The massive controller measures approximately 12ft (w) x 5 ft (d) 3 in x 1ft 8 in (h), and weighs in at a whopping 265 pounds. It was built by Ben Allen, along with Stephen van ‘t Hof and Michel Verhulst.

The controller cost over $6,000 (USD) to construct, and yes – it does play games. The thing is so big that it takes at least two people to play a game with it, as the armspan required to use the D-Pad at the same time as the A/B buttons is too wide for even the likes of Yao Ming. Hence, my comment about Co-Op mode in the title above.

The controller was shown off at London, England’s Liverpool Street Station in celebration of the release of Guiness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2012. And no, you can’t have it in your living room.

[via EGM]

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Anthony Daniels, C-3PO himself got to push the button that activated this amazing lightsaber. While it won’t protect Earth from invading Sith or deflect asteroids, it is a great moment in geek history.

Also present at the event were Stormtroopers, Darth Vader and other characters that we all love. Hopefully this thing won’t attract any attention from a galaxy far, far away.

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UK artist Mark Wallinger created this awesome object – a special version of the TARDIS which can blend seamlessly into its environment. It certainly would make it a little less conspicuous than the blue one. Thought it does make you wonder if the interior is made up of even larger mirrors – like those ones in Inception. At least that’s how I imagine the inside of this shiny TARDIS.

I’m not quite sure where in the universe the mirror TARDIS can be found these days, but it was last seen at an exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery back in 2009.

[via How to Be a Retronaut via epicponyz]

The top photo commemorates a classic scene in a 1964 episode that featured the Daleks invading London.

Those pesky mutants in their robot vehicles have been mistakenly thought as cyborgs, but they aren’t! They’re mutants! Steven Moffat announced recently that the Daleks were being retired from Doctor Who, much to the chagrin of many.

There are now various Dalek models on display at The Doctor Who Experience exhibition in London’s Olympia until this November.

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Now it’s not exactly a normal Pac-Man maze, but this 33″ x 23″ London Tube map will help you get around town whilst (we speak proper English here) knowing the exact whereabouts of Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde as well as some tasty power pills, cherries and other fruits.

Want one for your wall? Head over to PUBLICGRIEFJUNKIE, where you can grab the Pac-Man Tube map for £19.99 (~$32 USD).

[via SVPPLY via Colossal Art + Design]

Bionic Heart is an interactive story with up to 24 endings available for the completionists. The Tycoon Games title is set in futuristic London, and is chock full of romance and comedy. Oh, and science fiction. There’s a little of that, too.

If you’re at all interested in visual novels, odds are you can give this one a shot, since it’s available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Convenient. It’s worth trying out the demo on the official site, too.

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[via Siliconera]

London UK-based Mathmos is getting set to release their new Fireflow lava lamps. The lights eliminate the need for electricity, instead substituting the heat of a simple tea light candle.

The Fireflow R1 and Fireflow O1 were designed by the same company that invented the original lava lamp over 45 years ago. The R1 looks like a tiny rocket ship, loaded up with bubbly goo that gradually morphs under the warm glow of candlelight.

The O1 features a modern design that floats a mouth-blown glass lava container several inches in the air above the flame.

Both versions are is available in a variety of fluorescent colors, as well as a sparkly glitter version, sans lava. You can also choose from a chrome or black metal finish. Burn time is rated at appx. 3 hours – or however long an average tea light glows.

Mathmos expects to ship the Fireflow lava lamps this Fall, with the Fireflow R1 selling for £29 (appx. $49 USD), and the Fireflow O1 priced at £35 (appx. $60 USD).

The results of the exposé are frightening: of the 6 repair shops, only Pix 4 in Shepherds Bush fixed the problem while the Sky News agent waited. The Pix 4 technician didn’t even ask for payment. The other 5 shops did all sorts of jackassery: nearly all of them informed Sky News that the laptop’s motherboard had to be replaced, a false and expensive diagnosis. Worse, the technicians at Laptop Revival in Hammersmith and Digitech in Putney perused the contents of the laptop – Sky News intentionally placed pictures of women in swimwear as well as fake bank details – and copied what they liked. The technician at Laptop Revival even tried to access the fake bank account. Here’s the report:

As the PC Pro article says, please please please back up your data and remove anything sensitive from your computer before sending them in for repairs. And try to get other people’s opinion about a repair shop before entrusting them with your computer, because you never know what’s going to happen if it falls into the hands of jerks like these.

The STORM Faze watch features a unique dot-matrix LED display, concealed behind a plastic lens that sort of reminds me of the compound eye of an insect. Or maybe one of those dotty color-blindness tests. Either way, it’s bumpy and cool.

The Faze features a modern stainless steel case and band, and is water resistent to 50 meters (appx. 164 feet). Faze is available in red, slate and silver versions from STORM London for £119.99 (appx. $179 USD).

To make his Sound/Chair, designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez started with a 3D plot based on the volume, time and frequency of a short piece of audio.

He then fed the data into a computer-controlled water-jet cutter, which carves the body of each individual chair from a block of Polyethelene foam (the original prototype was hand-cut by the designer himself).

In the process of coming up with the right audio recipe for his Sound/Chair, Plummer-Fernandez experimented with 719 unique sounds before he found the one that was just right for a comfy chair, with proper arm-rests. (It also looks like it might give you an unintentional back and butt massage from the look of all those nubby surfaces).

The Sound/Chair is available now from upscale UK retailer Selfridges in limited quantities for the low, low price of £3950 (appx. $7015 USD).

[via CoolHunting and MocoLoco]

This new design for a Humax LCD television was envisioned by UK industrial designer Tej Chauhan. Combining the curvy lines of an old 1950s television with the modern technology of today’s flat screens, the set is a real stunner.

It’s not been revealed if the set will ever see the light of day as a production model, or if it’s just a conceptual prototype. Either way, it’s good to see something different, and I’m hoping that it does make its way to stores some day. If you happen to be in Milan, Italy between April 16-21, you can check it out in person at the Zona Tortona design show.

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UK product designer Soner Ozenc’s Tetris Mirror is comprised of thirteen interlocking mirrored acrylic panels, which can be arranged on your wall to form a rectangle, or broken apart into their individual puzzle blocks. Hopefully, these pieces won’t fall down at the same speed they do in the classic arcade game or you’ll have more than a few years of bad luck on your hands.

While I couldn’t find a retail outlet for the mirror, it looks like it comes in both A3 (11.7″ × 16.5″) and A4 (8.3″ × 11.7″) sizes, and in either silver or gold reflective surfaces. Post a comment if you happen to find a place where you can purchase these.

The STORM Nirvana features a cool stainless and black metal hybrid watch band which really stands out from the crowd thanks to it’s cool segmented link design. In addition to its good looks, the Nirvana offers a durable mineral glass crystal and is water resistant to 50-meters (about 164 feet).

The Nirvana is available in limited quantities from Japan modern watch shop Sea Hope for ¥25,515 (appx. $226 USD). Despite its name, the watch does not Smell Like Teen Spirit or ship in a Heart Shaped Box. [Sorry, I couldn't resist].

French artist Space Invader is known for leaving his mark all over the globe by placing tile art versions of pixelated gaming invaders in unexpected places.

His upcoming exhibition, entitled London Invasion and Bad Men Part II runs from October 5th through November 9th, 2007 at London’s Lazarides Gallery. Works on display include the Rubik’s robot pictured here among other pop art works.

[via Urban Retro Lifestyle]

The Deptford Design Market Challenge encourages artists to re-purpose and recycle old found objects into new, functional items that you’d actually want to use. This particular piece started out as a beat up guitar with all its strings broken and no tuning pegs. But with a little ingenuity, the designers from Conran and Partners created a cool new iPod dock and stereo. The very idea of this gets the squeaky little wheels in my brain turning about how I might be able to put my junk to good use too.

If you happen to be in London between now and September 25th, you can check out the entire collection of reworked items at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.

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It turns out that there’s now a life-sized replica of the scary creature making the rounds over in the UK.

Spotted “in the wild” by Kotaku reader Kotakuite Tezze, the imposing beast is currently on display at the London gaming shop, GAME. Digging around over on Flickr, I managed to come up with a couple more sightings of the bad-ass boss in other locations…

You definitely wouldn’t want to run into one of these in an alley.

[via Kotaku]