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Archive for July 2011

Animated Augmented Reality Tattoo Sings a Little Song

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This isn’t just a any old tattoo, but it’s actually an animated… augmented reality tattoo, which in my book makes it awesomesauce. However, I still wouldn’t want one on my skin. Would you?

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July 11th, 2011 by: Range

Salt and Pepper Bots for Lazy Condiment Passers

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The lines I hate hearing when I’m sitting down at the dining table about to dig in on my meal when I’m particularly famished are:

Can you please pass the salt?
Can you please sprinkle a little bit of pepper in my soup?
Can you please hand me the salt…

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July 11th, 2011 by: Hazel Chua

Flashed Face Distortion Effect: Ugly Optical Illusion

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Sean Murphy was looking at sets of faces for one of his experiments when he observed something really freaky. Skimming fairly rapidly through pictures of two faces side-by-side, Murphy started noticing that some of the people he had pictures of had grotesque and deformed faces. But when he looked at…

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July 10th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Gold $4 Keyboard Key: Not My Type

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If you’re one of the people who like the idea of owning iced up and gemmed gadgets but don’t have enough money to snag one of Stuart Hughes‘ over-the-top pieces, maybe you’d settle for having one of your keyboard’s keys blinged up? And what better key to pimp up than…

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July 10th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Vol Speaker Combines Speaker and Dial

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This minimal speaker was designed by Hironao Tsuboi for Kent of British American Tobacco. While I have trouble understanding why a tobacco company would need a cool and funky speaker like this, it looks pretty darned good.…

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July 10th, 2011 by: Range

SEED Concept: Your Personal Automonous Floating Camera Drone

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The SEED is an autonomous, mobile camera balloon created to take photos and video of you while you’re on vacation, but I honestly see a lot of Big Brother implications. It also reminds me of the Kinos in Stargate Universe…. This unique spin on the blimp drone was designed

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July 10th, 2011 by: Range

Metal Gear Solid Snake: Poppet Edition

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Solid Snake might be a little rough and tough, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a softer side – and by that, I mean plush and squishy.
Despite having no idea who Solid Snake was, Crafter averyg ended up having to make a plush Snake for Craftster’s Poppet Mini…

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July 9th, 2011 by: Technabob

LG Cinema 3D TV: For Once, Being Passive is Good

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The folks at LG were kind enough to loan me one of their Cinema 3D HDTVs for the last couple of weeks, and I wanted to share with you my experiences with the set, and the 3D technology it uses. The set I test-drove was the LG Infinia 47LW5600, a…

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July 9th, 2011 by: Technabob

Darth Vader Takes a Holiday

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It can get pretty tiring being a Sith Lord, and after a long day of evil-doing on the Dark Side of the Force, sometimes you just need a break. That’s why I found this series of photos, entitled Dark Holiday,… by Nick Presniakov so funny.

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July 9th, 2011 by: Range

iPhone 4 DSLR Lens Mount: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

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Yep, I know all about how popular the iPhone has become to snap everyday photos. Now you can take it to the next level by getting this iPhone 4 lens mount, which will allow you to mount your favorite Canon or Nikon DSLR lenses onto your precious iPhone.…

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July 9th, 2011 by: Range

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