Holden Outerwear teams up with the instant film experts at the Impossible Project to create a range of limited edition range of Polaroid cameras, film, and accessories. Holden refurbished and customized their own versions of the iconic SX-70 camera and partnered with Impossible to create a special edition instant film. Holden also worked with Portland’s Tanner Goods to craft a beautiful leather camera case. Link

The Clap Your Hands Digital USB Camera might be one of the easiest cameras you will ever operate. From the looks of it, it appears to be just another fancy flash drive but it is actually a 2-megapixel camera that takes photos and videos.

After shooting the images and video that you want, you simply plug the USB stick into your computer for easy files transfers. It runs on a Micro SD memory card (purchased separately), and the battery is easily recharged when plugged into the computer. The camera is available in six fun colours.

You can order one here.

You can order one here.

Japanese architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto, of architecture firm acaa, designed the Wind-Dyed House overlooking the ocean on a cliff in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. The structure becomes almost embedded in the terrain because of the low-lying nature of the house, which also allows for the least amount of impact on the environment.

Each floor is composed of different materials to allow the residents a different view to the outside. Stone floors and plaster-coated concrete walls on the first floor are juxtaposed with the soft shadows created by the outside landscape through the paper screens. The open concept living space of the second floor is vastly different with its ability to open up completely to the outdoors with sliding glass doors. To maximize the ocean views, glass and slotted screens along the perimeter of the top floor of the house give a sense of transparency.

You’ve seen Earth, but you’ve never seen it like this.

Suomi NPP, NASA’s newest Earth-watching satellite, has taken a high resolution image of Earth, one of the most beautiful such images ever created. It’s available in 8000×8000 pixel resolution, and it takes a while to download, but it’s definitely worth it.

The satellite, named after the “father of satellite meteorology,” Verner E. Suomi, is designed to create fabulous images of Earth, monitor for natural disasters and improve weather forecasts as well as our understanding of long-term climate changes.

The image is a composite, created using a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on Jan. 4, 2012. It echoes the legendary “Blue Marble” photograph, taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft on Dec, 7, 1972.

The Blue Marble 2012, as NASA named the new photo, is available in high resolution here.

Now, where do we sign up for a 8000×8000 pixel screen so we can use this baby as a desktop background?