Genetic Portraits

The True Mirror idea is simple (and old; it was first patented in 1887): place two mirrors at right angles and have a look-see. Its effect, though, elicits the complexities of realization spanning everything from Whoa!...

I don't know how they did this or where you can have one of your own done, but it's pretty darn sweet. Something about it makes me want to stare at it longer than I should. I'm obsessed with its awesomeness. Is it just...

Obviously the only one of these celebrities who really sat for his French Republican Guard...or whatever...portrait in the 19th century is Chuck Norris because he's immortal and easily over 200 years old. The rest are...

The Star Wars boys give a pretty decent representation of Victorian times, huh? Jabba the Hutt almost looks dapper. Or at least less like the massive wart my friend Cornelius grew on the inside of his arm when he went...

For as little as $5, Uruguayan artist Eliana Fernandez will send you a glimpse of yourself inside some of TV's most popular animated series. Kick off the return of The Simpsons and Family Guy, or bid farewell to Futurama...

The original photobomb, credited to George Costanza on Seinfeld Season 9, Episode 7, "The Slicer," can now be yours. And not just yours in the hand, but yours in the face too! Shop Cafe Disco will personalize the iconic...

Now you too can enjoy the spoils of fame and have your face dropped onto an old world portrait of a king, queen, emperor, clergyman, knight, solider, or naked lady. Like the series of celebrity solider prints I showed...

If you're a Double Helix Fan Club member, but can't make it to Japan to clone your face, and find the prospect of being mug-melded with your sister a little disturbing, check out this subtler artistic representatio

A DNA Plant Trellis, now this is the type of genetic geekery I can get behind. The Planty Print's 3D-printed design is both simple in rose, white, gun metal, or bronze finishes (no rainbow colors for the A, G, C, and...

It takes no stretch of the imagination these days to believe someone created an easy way to make custom portraits of you and your pet. The technology is there. The availability of Photoshop is there. And, for better or...

Is nutrition universal? Is there a perfect human diet? Does eating "healthy" mean the same thing for everyone? Habit suggests it's much more personal than that. That we as individuals might share a lot - 99.999-whatever-percent...

Do you love one another enough to entwine double helixes forever? All of LA-based jeweler Takayas' rings and necklaces seem to have some ornate, whimsical, and unabashedly geeky flourish topping what are otherwise dazzling...