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filed under: cool toys | geek art & craft | hacks-mods | retro
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Let’s take a trip down memory lane… back to, oh, say, 1998. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but regardless, we all played laser tag with gusto. Now you can play it in your very own home!
Yeah, I know, I’m excited too!..
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September 20th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: retro | timepieces | video games
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This homemade Pong watch will entertain you with retro gaming moves while informing you of the time.
The idea is inspired by Buro Vormkrijgers and his Pong Clock. You can’t control the game, but rather it’s a Pong game in which every minute the right side scores a point, and each hour the left side scores a point. The effect is that the score of the game is the time…
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September 5th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: geek art & craft | robotics
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Have you been alienating friends by over-twittering and now need a substitute robot friend to pal around with? Good news, because as of right now, making this talking robot head is well within your reach.
This nifty bot was made by L. Scott Hudson, who put a terrific how-to video up so that like-minded folks could make one too…
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August 24th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: geek art & craft | robotics
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Welcome Robot 1.5 is a funky little homemade robot that greets people in your absence. It was made by Armanda Lewis as part of 5 Projects in 5 Days. That means she had to make the robot, from start to finish, in only one day.
Welcome Robot 1.5 is red and yellow as an homage to Ironman. When you turn him on, the LED lights come on to let you know he’s in sensing mode…
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August 4th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: geek art & craft | just plain fun | retro
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Get Grandma to work on this hand-knitted Transformers washcloth and you can wipe your face with that lovable logo each night before bed.
You can get the pattern here, although since I don’t understand knitting terminology it might as well be in Japanese, which as we know I also don’t understand too well…
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July 1st, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: design | retro
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These DIY headphones look fantastic! I can only (probably erroneously) assume the sound quality matches the look.
Flickr user j.rusten furniture studio shared the story behind these headphones he made for himself. He says, “I adapted a pair of normal safety earphones for speakers, and added a vintage look…
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June 18th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: cool toys | geek art & craft | hacks-mods | retro
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I don’t know what’s up with me loving the Star Wars action so much lately but this is too cool to pass up. Instructables has all the deets you need to make a Jedi-licious custom lightsaber!
The project is from Instructables user Ricardoaraujo, and utilizes cutting-edge LED and AA battery technologies…
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June 13th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: geek art & craft | hacks-mods | strange and wonderful
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This (somewhat creepy) 3D anime lass is actually hiding a nefarious secret- behind her back lurks a dastardly PC mod!
Um, wow, I guess if you’re really lonely and have a lot of time on your hands this is a good idea. This is a handmade mod, by Katsuya Matsumura, and she’s made from styrofoam and painted by hand. I have to give full props for doing an extremely professional job…
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June 4th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: geek art & craft | video games
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Someone (who I’ll dub Crafty McCrafterson) created this charming Grand Theft Auto IV cross-stitch which uses embroidery thread to express that age old chestnut “Only those who die get closure. The living do not.” Awwww. So sweet!..
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June 3rd, 2008
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author: karen m.
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