The wheel may not need reinventing, but a Japanese designer has made a very good argument for the umbrella. Not only is it designed not to get ruined in a strong wind, but it has a few other neat features too! (video copyright dpa)

Frederick the pig teaches his little brother Piggeldy how to play soccer in this charming animated clip. Enjoy!

Germany, ever a leader in automotive technology, will have to wait until 2025 before fully-automated vehicles are allowed on the autobahn. Continental may be ahead of the curve in Europe, but unless the EU makes a new law, the Google driverless car will stay hot on their heels. (video copyright dpa)

If you involve children more in cooking, not only do they learn about food, but they are more willing to try new things, too. There are, however, certain foods that might best be avoided! Guten Appetit! (video copyright dpa)

"Unter die Haut" ("Under the Skin") is the new single from Tim Bendzko, and features singer Cassandra Steen. Enjoy!

Yet another grim fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm with an ambiguous moral: Pay your bills or your children will be taken away from you? Brilliantly narrated by Bastian Pastewka, from the series Legendary: Tales from Around the World.

Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart have been making music together as the band 2raumwohnung ("two room apartment") since the year 2000, and not only that: they are privately a couple as well! (video copyright dpa)

Rio Reiser was the singer of the German rock band Ton, Steine, Scherben, and was a legend in his lifetime for his support for leftist causes and for being openly gay. His music has great energy and funny lyrics too! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Niklas Kauffeld, the trained designer at Hypnosis in Berlin's Schönefeld district, gives us a behind the scenes peek into the production facilities of his fashion label.

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Germany's national team defeated Portugal soundly in Group G. Pop singer Mister Santos and some enthusiastic fans are confident that this may be their year! Viel Spaß beim Zuschauen!

These red figures are not mutated garden gnomes, they are the founding father of Communism, Karl Marx! Artist Ottmar Hörl from Nuremberg created 500 of these statues to celebrate Marx's 195th birthday.

The subject today is "holes." In this episode, the brothers P & F stumble upon a pond which Frederick speaks about. As always he runs into trouble with counterexamples & contradictions. In the end, Piggeldy saves the day with a philosophical response about holes being defined by the context in which they appear. Viel Spaß beim Lernen!

In a truly heartfelt performance, Helene Fischer shows her true love for her fans and how German pop music can truly be, in her own words, Schwindelfrei...

Wine is much more than an alcoholic beverage. For connoisseurs, wine can also be an investment, since some wines can become more valuable with time. The wines are in good hands in Germany's only Winebank! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Helge strikes again, this time with his mad jazz piano playing and an ode to that culinary magnificence that is the cheese sandwich!