Archive for June 2010

ColorWare is certainly diversifying this year. They started out painting small gadgets, then consoles, then they started selling custom-colored HDTVs. Now they’re offering to color anyone who has a Segway i2, and of course they’re selling brand new ones as well. Customers can select colors for 13 of the Segway…

If you’ve ever been confused about exactly what lightsaber went with what character, and from what era, this handy infographic by a guy named “Pest” should help set the record straight.…

Not only does this iPhone case look exactly like a retro cassette tape, it actually serves a purpose.

When out of its box, the silicon cover protects your iPhone from scratches, dust and fingerprints. But when placed inside and propped open, it provides you with a handy stand for viewing…

Created entirely from old bits of metal and scrap parts, this diminutive (but life-size) Yoda sculpture looks awesome.

Handmade by Bangkok artist Yumi Modal, the only thing better would be if the little metal guy’s lightsaber actually lit up – but whaddya want for scrap metal? Of course, Yoda is…

These famous movie quotes have been illustrated into these clever designs by artist Goran Patlejch, who’s also known as Goenetix. Perhaps it’s the circular design, but they kind of remind me of coasters – or maybe the Starbucks logo.…

It looks like another company is working on a cute humanoid robot. This time, the ‘bot comes from Germany, and he’s some kind of walking cyclops.

The Myon robot is about 50 inches tall and weighs 33lbs. Myon is an interesting robot because of a few different things. He’s got…

I’m sure a lot of you have heard about OnLive, the gaming service that streams games to you from computers much more powerful than yours. Lots of people – myself included – were skeptical about the quality of service that it could provide. Fortunately, Gamertell’s Jeremy Hill is currently trying…

This newspaper doesn’t seem to respond to touch. Maybe it needs a stylus to work.

Or maybe the boss needs to have a talk with the editor and teach him how to use the “Delete” key in addition to “Cut” and “Paste.”…

We all know the slogan for pork – The Other White Meat…. Apparently, the legal firm retained by the National Pork Board, Faegre & Benson, has zero sense of humor and taken offense to a fake product ThinkGeek has on their website.

Not that this idea is really good for anything other than looking cool, you’ve gotta hand it to these Japanese researchers, who have managed to create a special tank which can momentarily suspend illustrations in water.

By sending precisely coordinated pulses through the water, the National Maritime Research Institute is…