Archive for November 2009
Bacon Lampshade: Sizzling Hot
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Okay folks bacon is awesome and all, but this is getting out of hand: Flickr user krismkelley made a bacon lampshade. A lampshade made of bacon. What have you been smoking krismkelley? Bacon? Pretty soon people will be building whole houses out of bacon. Poor piggies. Check out the rest… |
November 9th, 2009
LED Menorahs: is It Too Early for a Hanukkah Post?
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I know, we’re more than a month away from Hanukkah, but when I saw these awesomely geeky LED Menorah kits today, I just had to give them a mention. Heck, if it were the middle of April, I’d probably still write about them. Our pals over at Evil Mad Science… |
November 8th, 2009
Joker Racer: Drive R/C Cars With Your Web Browser or iPhone
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Joker Racer is a new service which lets you race remote-control cars from across the internet. The system uses a custom wireless computer that receives digital information via a Wi-Fi connection and translates your maneuvers into servo control signals for R/C cars. There’s also a USB jack for a compact… |
November 8th, 2009
Bioshock 2 Eve Hypodermic Syringe: Sterilize Before Using
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While most everyone I know has been heading off to get a flu shot, I’d personally rather get injected with a dose of Bioshock’s EVE serum instead of a supposedly dead H1N1 virus grown in chicken eggs. This Bioshock 2… EVE syringe is an exact replica of the nasty looking |
November 8th, 2009
SNES + Genesis + NES + Portable = Snegenes P
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Want to play all your favorite classic retro console games? Sure you could cheat and buy yourself a Dingoo, but what fun would that be? This custom-built portable uses hardware from a couple of other devices to create a system that plays games from the Nintendo NES, SNES and Sega… |
November 8th, 2009
Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt: Air Guitar on Steroids
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The thinking geeks at ThinkGeek recently unleashed one of their most awesome creations: WEARABLE ROCK. Their Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt features a semi-guitar with 14 major chords – which were recorded from a real electric guitar – assigned to different areas on the neck, so you can play songs for… |
November 8th, 2009
It’S Dangerous to Smoke Alone! Take This Cigarette Case [Zelda]
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The old man in the beginning of The Legend of Zelda… has got to be one of the most helpful dudes in video game history. He doesn’t say anything cryptic. He doesn’t require you to fetch anything. He just hands you a sword and offers a mild warning. Who better |
November 8th, 2009
Flashlight Pendant Lamps Prove That Porcelain Can Make Anything Look Sophisticated
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Even if you were asked to name a hundred beautiful objects, would you include flashlights in your list? Of course not. But what if the flashlights were made of porcelain?… |
November 8th, 2009
Rubik’s Cube Pixel Art: the Ultimate Geek Art Form
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What do you get when you’ve got a crapload of Rubik’s cubes lying around the house, and some serious artistic talent? You make some major pixel art, that’s what. These Rubik’s pixel portraits by Irish artist John Quigley are truly mind-boggling. Not only did he have to map out the… |
November 7th, 2009
IPod Cluster Media: Multiple iPod Touches Get in Sync to Form Giant Display
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This interactive work of art uses 20 individual iPod Touches, tied together to produce synchronized visuals across all of the displays. Created by Japan’s PROTOTYPE design team, iPod Cluster Media is an early proof-of-concept that stitches multiple independent iPod Touches into a hive-mind display wall. Each iPod Touch knows what… |
November 7th, 2009
