Archive for May 2011
NES Advantage Lamp: My Joystick Doesn’t Work!
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For those of you who don’t recall, the NES Advantage was the big arcade joystick for the classic 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. For those of us who grew up in the arcades, these things were so much better than those silly little gamepads. So I can’t decide if it’s awesome… |
May 22nd, 2011
Bluetooth SNES Controller for Android: Gamers, Start Up Your Emulators
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YouTube member richdegenhardt hacked an SNES controller so it can be used as a Bluetooth controller for any Android device, making it much easier to enter the Konami code on his Android phone. Rich can even remap the buttons to stand for any key on an Android keyboard, so it’ll… |
May 22nd, 2011
Iron Man Origami Defeats Whiplash with Paper Cuts
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Brian Chan has made a few impressive origami, including an Iron Man mask and a sort of Iron Man …action figure that’s completely made out of paper. Brian is an MIT staffer, but after having a look at the plans he’s got on his website, it makes me wonder if |
May 22nd, 2011
My Hexapod Robot is Smarter than Your Hexapod Robot
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Matt Bunting is a roboticist for the University of Arizona and he built a hexapod robot that uses artificial intelligence programming to learn how to move. In essence, it’s probably the smartest hexapod ‘bot out there.… |
May 22nd, 2011
Buzz Lightyear War Machine: to Marvel, and Beyond!
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If Buzz Lightyear looked like this, the first Toy Story movie would’ve been a lot shorter. One look at this… Buzz and Woody would have accepted his obsolescence. |
May 22nd, 2011
Piranha Plant Circuit Board Keychain: For Your Key-sa-Mario
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Remember those plants that would rise from those green (or orange or gray) tunnels in the Super Mario video games and then hide back after a short interval of time? You know, the ones that can also shoot out some fireballs in some versions of the game? |
May 22nd, 2011
Revolver with Camera Hails from 1938
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Today the camera mounted on the gun or on the soldiers body in some way is a vital part of getting video and photos of an operation to commanders in real time. It’s common today on TV and in video games so we take it a bit for granted. Way… |
May 21st, 2011
Sharp AQUOS IS11H Phone: For Ultimate Girly Girls
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Sometimes, all it takes to size an object up is one look. It doesn’t have to be a very long gaze or detailed inspection. And in the case of Sharp’s new AQUOS IS11H Phone, it just takes a second or two to glance at the images and know that these… |
May 21st, 2011
Star Wars Bathroom Tile Mosaic Watches You C-3Pee-O-ing and Going Number R2-D2
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I love Star Wars. For a while, when I was younger, I used to watch the movies every month or so with my sister. Most of the time, we skipped the original and watched Empire and Jedi…. That’s why I love this bathroom. It was designed by Emily |
May 21st, 2011
Lexar Professional Dual-Slot Card Reader: What’s Really Fast and Pops-Up from Your Desk?
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Card readers can be a pain to lug around. I’ve had my share die on me when I needed them, which is when I switched to a SanDisk card reader that never leaves my desktop. Still, this new one from Lexar looks pretty nifty since it looks like the card… |
May 21st, 2011
