A contraption in the style of Wallace and Gromit has been built which cooks breakfast automatically, including an omelette, toast and freshly squeezed orange juice… telegraph.co.uk

One of the most amazing things in the world is the Throne of the Third Heaven The Nations Millennium General Assembly. James Hampton, a janitor, was called by God to create it, and worked on it secretly for 14 years in a rented garage. It was intended to herald the Second Coming. The throne is huge, nearly ten feet tall, and made of foil and scavenged materials. It was discovered after Hampton’s death, and is considered quite rightly to be one of the most remarkable pieces in the history of American folk art… maximumfun.org

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The SmartHand smart bio-adaptive hand prosthesis does more than just replicate the physical functionality of a real human hand. The SmartHand also uses a unique technology to provide the user with a measure of sensation when using the SmartHand… technovelgy.com

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Engineers from Activelink, a Kyoto-based subsidiary of Panasonic, are hoping to turn science fiction into reality with a powerful robotic exoskeleton suit that gives its operator superhuman strength… pinktentacle.com

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Artist Gabriel Dishaw really outdid himself with his latest project, The Junk Dunk. As a junk artist, Gabriel Dishaw knows his way around a dumpster, but this pair of Nike sneakers are a little special. This pair of kicks is made entirely from old electronic parts… trendhunter.com

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the New Zealand cancer foundation has unleashed “bulbous, veiny street art tumors” (as Animal NYC puts it) on the unsuspecting people of Auckland, to make people more aware of breast cancer by blocking sidewalks and wobbling bizarrely unpleasant-looking flesh in their faces…io9.com

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Masterpiece Comics adapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of twentieth-century comics. Dense with exclamation marks and lurid colors, R. Sikoryak’s parodies remind us of the sensational excesses of the canon, or, if you prefer, of the economical expressiveness of classic comics from Batman to Garfield… drawnandquarterly.com