From the future · No. 13
Hoverpen
A pen that hangs at 23.5 degrees on a magnetic stand, the same tilt as the Earth's axis, and still writes.
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From the future · No. 14
Levitating Planter
A small pot that hangs in midair and turns, meant for an air plant because you cannot really water a floating pot.
Oddity
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From the future · No. 15
Ferrofluid Kit
A sealed display of magnetic liquid and two magnets, so someone can pull spikes out of a black puddle without a cleanup.
Oddity
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Never search for · No. 16
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig's dictionary of invented words for emotions the old words do not quite cover.
Oddity
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Never search for · No. 17
Invisible Cities
Calvino's slim novel of impossible cities, described by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan, a few pages at a time.
Oddity
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Never search for · No. 18
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit's essays on wandering, blue distance, and the uses of not knowing where you are.
Oddity
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From the future · No. 19
Crookes Radiometer
A glass bulb with black-and-white vanes that spin when light hits them, and sit still in the dark. No battery, no motor.
Oddity
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Shouldn't exist · No. 20
Mirascope
Two parabolic mirrors that project a small object so it appears to sit on top of the dish. A finger goes through it.
Oddity
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Never search for · No. 21
Codex Seraphinianus
Luigi Serafini's encyclopedia of an invented world, written in a script nobody can read, with diagrams of creatures that do not exist.
Oddity
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Has everything · No. 22
Building Stories
Chris Ware's graphic novel as a box of fourteen separate pieces: books, pamphlets, a newspaper, a board, and scraps you can lose in a real apartment.
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Shouldn't exist · No. 23
Pythagorean Cup
A ceramic cup with a hidden siphon. Fill it to the line and it is a cup. Fill it past the line and the whole drink runs out the bottom.
Oddity
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Surprisingly useful · No. 24
Clocky
An alarm clock on wheels. When it goes off, it rolls off the nightstand and hides, so turning it off means getting out of bed.
Oddity
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