Archive for November 2010

It seems as if the hacking possibilities for the Xbox 360 Kinect just keep expanding. Today’s hack? How about a way to map your body into a real-time 3D image, then distort it.…

Budding superheroes – How many times have you had the need to scale a building, but just didn’t have the arm strength to get your grappling hook all the way to the roof? Thanks to this air-powered grappling hook, you no longer need to worry.

Batelle’s Tactical Air Initiated Launch…

Next time you decide to whip out your Donkey Kong Jenga set, you might want to make sure you’re not playing against the guy with this new game-changer. It’s a special “pistol” designed to easily remove Jenga blocks.

Matthias Wandel – the guy who created the Jenga Pistol – just…

The other day I told you guys about some funny Pac-Man cookie cutters, and noted how Blinky was nowhere to be found. I thought he had been eaten, and that’s quite possibly why he’s rising from the dead in this funny new T-shirt, called “Medium Difficulty.”

The tee was designed…

You might recall a while back I mentioned the crazy fat Arkhippo for the iPhone 3G/3GS. The case makes the iPhone fat so it can sit on surfaces without having to hold it. The thick case is made from the same sort of material durable, flexible material as Crocs shoes…

The iPad is sure to be at the top of holiday wish lists for geeks all around the world this year. If you are shopping for the iPad in the UK, some new deals are expected to go official today with Orange and T-Mobile (aka Everything Everywhere). The new offers…

Despite most popular opinions, I really liked the Terminator Salvation… flick. My favorite machines in the movie were those cool motorcycles that Skynet built. I think if Skynet built bikes, the M55 Hybrid Bike would be what they looked like.

Are you the type of person that loves playing crazy pranks? Then this Arduino-based remote-controlled water-pistol car should be right up your alley. And guess what? You can use your Android phone to control this sucker!…

Is your son, daughter, or significant other spending so much time in front of the computer that their touch-typing is slowly driving you insane? No need to worry, Thanko’s got the solution! Now you can silence those horrible clicky keyboard strokes forever!…

For those not familiar with the concept, a Useless Machine is a device with only one function, specifically the ability to turn itself off. In other words, when you turn it on, it turns itself off. Now, I’m sure DIYers could easily make a machine that can turn itself off…