Archive for February 2009
Jetlev Water Powered Jet Pack Laughs in the Face of Jet Skis
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With up to 215 horsepower, the JetLev jetpack flings you up to 28 feet in the air at up to 40MPH by pumping water through its jets.… |
February 15th, 2009
Hims Brain Hubi Claims to Relax Your Mind, Improve Your Memory, Help You Concentrate, End World Hunger, Visualize Whirled Peas
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This little USB gadget from Korea makes some pretty lofty claims. Not only will it help you chill out, it could help you memorize Pi to 100,000 digits, or might turn you into the next Rembrandt. Or Obama. The HIMS Brain HUBI biofeedback device plugs into your computer, and interactively… |
February 15th, 2009
Vest Dressed to Kill: Resident Evil Vests on Ebay
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Of all the strange things that we have seen and heard and killed in the Resident Evil… series, one strange thing stands out in my mind, in the same way that in RE games objects that can be picked up and interacted with tend to sparkle and have more vivid |
February 15th, 2009
Whose Leg Lamp: Weirdest Romantic Accessory Ever
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Imagine you’re on a date. You’ve probably done this so many times that you’ve become quite the date-imagining expert. Imagine that the date is going well, and then you excuse yourself to go to the restroom. Imagine that as soon as you shut the door to the restroom you shriek… |
February 15th, 2009
Zombie Mario Must have Run Out of Extra Lives
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Mario is a popular guy, and he shows up on a lot of t-shirts and other wearables, but I think this is the first time I’ve seen him in zombie form on a shirt. If it wasn’t for the visible bits of brains, I might have just thought he’d had… |
February 15th, 2009
Wall-E Windows Computer Casemod Gets Touchscreen Tummy
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After listening to his startup sound, I always figured that Wall-E ran on Mac OS. I guess I was wrong. From the looks of this casemod, the little yellow robot that could… runs Windows XP. Modder Jonathan Berg put together this Wall-E PC mod that comes complete with a 7-inch |
February 14th, 2009
Homebrew Easy Proposal Maker for Last Minute V-Day Plans [Nintendo Ds]
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Stumped for something special for your Valentine? Well, if you happen to be interested in popping the big question and you’ve got a homebrew-ready Nintendo DS lying around, you can plot your way to the perfect marriage proposal in minutes with Easy Proposal Maker…. Well, it’s perfect if your |
February 14th, 2009
NES Controller Pulls Double Duty as Mouse
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When you’re playing classic games, nothing beats using the original gamepad. In fact, the good ol’ NES controller is useful for all sorts of classic games, whether or not they were made by Nintendo. It’s comfortable and familiar. So when someone adapts an NES controller for plug-and-play use, I pay… |
February 14th, 2009
Pac-Man Ghost T-Shirts Are Pixel Perfect
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Retro-gaming fans have got to love thse Blinky, Inky, Pinky, Clyde and blue ghost t-shirts from LowRez.De. Pac-Man not included.… |
February 13th, 2009
The Latest in Hamster-Based Video Game Technology
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I’m not sure how I missed this great video clip when it first hit the Inter-tubes. Maybe I was too busy playing video games. The clip involves a hamster shimmying his way through a maze of dark jagged tunnels in search of an exit (and no, Richard Gere had nothing… |
February 13th, 2009
