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Archive for July 2010

Unreal Transformers Masterpiece Omega Supreme Hits Ebay

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Holy crap. If you’re a Transformers fan with deep pockets, you’d better get out your credit card and get your ass over to eBay and bid on this bad boy now.

Created by custom figure builder uuser, this awesomely awesome 18 inch-tall custom Omega Supreme figure is so intricately detailed,…

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July 10th, 2010 by: Technabob

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Rpc M1b: Stops Zombies, Dead in Their Tracks

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Next time you come face to face with a zombie, just whip out your old Rocket Propelled Chainsaw, and finish him off with style.…

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July 10th, 2010 by: Technabob

Nixie Sudoku: Fun With Gas-Filled Tubes

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This has got to by my favorite Nixie tube creation in a very long time – a fully-playable Soduku board.

Trashbear Labs built this Nixie Soduku board using 81 individual tubes, arranged into a grid, and controlled by a couple of dials and a keypad. There’s even a built-in solver…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Technabob

Ninja Cat Gets Lightsaber

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I first saw this hyper-fast Ninja cat over on our sister site, The Awesomer. But it only took a couple of days for some digital video maniac to embellish the already dangerous kitty with a touch of Star Wars whimsy. So without further ado, I give you Ninja Kitty With…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Technabob

Yoda Says, “Left You Stay, or Darkside You Will Find”

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I always wondered what it would be like to hang with Yoda. I think I would spend lots of time trying to figure out what the little green dude was saying. Backwards he talks, yes, hmmmmm. We mentioned a while back that TomTom was bringing out a line of Star…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

IPad Stand From Spare Office Supplies

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There are probably a million different iPad stands out there, but none of them have the simple appeal of this one: it uses rubber bands and pencils so that your iPad can rest peacefully still while you browse.

In order to make your own, you’ll need six pencils and four…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Range

Star Wars Goes Out on the Town, Victorian-Style

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I’ve never really thought that Star Wars… characters could go out in public without shooting a few stormtroopers or using a lightsaber, but these new paintings by Greg Peltz would definitely allow Chewbacca to go out in style

The original idea came from Robert Mackenzie who created a cool-looking portrait

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July 9th, 2010 by: Range

Rgb Light: Because a Cmyk Light Would be Too Gloomy

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Designed by Fabian Nehne and Martin Meier, the RGB Light is, as Szymon Blaszczyk said, a great gift for Photoshop geeks. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s for sale.

The point, of course, is teaching the physics of the additive color model. You know, red + green + blue = white,…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Kinect Preview at Macy’S: Freakin’ Hardcore Yo

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Last month, Microsoft’s worldwide marketing manager Ryan Moore said that hardcore gamers will be the first to buy Kinect (but not because Kinect is for hardcore players, he just assumed that hardcore players were the type to embrace new tech). In a bid to ensure that players with hardened cores…

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July 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Spruce Deuce, the Robot Drummer Percusses His Way Into Our Hearts

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Music geek/artist Steve Averill created this crazy contraption, a plywood robot that can play drums.

Spruce Deuce gets his rhythm by using a set of arm and wrist servos, controlled by a Highly Liquid MD24 MIDI servo controller.…

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July 8th, 2010 by: Technabob

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