Archive for November 2011

There are a few exceptions to the rule, but for the most part, business cards are plain and boring. But they don’t have to be. This one proves that they can be both effective as advertising and fun at the same time. The Model Aircraft Business Card is one of…

Honda has been busy, and not on new versions of the Civic or Accord. Today, the company has unveiled their new ASIMO robot, improving upon the 10 year-old design. Now ASIMO can kick balls, (hopefully not human male’s) hop on a single leg and it can even predict the direction…

The two most popular mobile operating systems out there are Android and iOS. When it comes to accessories, iOS is still the most popular though. There aren’t nearly as many accessories for the Android users out there as there are for the iPhone at this point. Griffin has launched an…

We’ve seen a variety of takes on the power strip that address not only the need for more outlets but the awkward fit of different plugs and adapters. Designer Chih-Yao Chen’s solution is simple: break the power strip apart so that you can re-arrange the parts as needed.…

The title pretty much says it all. This incredible 7 foot-tall papercraft Gundam is about the greatest thing I’ve seen all day week month… year.

Remember the old SEGA arcade classic OutRun?… Well one geek out there sure does, as he decided to take the game and create an analog version as a tribute. The game is powered by an Arduino board, along with various servo motors and sensors.

Thanks to my Parakeet Vision, I spotted these awesome officially licensed hoodies from Insert Coin. Inspired by Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood…, the hoodies bear the name of the hometown of the Auditore family, the insignia of the Assassin Order and the numbers 14 and 99, indicating the year that the

After the Panasonic Lumix GX1 was spotted in Taiwan last week, Panasonic finally unveiled the full Monty about this camera. This micro four-thirds camera is the successor to the GF1, which was raved about by professional and amateur photographers. It basically takes kick-ass photos, in a very small and compact…

Artist Luke Jerram has converted the seismogram of this year’s devastating earthquake in Japan into a 3D printed sculpture. The seismogram charts the nine minutes of the earthquake, with its varying intensities. It’s called the Tōhoku Japanese Earthquake Sculpture.…

Like ostentatious crap, but don’t have any money to back up your “discerning” taste? Why spend $35,000 on a real gold iPhone, when you could still have a gold iPhone for about 20 bucks?…