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the weirdest cameras you will ever see: the art of wayne martin belger

3rd-eye-skull-camera

It’s Strange & Wonderful Wednesday, and as I was perusing the offerings of the Internet I came upon Gerard Vlemmings’ – aka The Presurfer – link to an article on blogbits about weird cameras. They were weird alright: there was an 18-carat gold plated Pentax LX and even a pistol-shaped camera. But the article promised…

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September 30th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design geek art + craft strange + wonderful

blood energy potion: true blood comes true [vampires]

true_blood_bag

You know how all the vampires on True Blood drink bottles of artificial blood so they don’t have to get their nutrients from sucking on humans? Now you can enjoy the same trendy-vampire pleasure by guzzling down a bag of deliciously drinkable BLOOD.

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September 27th, 2009 comments (10) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun

bloodbot blood sampling robot: the name isn’t exactly endearing is it

bloodbot

Remember how in Wall-E how the humans got so lazy that they left everything in the hands of robots? Seems some people need to watch – or re-watch – that awesome movie, because it seems that we’re just looking for excuses to build a robot. Case in point: the Bloodbot, a horribly misnamed medical robot designed…

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September 18th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: future tech robots strange + wonderful technology

xbox 360 mod 4 dead

left 4 dead casemod

The bloody hand of Left 4 Dead is one of those images that sticks out–partially, I’m sure, because of the wonderful atmosphere of the game itself, in which those bloody handprints are so often wielded to chilling effect. That means it also makes a perfect icon to serve as the centerpiece of a custom Xbox 360.…

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August 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods just plain fun video games

bloody bath accessories sure to freak out your houseguests

bloody_shower_curtain

Been dying to do over your bathroom decor with a Hitchcockian theme? Well I can think of no better place to start than with these accessories.

Imagine the surprise of your roommate when they wake up tomorrow morning to find this Blood Bath shower curtain hanging in place of the old one. Whether they think…

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February 27th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun strange + wonderful

floating bloody mess: the liquid lamp

liquid_lamp_1

After a brief shot at being practical and ingenious, the Japanese are back to being weird again with this morbid and messy yet minimalist lamp from DCS Corp:

Designed by Kouichi Okamoto, the Liquid Lamp is made of steel and comes equipped with a 25-watt bulb. The puddle of red stuff is actually the lamp’s…

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February 2nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design just plain fun

blood puddle pillows perfect for halloween slumber

With Halloween just hours away, here’s a great idea for anyone looking for a good last-minute fright.

These blood puddle pillows are just the thing for scaring the crap out of your roommate when they wake up and find you lying there in a pool of red tomorrow morning.

Artist Keetra Dean Dixon made these…

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October 30th, 2008 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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pay for transactions with your finger tip

Hitachi Finger Vein Reader

Hitachi has taken the wraps off of a new payment technology that lets you make purchases with only your finger.

The new biometric system can measure the unique signature of the blood vessels in your fingers to authenticate transactions. Once you register your “vein signature” with your credit card company, your vascular pattern is the…

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July 24th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful