Archive for May 2011

Sure, the turrets and robots of Portal… have been getting more attention out of late, but we should never count out the charm of the Companion Cube. Just take a look at this Weighted Companion Cube sweater. It will never threaten to stab you.

Hello geeks, look at your fruits, now look at this banana, now back to your fruits, now back to this banana. Sadly, your fruits are not USB-compatible, but if you get the USB-It Stick-On Cable, you can make your fruits and pretty much anything else a lot geekier.…

It’s been confirmed that there was a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan. That’s why I think that the Helios IX, which was developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology, will certainly be able to help out its human friends, since it won’t get sick or die from radiation poisoning.…

I’ll be the first to tell you that I’m far less efficient typing on a touchscreen than I am when using a tactile keyboard. Heck, even today’s relatively flat laptop keyboards are still much faster for typists than touchscreens. So with that bias, I’m still a little skeptical about these…

I can’t imagine a better way to smoke up some tasty meats but with this R2-D2 BBQ smoker, cooked up by mega-Star Wars… fan Philip Wise of The New Wookiee Workshop, TheForce.Net and Rebelscum.com.

Designed by Da Deng, the Bye-5 is a light switch that’s also meant to cheer the user up. You see, instead of a switch or a button or a string, the Bye-5 looks like a hand, always ready to give – and receive – a high five.  It doesn’t exactly…

The first thing that popped in my mind when I saw this backpack is the Koopas, from Super Mario Bros.… As we all know, Koopas are the race of turtles against which Mario has to fight. For some reason, this backpack includes spikes, so you’re probably closer to being Bowser

Sure, skull and bones designs are a dime a dozen, but this t-shirt has something special going for it. If you look at the t-shirt from afar, you’ll notice something pixel-like about the design. Once you look closely, you’ll see the intricacy of the design, and realize that it’s made…

The expert tinkerers at iFixit can ogle the innards of any gadget they get their hands on. If you own an iPhone 4 but not the skills required to dismantle it, there’s now a way for you to view your phone’s insides without tearing it down. Just get this transparent…

All of the people out there that like to do crazy sports or extreme sports and want to be able to record their antics in a first person view need some sort of camcorder. The best type of camera is something small and rugged that can survive the inevitable drop…