Archive for August 2010

If you’re an Apple fanboy or fangirl, here’s something nifty to set in your living room. It’s a soft and squishy plush iMac.

Created by textile artist Kerry Hughes, the plush iMac appears to be running Logic Pro 8, so it’s perfect for iMac fans who are also musicians.

Just…

Watch as artist Robert Mangaoang (aka “Doom CMYK “) creates a digital illustration of Kratos from God of War 3… in this awesome time-lapse painting session he did using Photoshop CS3 and his Wacom tablet.

The authentic music from the game really puts me in the mood to dust of

Got an old Luxo Jr. style iMac? Sure, it might be obsolete, but you surely can do something with it besides putting it out in the alley for recycling.

Instead, why not do like this guy did, and turn it into a handy Cylon helmet.
All you need to do…

I’m a sucker for remote control toys and robots. My office desk and the toy room upstairs are littered with the remnants of all manner of R/C toys from cars to robots and flying whatnots. A cool new R/C bug robot has been announced called Skitterbot.…

Are facts too confusing for you? Then you should try out Fake Science. It will answer all of your questions without those pesky, annoying facts that everyone keeps flaunting around.

Everything from hiccups to solar power is covered by Fake Science and their crack team of researchers.

I’m just waiting…

If you have trouble remembering Minas Tirith, let me refresh your memory. It’s a key location in the Lord of the Rings …and someone has clearly turned it into an obsession.

This matchstick Minas Tirith was made by Patrick Acton, using about 420,000 individual matchsticks. Patrick’s previous rendition of Hogwart’s

Pastry Jedi/awesome baker/awesomer mom Lisa Smiley made this huge Death Star-topped birthday cake for her son’s 9th birthday. I guess we should expect nothing less than magical things from a person whose last name is Smiley.

For the sake of baking enthusiasts out there, the Death Star topping is a…

That’s right folks, the fungi that make it possible for you to enjoy buns and beer is now also being used to make synthetic corneas, according to a report from Reuters.

Scientists put human DNA into genetically-engineered yeast, which in turn produced human protein. The protein was then put in…

Ever wanted one of those crazy t-shirt cannons they use to blast shirts into the stands at the stadium? Well thanks to hacker extraordinaire KipKay, you can now have your own.

Kip has put together this handy tutorial video on how to build your own t-shirt launcher from common parts…

Here’s a clever new idea for a USB hub.

Designed by Giffin’ Termeer for Kikkerland (and presumably inspired by their earlier Containership Powersupply), the USB Battleship probably isn’t seaworthy, but it is fully capable of connecting your various flash drives and peripherals to your computer.…