Archive for February 2011
French Dude Plays Mario Kart in Real Life
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Haven’t you always wanted to play Mario Kart in real life? French humorist Rémi Gaillard actually played Super Mario Kart… for real, by driving a real go-cart through city traffic while he was disguised as Mario. |
February 21st, 2011
Wise Clock 3: DIY Pong Clock for Under $100
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While initially I thought that this was a Pong clock, it’s actually much cooler: it’s a DIY Pong… clock. It combines many of my obsessions, including DIY, retro video games, and digital clocks. |
February 21st, 2011
Tandar Interactive Robot Monkeys: The New Furbys?
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Luckily, I escaped the Furby craze when I was a kid, but it looks like the company behind these new interactive robot monkeys is trying to revive the trend. Tandars are robotic toys with sensors. There’s good news though; they won’t break the bank, like some other robot toys out… |
February 21st, 2011
GameCube Desktop Organizers Would Only Be Better If They Still Played Super Smash Brothers Melee
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If you’re like me, your old Nintendo GameCube is either gathering dust in a closet somewhere, or you’ve eBayed it by now. But there is one other thing you could do with your GameCube – turn it into a desktop organizer.… |
February 20th, 2011
Totally Unscientific Test Determines Fastest Toy Robot in the UK
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British gadget show “The Gadget Show” – see how sensible and proper they are – wanted to find out which toy robot is the fastest among the ones available in the United Kingdom. Common sense dictates that a race would be a good way to get their answer. Of course… |
February 20th, 2011
WeWood Sustainable Watches: Wood is Good?
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While I’ve never thought about wearing a wooden watch, I have to say that these watches from WeWood look pretty good. On top of that, they’re made out of something natural, and you know, that’s pretty good, right?… |
February 20th, 2011
Angry Zombie Birds: Those Poor Poor Pigs
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Build the strongest fortress you can piggies, because these birds are not out for revenge anymore, they’re out for your flesh.… |
February 20th, 2011
Apple Filed Patent App for New More Dense Battery with Longer Life
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Of all the research conducted around the world, the research that has some of the most life-altering potential for all sorts of products is the common battery. Batteries today are in computers, smartphones, cars, and lots more places. A battery that can hold more power has the potential to usher… |
February 20th, 2011
A Hoodie For Your iPhone
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I like hoodies, but this is the first time that I’ve seen the hoodie design used for anything else but clothes. Splashing Koi created these funky little iPhone hoodies that will make your phone stand out from the lot. This cute little case fits the iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, iPhone… |
February 20th, 2011
Kinect Hole in the Wall Hack Needs to be a Real Game
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If you ever saw that Hole in the Wall… game show, you know how ridiculous the concept of people standing around waiting to not get hit by a moving wall can be. Now, thanks to a clever hack with the Microsoft Kinect, it looks like you could someday play the |
February 19th, 2011
