hope the lovable Wakamaru robot — a high-tech android designed for domestic and office work by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries — can breathe new life into an age-old tradition. The bug-eyed yellow robot is being prepared for participation in the dramatic Osaka Tenjin Festival, an enormous 1000-year-old event that runs through the [...]

Unfortunately, the stylish denim face masks pictured in these old Wrangler ads (designed by Tycoon Graphics) are not available at the local department store. [+] [+] Link to the original article…

In this video you can see a man getting a tattoo of a Palm Pre for his chance to win a free phone. You have to wonder at the logic of going to a tattoo parlor and getting a painful and permanent tattoo of something that will most likely be in the trash in a [...]

Getting buried alive by an avalanche strikes me as a particularly horrific way to go, if you are not instantly crushed to death then you must contend with suffocation. The Avajacket is designed to give you a fighting chance, it has a pillow that inflates around the wearer’s neck both for protection and to give [...]

I am not qualified to talk about the legality of these steel knuckle gloves, but I can definitely attest to them looking and being totally awesome. If you are looking for a way to possibly enhance your batman motorcycle suit, a pair of these could do it. Price: $25 [ThingsYouNeverKnew via Nerd Approved] Link to [...]

Sure some people might think that you look a little silly in your Batman Dark Knight motorcycle suit, but few will have the courage to voice their opinions to your face when you have spikes on your forearms.  Price: Not Yet Available, but count on it being really, really expensive. [UD Replicas via Gizmodo, We Interrupt] Link [...]