Archive for January 2009
Sony Style Ad: Chocolate Covered Electronics
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With all the insanity of the recent holidays, I somehow missed this tasty advertisement that Sony Style was running for the recent shopping season. Created by the CGI mavens over at Tronic Studio, the ad envisions larger-than-life versions of Sony gear, poured from chocolate. The animation seamlessly melds the gigantic… |
January 2nd, 2009
Famicom Cart + Camera = Famicam
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Famicom cartridges, and their NES counterparts, have been turned into a great many things by the DIY community–including the consoles themselves–but this particular mod wins major cool points simply for design. Turns out a Sony point-and-shoot camera is just the right size to fit inside a hollowed out cartridge. I’m… |
January 2nd, 2009
Papercraft Millennium Falcon Might Ignite at Lightspeed
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Bored, young Padawan? Here’s a project for you: build your own papercraft Millennium Falcon. Don’t be intimidated; Jedi Papercraft Master Shunichi Makino has already done half of the work for you: he has the smuggler’s starship’s patterns and step-by-step instructions up on his website. And yes, the Force. It’s with… |
January 2nd, 2009
Solar-Powered Toy Monkey
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The solar-powered toy monkey is meant to help children “appreciate the power of alternative energy.” It comes in a kit that customers have to assemble, so it can also be a fun way for you and your kids to bond. Once you’re done assembling, expose the monkey to sunlight and… |
January 2nd, 2009
Wooden Wall-E: How Many Trees Had to Die?
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Disney commissioned UK-based sculptors and a group called Morpheus Prototypes to build this wooden sculpture of Wall-E as a gift for Pixar/Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter. Here’s a closer look: I don’t know anything about woodworking or sculpting, so I’ll leave it up to you guys to think of… |
January 1st, 2009
Headphonies: Little Speaker Dudes in Your Pocket
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These pint-sized characters might look similar to other artist-designed vinyl toys, but take another look and you’ll notice that they don’t just look cool hanging out on your desktop, they’re actually functional. Eran Weinberg’s Headphonies combine the appeal of funky designer vinyl toys with the utility of a portable speaker.… |
January 1st, 2009
Earth Vader: Join the Green Side Shirt
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This cool Darth Vader shirt from Junk Food Clothing features the Sith Lord’s helmet , which is drawn using tiny depictions of animals and landscapes, plus a caption written in Star Wars font that says, “JOIN THE GREEN SIDE!”. I made it sound like the drawing sucks but it doesn’t.… |
January 1st, 2009
Buzz Zzz: Vibrating Pillows
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We’ve already featured a pillow that can wake you up using light and an alarm clock that has a vibrate option. Here’s a quirky yet functional combination of the two: Vessel’s vibrating alarm clock pillow. Just set the time on the pillow’s built-in clock and it will wake you –… |
January 1st, 2009
