Grab a Tin-foil Hat for You and Your Cat

Do you and your cat believe in conspiracy theories? Like that we never landed on the moon because Stanley Kubrick filmed the whole thing on a soundstage? Or that reptiles run our government? Hmmmm. Okay, let’s not count that second one out just yet. Anyway, if you and your feline pal believe that aliens are controlling your minds, what you need are these  pre-made Tin-Foil Hats for humans and cats from Archie McPhee.

The cat one looks like a cat yarmulke from the year 3000, while the human version looks like something that the workers in the Hershey’s Kisses factory should wear. They’re designed to protect you from government mind-control, alien mind-control, and alien butt probing, to name a few of its uses. Or at least they would protect you from that stuff if they weren’t made out of mylar. Yeah, not even real tin foil. How is this supposed to stop government radio waves from making you do bad stuff?

I guess Archee McPhee is in on the conspiracy, and they don’t want you protected from the evil that is out there. I’m on to you, AM. You’re nothing but a damn company of reptiles in league with the reptile government. As long as I have aluminum foil, I’m safe from you. I can’t cook dinner because it’s all on my head, but at least I’m safe.

[via Boing Boing via Geekologie]

This Inflatable Night Sky Looks Awesome

A London event called “Light Night” is all about bringing together dreamers, artists and engineers to build installations based which involve light. That’s always a recipe for awesomeness, but this year one team kicked things up a notch, by putting people among the stars.

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This cool project by London design studio Loop.pH is called Osmo, which simulates sitting outside in the night sky. It’s a pneumatically-inflated cocoon made from silver mylar and illuminated by lasers. It even has a zip-up entrance so no outside light can get in and ruin the illusion. That must have been so fun to sit inside of.

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It’s like a free trip into space, without having to leave the atmosphere.

[via Gizmodo via Geeks Are Sexy]