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Archive for May 2013

May 16, 2013

Sony Signs on to Fling Angry Birds Feature Film onto Screens

Sony Signs on to Fling Angry Birds Feature Film onto Screens
The first time we heard anything about a feature-length animated film coming from Rovio focusing on the hit video game Angry Birds was in December of 2012.…

LEGO Swiss Army Knife: Shouldn’t It Be a Danish Army Knife?

LEGO Swiss Army Knife: Shouldn’t It Be a Danish Army Knife?
I think you can do pretty much anything with LEGO bricks, but it still amazes me that we are seeing unique creations every day. This LEGO Swiss Army Knife comes from LEGO builder Robiwan_Kenobi.…

Glowing Star Chuck Taylor Mod Complements Your Converse

Glowing Star Chuck Taylor Mod Complements Your Converse
The simple design of Converse Chuck Taylors make them timeless. It also makes them a tad plain and boring. Adafruit’s mod will make your Chuck Taylors stand out by making the logo on the shoes light up.…

Momtract Makes Every Agreement Between Moms and Their Kids a Legally Binding One

Momtract Makes Every Agreement Between Moms and Their Kids a Legally Binding One
Being a mom is no joke. It’s a tiring role, but with what’s expected of moms, they might as well call it a job. The hardest part is having to discipline the kids.…

Gollum Night Light: Precious Dreams

Gollum Night Light: Precious Dreams
Gollum is far from being cute and cuddly. Most kids I know don’t like him because he’s a shady character overall, but that’s probably because he wasn’t meant to be a cute or cuddly creature anyway.…

Guy Forges Klingon Bat’leth, Earns Much Honor

Guy Forges Klingon Bat’leth, Earns Much Honor
If you are a fan of the Awe Me channel, then you already know that for their series Man at Arms, master swordsmith and renowned propmaster, Tony Swatton, forges cool weapons and then takes them into the field to try them out.…
May 15, 2013

Analog Watch Really Wants to Be Digital

Analog Watch Really Wants to Be Digital
If you know me, you know I like cool watches. In fact, I have way too many of them, since I keep seeing ones I like.…

Polaroid XS80 HD Action Camera Ready to Record Your Outdoor Shenanigans

Polaroid XS80 HD Action Camera Ready to Record Your Outdoor Shenanigans
Polaroid has released a new action camera designed to be mountable on whatever it is you get your action fix on. The camera is called the Polaroid XS80 and it records in 1080p full HD resolution at 30fps.…

Skittles Sorting Machine 3 Sorts Other Types of Candy, Needs Its Name Sorted Out

Skittles Sorting Machine 3 Sorts Other Types of Candy, Needs Its Name Sorted Out
Last year we found out about Brian Egenriether’s pet project – a machine that automatically separates Skittles by color. It’s fun to watch it work, but ultimately it was a novelty invention because it went about its task at a leisurely pace.…

tim-E: The Big Mouth Billy Bass of Alarm Clocks

tim-E: The Big Mouth Billy Bass of Alarm Clocks
Waking up to go to work or school sucks. We all know it, and no one likes it. Except for your mean boss, he likes getting up and going to work because he’s mean.…

Bioshock Infinite Bird/Cage Necklaces: Choose Your Path (on Etsy)

Bioshock Infinite Bird/Cage Necklaces: Choose Your Path (on Etsy)
The bird and cage necklaces in Bioshock Infinite are one of the “choices” offered in the critically acclaimed game. In that world, Elizabeth asks you to choose which necklace she should get.…

Wheatley Gets a Body

Wheatley Gets a Body
Despite being just a hovering orb, Portal 2’s Wheatley is arguably one of the greatest video game characters of all time. At least one of the greatest video game characters without arms or legs.…

Ex-cop Builds a Robot, Surprisingly Not Robocop

Ex-cop Builds a Robot, Surprisingly Not Robocop
When you retire, you have to keep busy. Otherwise life could get pretty boring. Mark Haygood retired as a Baltimore police officer after two decades and now he keeps himself busy building robots – robots made from old appliances.…

Google Play Developers Can Now Reply to User Reviews: Let the Flame Wars Begin!

Google Play Developers Can Now Reply to User Reviews: Let the Flame Wars Begin!
If there’s one thing you can be sure of it is that you can’t always trust the reviews you read on apps on the Google Play store.…

Foot-Powered Back Massager: Too Complicated for Comfort?

Foot-Powered Back Massager: Too Complicated for Comfort?
Want a massage? Then give yourself one by getting one of the many available self-massaging devices available on store shelves in most retailers. Massagers are pretty common gadgets and they’re usually pretty easy to use.…

Giant Office Binder Clip Purse Looks Like It Should Hold a Very Thick Stack of Papers

Giant Office Binder Clip Purse Looks Like It Should Hold a Very Thick Stack of Papers
Clips. They’re used to hold stuff together, from hair to paper and other stuff in between. Binder clips are most common in an office setting, holding stacks of documents in order so they don’t get mixed up when they’re moved from one department to another.…