No, this gadget won’t transform you into the world’s next Rodin, but it’s guaranteed to provide you with much-needed material to manipulate any kind of conversational doldrum into a locutionary work of art. Because really, how could a first date conversation hit a dead end if you say “Hey, want to see me sculpt the Eiffel Tower with my ballpoint pen?”

Said device is the 3Doodler, a novel 3D printing pen that uses ABS plastic (commonplace in the 3D printing world) to craft endless works of art on any surface–even in the air. How does it work, you ask? Quite simply, the pen extrudes incredibly hot plastic that cools just as quickly and then solidifies into a sturdy structure of your heart’s desire:

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Source: Akihisa Hirata

We live in a world where TVs are now in cars and cars can be powered by plug-in. While the emerging high hi-tech and green industries might seem to be headed in opposing directions, Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata convenes the two in his latest stunner, “Energetic Energies.”

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Source: Akihisa Hirata

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Source: Hi-Fructose

Source: Hi-Fructose

It was Joan Crawford who said that, next to talent, the most important thing a woman can have is her hairdresser. Crawford’s words did an excellent job at portraying the incredible demands of women in Hollywood–both physically and mentally–at the time; and in the case of Detroit’s “Hump the Grinder Hair Wars”, an African American hair show, the same could be said today. Photographed by Peter Hapak for Time, the colossal coiffes above and below constitute a 25-year tradition in the Motor City. These styles are no small feat; some of them take upwards of ten hours to complete. To check out more daring hairdos, visit Hi-Fructose.

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