Archive for May 2012

When I was a kid, I always wanted one of those communicators from Star Trek just so I could flip it open like they did on TV. I eventually got one of the toy ones, and when I grew up, I finally got a real communicator – when the cellphone came along.

Papercraft statues are getting more complex every day. Just look at the incredible detail on this War Machine statue. This 1:6 scale War Machine paper sculpture even has an LED chest light and fiber optic lights in the eyes and palms.

Whoever invented LAN parties got things right, albeit at a smaller scale. There’s a good chance our future will be filled with keychain-sized computers like the Pocket TV, ready to be plugged into any display. Or we could skip that part altogether and perfect holograms already.

After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it totally makes sense  that Japan would be the first country to offer radiation-detecting smartphones to consumers. Softbank will offer this new Sharp Pantone 5 107SH Android phone to anyone worried about the radiation fallout from the nuclear power plant disaster.

Scientists from Harvard University have been able to coax DNA into assembling themselves into numbers, letters, symbols, Chinese characters, and even emoticons such as the ubiquitous smiley. These tiny strands of DNA measure billionths of a meter long and represent the next stage in “DNA origami.”

Unless you’re this guy, you’d better have a really manly iron if you want a guy to help with the laundry. Like this Iron Man clothes iron. The iron itself does not look very happy about the situation, but it’s not like it can just fly off by using it’s steam setting, and get out of the job… at least as far as we know.

I can only imagine how bad it would’ve sucked if Sony had decided to make its next-generation game console, expected to be called the PS4 only support downloadable games. Maybe Sony learned its lesson with the PSP Go and the mega fail that was download only video games.

It’s official: video games and urinals go together. I know, I know ladies, it’s sexist. Women should be bombarded with advertisement even in the most private of spaces too! Advertisements like this interactive urinal, which takes the slang “Rock out with your cock out” to a whole new, never should have existed level.

This 3D-printed robotic hand is fully articulated and even has an opposable thumb. It’s called the MK2 from Anthromod and I’m sure that Skynet is pretty happy that we’re doing its bidding already.

Have you ever wondered what the baby-versions of your favorite Star Wars characters would sound like? Well Sarah Allen of Modern Home Prints sure did. She put together these cute prints that prospective Star Wars fan’s parents can use to decorate their themed nurseries with.

C-3PO is like the Rodney Dangerfield of droids. He doesn’t get much respect, but he does get some of the funniest lines. R2-D2 has merchandise of every conceivable variety, but not Goldenrod. That’s because he is prissy, complains incessantly and is easily disassembled so that Wookiees can carry him around.

If you ask me, 3D printing is the next big thing in terms of on-demand manufacturing – and eventually in-home manufacturing. While the technology is only in its infancy, even low-cost printers have proven that if you’ve got enough time and patience that you can actually render fairly complex objects on your desktop.

Portable speakers are a problematic affair. You don’t want to buy something too bulky, then again if you buy something extremely portable, chances are that the sound won’t be very good. The tiny NuForce Cube speaker is supposed to offer three different functions that will make life easier for you to share your tunes on the go.

The Legend of Zelda series is one of those gems that has established its world so well, fans can easily imagine it existing beyond what is shown in the games. Which is I think the weathered look of this jewelry set is a perfect fit.

Dictionaries are awesome. You want to know the meaning of life? Look it up in the dictionary! It literally has the answer. I use it everyday when I write, because truth be told I don’t know what all these symbols mean.

If you ever doubted that the Xbox 360 was a crazy popular game console, consider the new stats that surfaced this week. Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 console has sold a whopping 67 million units since it launched.