Archive for February 2010

Ever thought about putting together your own “smart garments?” Well here’s a way to weave technology into your very own clothing without too much effort.

Thanks to fabric technologist Hanna Perner-Wilson (aka Plusea), you can now purchase pre-made components which you can use to make interactive clothing pieces.…

I was thinking to myself just the other day that the only way my flash drive could possibly be better was if it looked like the polar bear from Lost…. Even better would be if I had to rip the bear in half to plug it into the USB

The thing with being at the top is that you often don’t take any chances. What that really means is that the top dog in many markets can make some of the most boring products known to geekdom. Take HP for instance, it is the top PC seller in the…

This new mp3 player concept lets you play with its shape in order to come up with the icons that you need in order to control your music. It’s called the Play Mp3 Player.

So basically, you have to fold the player in half, thus forming the icon ” ▶”…

There’s just something about awesome LEGO builds that I just love, especially when they don’t involve kits. This amazing build is by Dave DeGobbi. He calls it Crawler Town.

It kind of reminds me of Howl’s Moving Castle…, one of the more recent Studio Ghibli movies. Or better

If Photoshopping believable images is hard work, I wonder how much more complicated it is to fabricate video. We’ve all seen green (or blue) screens in behind-the-scenes features for movies, but if you think that they’re only used for fantasy or science fiction films, think again.

Stargate Studios posted a…

He’s not the Godfather of Soul, but Nottingham, England’s own James Brown is a bit popular as well, not as an artist but as a geek. You see, Brown collects vacuum cleaners. The 30-year old Brown has been collecting Roomba’s ancestors since he was eight years old, when he found…

Now this is something that a lot of women would like to have in their own homes: Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido installed a digital cosmetic mirror at the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku that lets customers test make up without actually trying it on, thanks to the magic of augmented…

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I love how Shaun White’s intervening smiling mug completely obliterates whatever seriousness is left out of the Tiger news.…

Looking for a unique piece of art for your home or office that embodies your geeky aesthetic? Check out these cool LED light sculptures by artist/electrical engineer Andrew O’Malley.

Each of Andrew’s Electric Window digital sculptures displays a variety of intriguing images as they sit there on your shelf. The…