Archive for February 2012

Man, when I was a kid, crayons pretty much only came in one kind – sticks in a box, wrapped with paper. As a matter of fact, that’s how I learned the word “periwinkle.” And what…

Mario fans looking for a fun way to dock their smartphones, look no further. What we have here is a phone dock modeled after Super Mario Bros.’ iconic green warp pipe.…

You know, if I heard some gun maker talking about how they were working on railguns, I would probably laugh and move on about my business. When the U.S. military tells you it’s working on something…

Designer Sangwoo Lee has come up with a clever Volkswagen concept car that simultaneously looks awesome and at the same time a little silly. It reminds me of one of those Hot Wheels cars I had…

We all have plenty of USB gadgets that we use on a daily basis and it seems that we always need more ports. My kingdom for a port! Without enough ports we are always plugging and…

How far can you throw a paper airplane? Not very far I’m guessing. At least not compared to this guy. You have to throw it just right. Too hard and it takes a nosedive, too light…

iPhone cases with bottle openers isn’t exactly anything new. (Remember the iBottleOpener and the Opena?) But there’s a new iPhone bottle-opening case in town that promises to offer you more than the usual.…

deviantART member vanbangerburger put together this trinket-filled steampunk weapon using a NERF rifle, some acrylic and spray paint and then attached “pretty much whatever” he could find to it. I’m disappointed that he didn’t find a…

Greasy fingerprints on gadgets with touchscreens are not only unsightly, they can actually pose a security risk. It’s not that big of a deal – wiping our gadgets clean from time to time isn’t a problem.…

It’s been a long time since I played any of the Diablo games, but they are among my favorites. So when I saw this amazing Demon Hunter costume, it made my day. The costume looks great…

At this week’s Mobile World Congress, Invoxia introduced the AudiOffice, a new product that’s basically a fancy speaker dock for your iOS devices. While it has nothing to do with Audi cars, it has everything to…

People are always complaining about a certain feature or body part of theirs that they wish they could change, like their nose, for example. There are few things that plastic surgery can’t fix these days, but…

I know that many of you are looking forward to the release of the I Am Alive game, which launches on March 7th. Now we can get a look at the game thanks to this new…

Ever received flowers from someone you aren’t particularly fond of? Say, your ex who cheated on you with your best friend? Or that co-worker who told your boss about that harmless joke you cracked about the…

Between solar energy, hand cranks and even heat from fires, there are lots of green ways to charge our phones. Some don’t work that well, while others work, but are bulky. Then there are those that…

Would you expect anyone to be able to assemble a drawing robot for less than $70? Well, the Diatom design studio, run by Tiago Rorke and Greg Saul, collaborated with Cheng Xu and Huaishu Peng of…