Archive for March 2010
Bulletproof Your Music With the Ammo Box iPod Dock
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This incredible ammo box iPod dock was created by Thomas Spaans. He turned the old metal box into a high-end portable iPod amplifier. It’s called the A-Box and it’s designed for docking an iPod or mp3 player, which can connect on the outside or the inside of this box. It’s… |
March 8th, 2010
Gascase: Suitcase Not Approved for Dispensing Gasoline
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This is one cool-looking suitcase. It comes from Ivorilla, a Frankfurt-based company, and it’s called the GasCase. If you’re looking to disguise your luggage as a can of gasoline, or just to have stand-out bags, definitely check these out. I don’t know if carrying around a case that looks like… |
March 8th, 2010
Phrenology Head: What’S Really Going on Inside That Brain of Yours
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Do you miss the scientific quackery of the early 18th century? Then have I’ got a deal for you. This phrenology head is the perfect way to figure out what’s wrong with your brain – as long as you don’t care if it’s wrong 100% of the time. Perfect for… |
March 8th, 2010
Steampunk Professor X Wheelchair: What if… Prof. X was a 19th Century Drunk?
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Then this would definitely be his ride. First class craftsmanship, as befits a powerful telepath. A powerful alcoholic telepath. Forge and Zero probably helped him make the wheelchair, as it’s made of parts from the past 135 years. The Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair by Daniel Valdez was made from a… |
March 8th, 2010
Grungebuds Are Clearly Not Grunge Buds
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…not when they’re embedded with Swarovski crystals that form the shape of a cat. A pink cat. You can pick up a pair of GrungeBuds Crystal Cat Pink at Atomic9′s online store for $40 (USD). You can also “choose your grunge” from other designs – designs which I am not… |
March 8th, 2010
Ubisoft Drm Epic Fail as Assassin’S Creed 2 Servers Crash: Ubigettinonmynerves
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Ubisoft got a taste of Murphy’s Law as the company’s newly implemented Internet-dependent anti-piracy measure has left owners of the PC version of Assassin’s Creed II unable to log in and thus play their game. It was bound to happen, but I didn’t think it would happen almost right from… |
March 8th, 2010
Street Headphones: Loud in More Ways Than One
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A byproduct of Brian Garret Schuur’s graduate thesis (pdf), the Street Headphones has a laser sintered (i.e. melted) polyamide outer shell. Made using rapid manufacturing, customers can personalize the shell by having something custom etched into it, like the names of your favorite musicians, as shown below.… |
March 7th, 2010
Doctor Who Tardis Zipperrobe Takes Your Clothes to Another Dimension
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I’ve yet to see an episode of the classic British TV show, so forgive me if my understanding of his powers is wrong. The point is that this is one of the geekiest containers for your clothes. Store your wardrobe from the nineties – or 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s –… |
March 7th, 2010
Which the Game: More Like What… Where? Who… Holy Shi-
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Saw this on TV yesterday. At around 4 in the morning. Not good. Which… is a short first-person PC game which gives players a simple goal: find a way out of the goddamn horror house. Game creator Mike Inel used simple graphics to great effect. Great, pants-pissing effect. The game |
March 7th, 2010
Strobeshnik Hard Drive Clock Tells Time Perfectly Once It Spins Up to Speed
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Check out this cool clock made from an old hard drive. Built by modder Svofski, the clock tells time on the face of the hard drive’s rapidly spinning platter. The Strobeshnik hard drive clock uses a stroboscopic effect to make it look like the numbers of the clock are persistent… |
March 6th, 2010
