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Mattel Loopz: if Simon Married Merlin and Had a Kid

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Music pattern-matching games like Guitar Hero owe a lot to the early electronic games of the 1970s like Simon and Merlin…. Now Mattel is back with a brand new music game which feels like a modern homage to the classics.

Instead of pushing buttons like the old games, LOOPZ

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July 25th, 2010 by: Technabob

Force Crochet: Star Wars Amigurumi Patterns

star wars amigurumi

Etsy seller/Jedi Crafter LucyRavenscar is selling crochet patterns that will allow any Padawan with a crochet hook to create these pint-sized amigurumi of popular Star Wars characters.…

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March 21st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

You Can’T Take the Yarn From Me [Firefly]

serenity ship knit

Maybe I haven’t been looking in the right places, but I haven’t noticed an overwhelming amount of crafts inspired by the tragically short-lived Firefly and the accompanying movie, Serenity…. Even if I had, however, this little knit rendition of the ship would probably trump most of them.

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September 27th, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Circuit Bent NES Makes a Fun Video Synthesizer

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What happens when you splay open the guts of a classic NES console, and wire up a bunch of knobs, buttons and a patch panel? This, of course.…

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September 8th, 2009 by: Technabob

Reactive Sparks: Interactive LED Art Responds to Traffic

OSRAM Reactive Spark Light Towers

This interactive art display takes data it collects on passing traffic and displays moving images which react to vehicles as they drive by.

Designed by artist Markus Lerner for lighting company OSRAM, the installation samples traffic patterns and maps them onto seven colorful light towers side of the road, each…

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March 28th, 2008 by: Technabob

Pop ‘n Music be-Mouse: Weird Name, Odd Controller

Pop N Music Be Mouse by Konami

Here’s a gaming oddity from Japan. Falling somewhere between Tetris and Rock Band…, Pop ‘N Music Be Mouse is a Windows PC game that comes with a colorful multi-button mouse for controlling the gameplay.

To play Konami’s music pattern matching game, pop open the ladybug-like wings on the Be-Mouse

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March 26th, 2008 by: Technabob

Aperture: Light-Reactive Interactive Display

Aperture by Gunnar Green and Frederic Eyl

I’m not sure how I missed this amazing interactive display concept when it first surfaced, but it’s cool enough that I thought it deserved a mention, even if it is but a distant memory.

The system used an array of thousands of individual mechanical irises, each designed to react to…

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January 1st, 2008 by: Technabob

Tv2art Lightascope Converts Flat Panels Into Live Art

TV2ART Lightascope

For those times when there’s nothing worth watching on any of the 500+ channels on TV, here’s a way you can put that $5000 flat panel to good use.

TV2ART’s Lightascope attaches to the front of your flat panel television and transforms moving images into a work of abstract modern…

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May 15th, 2007 by: Technabob

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