This installation shows all of Lufthansa's flights at once, all projected in 3D on a 180-degree, 46-foot-wide screen. And damn is it cool.

As you can see in the video, it's all controllable in real-time. I'm not sure what they've got running this setup and these screens, but it's certainly powerful. And yeah, all the flight visualizations are awesome, I'd really love to get a game of Call of Duty rocking on this setup. [Fubiz via NotCot]

Yeah, I know the iPhone 3GS shoots video. But the video it shoots is definitely not good enough to warrant it being placed in a shoulder mount.

But that's just what Alex Lindsay did, for some reason. It's a professional Red Rocks Micro shoulder mount with a PED3 Auto iPhone dashboard mount and an LED panel. But hey, I guess if you really want your artifact-filled YouTube video to be stable, this will provide you with what you crave. [Pixel Corps via Gadget Lab]

Here's the (probably) most famous mask in the world from the inside, which you can barely see in the movies. Lord Darth Vader's mask is supposed to help him breathe, but what do all those other little electronic parts do?

Monitor his state? Give him physical feedback about his environment? Amplify his powers? Pick his nose? Facial massages? Shave him? I think I'm going to go with scratching his face when it gets itchy. It makes perfect sense. [Walyou]

It's like your computer's trash can! Get it? [Glennz Tees via Book of Joe]

What do you get when you fly a remote controlled eagle made out of plastic on a real eagle's airspace? One big pissed off eagle chasing the fake one, that's what. The video is beautiful, though.

Raptor attack! from Billwhit on Vimeo.

[Jalopnik]

Madness. 16GB in this Buffalo RUF2 flash naildrive just 5mm long. Translated to the Imperial system, that's 16GB in a on tiny-itty-bitty-thingamajig. [Geekstuff]

Maybe you fantasize about leaving that shitty office job for something else like, I dunno, opening a charming B&B on the coast or being Maverick from Top Gun. Well this is how you quit.

OK, the F-4 Ejection Seat will not actually eject you from the next corporate board meeting, but your boss doesn't need to know that. Roll into the room on this baby—an authentic bucket seat from the Vietnam-era F4—and every order he barks will be undermined by a doubt that you could blow the hell out of there any time you please.

Add a helmet to the equation for extra style/authenticity.

While you can order the F-4 Ejection Seat right from the web, this piece of office furniture is technically considered art. But don't consider it an expensive toy; consider it a worthwhile investment in your manager's insanity. [MotoArt via re-nest via TheDailyWhat via Crunchgear]

Picking a color or clothing label for a gang allegiance is just so West Side Story. In the mighty year of 2009, we need to step up gang affiliations to Clockwork Orangian levels.

So if you're a rambunctious hoodlum, consider these DIY LED goggles up for grabs. The full plans can be found over at Instructables, but they basically call for a pair of goggles, two bottlecaps and a few LEDs. You fit the white LED-loaded caps into the goggles, and they'll shine through the lenses in whatever color you'd like (the blue in this example shot is actually from the lens color.)

Oh, but there's one catch. You can't actually see through this eyewear. So your gang should work the blind aspect into the general theme. [Instructables via MAKE]

We knew that Japan probably has the thinnest houses in the world. Of course, the toilets match. Just looking at the girl inside makes me anxious:

More anxious and claustrophobic than the Death Star trash compactor. [Bouncing Red Ball]

Seagate's portable 2.5" FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac already has the triple interface—FireWire 400/800 and USB 2.0—but now it comes with 500GB spinning at 7200rpm for the best portable video and audio editing performance.

As a fan of the bus-powered FW800 drives that have the option of USB 2.0, I was pretty happy to learn about this one. We haven't checked it out yet, though it's probably worth a Lightning Review.

The only fishy part is that it comes with "required cables and dock," which makes me wonder if it can't pull all the necessary current from the FireWire (or USB 2.0) bus to spin that baby at 7200rpm. Does it need an extra power cord? I can't imagine it would, but I'll get a firm answer. In the meantime, anyone who's regularly running around with external disks full of ProTools or Final Cut projects should be on this: $190 for 500GB of smooth spinning, portable goodness.

And no, there's no such thing as a true portable 10,000rpm 2.5" drive. Not yet at least. Check back in a few months.

(I should point out that, in the course of writing this up, I found that OWC also just introduced a 7200rpm 500GB drive with FW800, the Mercury On-The-Go Pro, though they cost about $50 more.)

From Seagate's press materials:

FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac Drive

Higher performance means faster workflow, and that equals greater productivity for creative professionals who work with digital video, music, photography and graphic arts. The FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac clocks in at 7200RPMs to deliver lightening fast performance and throughput with FireWire 800/400 interface for those that need higher-data transfer, making production and editing of large multi-media files a breeze.

The Seagate FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac storage solution is slim, compact and offers fast throughput with FireWire 800 or FireWire 400 connections and includes the required cables and dock. The Seagate FreeAgent Go Pro for Mac is available this month for a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $129.99 USD for 250GB, $149.99 USD for 320GB and $189.99 for 500GB.