Pop-up garage is a shrine for affluent auto-lovers

So, stow-away your Aston Martin in Bond style in this futuristic pop-up Cardok garage. The garage uses a hydraulic platform which can be hidden under a water feature, flowerbed or even a second car. And, at the touch of an electronic key fob you are all set for a perfect garage escape. The pop-up garage has been a major hit in London, eight of them have already been built, four are in production and more than 10 are on order, with interest highest in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Ealing, Dulwich and Highbury. So, if you too want one then the waiting list is already four months long and growing. The lift takes 10 weeks to construct and will cost you upwards of $61,181 depending on how you want it. This price would get you one with a flowerbed or water feature on top. And, if you want a car to be parked on top than it will be close to $72,816, i.e. 50,000 pounds.

Happy Birthday, Mouse!

Engelbart's first mouse was carved out of a block of wood and had just one button, just like Apple's. Underneath were two wheels connected to potentiometers: One recorded the mouse's movement along the x axis, the other one tracked the y axis.

The computer mouse made its worldwide debut 40 years ago in a presentation by Stanford Research Institute engineer Douglas Engelbart. Later called "the mother of all demos," it was a groundbreaking demonstration of how computers could help ordinary people work together, think better and — hopefully — make solving the world's problems that much easier.

But it was the mouse that people really latched onto. Billions of mice later, it still rules the desktop, second only to the keyboard as the most ubiquitous input device of all time. - Wired