nasa urine recycler is good to go. unfortunately.

filed under: future tech | strange and wonderful | technology

“Houston, we have a problem.”
Eagle this is Houston, what’s poppin? Over?
“Yeah, so.. I float over to where the cooler’s supposed to be, but in it’s place there’s this…I’m looking at this machine labeled “Urine Recycler”. Over.”

Don’t tell me it’s broken again!..

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November 30th, 20083 comments stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.

tiny cube speakers: portable, also easily lost.

filed under: audio | media players

Tiny Cube Speakers

Here’s something for people who want some boom outside of their boom - I mean room. Landport’s cube speakers are so tiny, calling them ultra-portable would be an understatement. I say they’re ultra-losable. Measuring just 26 mm x 26 mm x 26 mm (appx. 1″), these 0.8 watt speakers are smaller than an iPod shuffle…

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November 30th, 20084 comments stumble it! digg it!author: lambert v.

honest gamer hoodie speaks only truth

filed under: geek art & craft | retro | video games

8-bit Graphic Hoodie

Why choose the great outdoors over a carefully-rendered urban landscape? So long as you stay away from the people in that pesky uncanny valley, the variable world of video games may just be prettier (and easier to control) than the real world.

This cotton/poly hoodie is a steal at $22.99 from jamjamtees’ Etsy storefront, and the graphic is screen-printed on navy for a very basic look…

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November 30th, 2008post a comment stumble it! digg it!author: alisha k.

m.u.s.c.l.e. men tag team your usb

filed under: computing | gadgets | just plain fun | retro | strange and wonderful

If you remember the NES game M.U.S.C.L.E. as one of the worst (and silliest) timewasters in all of history, then these tiny USB wrestlers are just the thing you want exercising suggestively on your desk.

In Japan, these fellows are well-known figures from the Kinnikuman manga. Elsewhere, they would probably be more recognizable if they were made of rubbery pink PVC (or NES-era pixels)…

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November 30th, 2008post a comment stumble it! digg it!author: alisha k.

r/c black widow spider definitely not for arachnophobes

filed under: just plain fun

r/c black widow spider

Wanna scare the living crap out of your roommate? Just put this giant furry black widow spider on top of their blanket while they’re asleep, flip on the remote control, and watch the mayhem ensue…

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November 29th, 20084 comments stumble it! digg it!author: technabob

tetris and breakout piggy banks help you pinch pennies

filed under: cool toys | retro | video games

Atari Breakout and Tetris Piggy Banks

Remember when it cost just a quarter to play your favorite arcade games? What would you say if I told you that you could play two Atari arcade classics for just one red cent a game.

While these pint-size versions of Breakout and Tetris aren’t totally faithful to their arcade counterparts, they only charge a single shiny copper penny to play…

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November 29th, 2008post a comment stumble it! digg it!author: technabob

salad bowl speakers serve up scrumptious sound [ikea hack]

filed under: audio | design | hacks-mods

IKEA Hack Blanda Matt Salad Bowl Speakers

While you could fill your salad bowl with lettuce, tomatoes, bacon bits and honey dijon dressing, that would be pretty boring. Personally, I prefer my salads to be made from anodized aluminum, magnets, and wire. Yum…

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November 28th, 2008post a comment stumble it! digg it!author: technabob

batman desk accessories: to the bat-cave, robin!

filed under: cool toys | just plain fun | retro

Red Batman Batphone

Yeah, I know. The Dark Knight was arguably the best movie of 2008, but can Christian Bale’s throaty rasp really hold a candle to Adam West’s booming baritone Batman? Now you can bring back memories of the classic camp of the original Batman TV show with these great accessories that help you turn your room into a regular Wayne Manor…

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November 28th, 2008post a comment stumble it! digg it!author: technabob

enjoy some electronic turkey this thanksgiving

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

If you haven’t already gotten your turkey for tonight’s Thanksgiving festivities, it’s probably too late for you. Unless, of course, you plan on catching your own bird.

This Cass Creek electronic turkey call is sure to attract the elusive birds as it cranks out digitized samples of real turkeys…

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November 27th, 20081 comment stumble it! digg it!author: technabob

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