As for that fishy, squid taste? It's actually desirable among certain sake drinkers, as it makes the taste "smoother and milder," sort of like aging Scotch in a particular type of wood cask; but unlike the casks, the Ika Tokkuri are edible after use, producing a sort of sake-infused squid jerky that should taste familiar to Japanese bar-goers.

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cleveland dot comCleveland Institute of Art students propose biomimetic designs to fix local river

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If you were a production designer outfitting a movie-set office, using a ping pong surface as a conference table would serve as visual shorthand for a hip, irreverent workplace. Ryan Vanderbilt, the Creative Lead at Google Creative Lab, has taken that one step further with Table&Tennis, a ping-pong-spec conference/dining table that easily transitions from one to the other, and is constructed with materials a damn sight nicer than green slate and foldaway legs:

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Esquire's got a piece up on J Mays, Ford's chief designer and the man behind the retrofuturistic Thunderbird, as well as the concepts that led to VW's new Beetle and the Audi TT. The article isn't a profile so much as a Sun-Tzu-like summation of Mays' philosophies, like the following:

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Temperature-sensitive glass is currently being used in architectural design ranging from small glass tiles to large architectural pieces. For example, when guests in the Mickey Mouse Penthouse at the Disneyland Hotel take a shower, the tiles bloom into color when the warm water hits the glass. As the glass tiles change color, silhouettes of Mickey Mouse appear around the perimeter of the shower....

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Despite hiccups earlier this year concerning the privacy of its users and their ownership of digital material, the Kindle pulled through, becoming the most gifted item ever in the history of Amazon. Though we don't have an exact figure, think of the most popular item you could imagine being gifted from Amazon (iPod Touches, Garmin Nuvis, Twilight) and Kindle has sold more.

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A Garmin user human interface designer is a passionate designer who understands fundamental usability and aesthetic principals to guide software user interface development for various products with different specifications. The designer will work closely with software engineers, graphics artists, and product managers of the assigned project.

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Henrik Amberla presents "Pilcrow", an electronic instrument concept combining elements of both string and percussion apparatus. Pilcrow's intriguing form is dictated by a natural human seating position, with just a touch of futuristic styling for good measure. Although not a musician himself, Henrik kindly demonstrates the potential of his creation in his demo video below.

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