Archive for February 2009
Mesicopters: Tiny Flying Robots to Take Over the World (Someday)
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Stanford researchers have designed these incredible little robots are about the size of a quarter for use in atmospheric research on Earth (and one day) on Mars. I just want them for conducting research in my office building.… |
February 4th, 2009
Mom, What’S a Gerbil?: Oxford Junior Dictionary Omits “Nature Words”, Puts in More Tech Ones
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The assimilation has begun. The latest edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary… will be missing numerous words that pertain to natural things like animals, flowers & birds. A few fantasy and religious terms will also be removed. And what will replace these words? Tech words, like “chatroom”. A word that |
February 4th, 2009
Yay for Art!: Cloaca No 5 Machine Literally Produces Pieces of Crap
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The fifth version of world-renowned artist Wim Delvoye’s sculpture is now on exhibit at the Université du Québec à Montréal’s gallery up until Valentine’s Day. Why should we care? Because his sculpture is actually a machine. A machine that “reproduces the human digestive system, from mastication to excretion”. In other… |
February 4th, 2009
Computer Folder Laptop Case Holds Only a Single Document
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While this giant My Document folder seems to be missing an “S”, this laptop sleeve is still kinda cool. Available from the DesignBoom Shop for $30 USD.… |
February 3rd, 2009
Pooka + Fygar + Bunnies = Dig Dug Dunnys
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I love these custom-painted Dig Dug Dunny vinyl toy bunnies by Reactor-88. I can’t tell you how many quarters I blew playing this game when I was a kid.… |
February 3rd, 2009
Let’S Tap: the Game You Play With a Box
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Let’s just put it on the table: Let’s Tap… is a game about beating out a rhythm on a cardboard box. It’s dashboard drumming tuned to a purpose; you tap, and (weird, psychedelic) things happen on screen. You don’t use the controller directly, but instead, it sits on the box |
February 3rd, 2009
Squash Pork in Super Obama World
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This may not be the first time we’ve seen a mix of Mario and President Obama, but it’s certainly the most interactive. Parody flash game Super Obama World replaces some classic images from Super Mario World… with a grinning image of the president himself, and some of the familiar enemies |
February 3rd, 2009
Audiomatryoshka Speakers Don’T Wobble, Won’T Fall Down
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The word Matryoshka isn’t exactly a part of the English vernacular, but once you realize that it’s really just the Russian name for those little nesting dolls your grandmother has sitting on her mantle, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. This concept for a set of speakers the designer… |
February 3rd, 2009
Pac-Man Pain Assessment Chart: Maybe You’D Feel Better if You Ate Some Cherries and Pretzels?
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Pac-Man pain assessment gauge, spotted on Flickr. Currently, I feel a little Woopop myself.… |
February 3rd, 2009
Autobots, Fold Out!
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Just in time, what with all the Transformers 2 buzz: Joe of toy-a-day has finished his version of the lovable Autobot Bumblebee, the perfect buddy to the Optimus Prime toy. As always, Joe is giving away the template to the Bumblebee toy as a pdf file. You can download it… |
February 3rd, 2009
