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A subscription service that loans out CAD models of products. Last week we downloaded its collection of Ikea furniture 鈥� thankfully it came fully assembled鈥�

This is the site for the campaign for affordable house prices. The 鈥渨ould you be priced out?鈥� tool tells me that, at today鈥檚 prices, I can鈥檛 afford to buy out my brother鈥檚 half of my apartment.

Information on the housing market and the credit crunch. I watch the statistics, reports and graphs to know when to offer my brother a fair rate for his half of the flat.

This site allows you to build and interact with two-dimensional models (like the one pictured) made out of masses and spring with 鈥渂ouncy physics鈥�.

Postscript

Michael Kohn is director of consultant Slider Studio and leader of the ESP-sim project