Archive for June 2010
100,000 LEGO Robotic Monster Chess: Can Chess Get Any More Complicated?
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Playing chess is fun, but I’ve never seen a chess board like this! It uses about 100,000 LEGO bricks and the chess board is about 12 feet to each side! Oh yeah, each chess piece is a LEGO robot! Can it get any better?… |
June 14th, 2010
Super Mario 64 Challenge: Can You Outrun the 1-Up ‘Shroom?
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Like Grand Theft Auto and other sandbox-ish games, Super Mario 64 encourages players to dick around instead of defeating Bowser for the nth time. Unable to resist man’s urge to dick around, two Japanese gamers came up with a challenge on one of the levels of Super Mario 64…: |
June 14th, 2010
Notificator: Primitive Twitter or High-Tech Bulletin Board?
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The article below, published in 1935 in the magazine Modern Mechanix, shows off a “robot messenger” called the Notificator, a gadget so nice Boing Boing posted it twice:… |
June 14th, 2010
Icon Battery Pack for iPhone: as Literal as It Gets
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Here’s a case of life imitating UI – the Icon battery pack for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. This is as idiotproof as it gets folks. Anyone who can’t figure out what this is or how it works probably shouldn’t be using an iPhone in the first place.… |
June 14th, 2010
Pixel Animation Created With Candles
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Check out this nifty pixel art animation from youtube contributor brusspup, created entirely with a bunch of tealight candles.… |
June 13th, 2010
Kinect: Xbox 360 Project Natal Gets a Name
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I’m betting Microsoft is a little disappointed with USA Today, who let slip today that the name for what was previously known as Project Natal, will be released under the name “Kinect.”… |
June 13th, 2010
USB Typewriters: the Ultimate Retro Keyboards
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Miss the arduously slow process of typing on a mechanical typewriter? Me neither. But if you’re longing for that 5 word-per-minute typing speed, you might want to check out these retro typewriters that have been converted into USB keyboards. You’ve got to hand it to Jack Zylkin of usbtypewriters for… |
June 13th, 2010
Keroro Gunso Xbox 360: Good Luck and Good Gaming
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deviantART member ricepuppet does Wii and Xbox 360 paint jobs. As proof of his skills, he painted his own Xbox 360 along with the controllers, using the manga and anime character Keroro Gunso (Sgt. Frog) as his theme.… |
June 13th, 2010
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Uniqlo Shirts: Buy 1 Shirt, Get 1 Soldier
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Hideo Kojima’s latest masterpiece is already causing massive nergasms worldwide with its awesomeness. Proclaim your love for the latest member of the Metal Gear Solid series by getting these Peace Walker shirts, made by Japanese clothing company Uniqlo. You’re not just getting a shirt too, as each t-shirt will “also … |
June 13th, 2010
Laser Monocle Headpiece: for Accurate Stare-Downs
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Here’s an awesome weekend project for all you tinkerers out there: a laser monocle headpiece. Instructables member Lemonie says that it’s perfect for Star Trek… fans, but anyone who doesn’t think that a laser beam on your head is cool shouldn’t be reading Instructables anyway. Lemonie improvised a lot in |
June 13th, 2010
