Mini Museum: 33 of the world’s most interesting objects on your desk for £140

How would you like to own 33 of the most interesting items in the world? This is the pitch behind a new Kickstarter project called the Mini Museum, which promises pocket-sized collections from objects spanning “billions of years of life, science and history”. For $239 (£143) backers of the project will receive a resin block containing various rare fragments. Everything from mammoth hair to a fragment of coal from the Titanic is included.

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Sochi digital building makes giant 3D selfies

The world’s first ‘selfie building’ has opened at the Olympic Park in Sochi. It’s as easy to use as a traditional photo booth – but it blows up visitors’ faces 3,500 times to create giant digital images that protude from the side of architect Asif Khan’s pavilion. Here’s an exclusive video of it in action.

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