Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games for Geeks

Proof that there isn’t anything you can’t build with LEGO, a group of researchers at Cardiff University in Wales have constructed a bioprinter out of LEGO capable of the precision necessary to print synthetic human skin.…

Because how else would you decorate a Chiquita-themed living space, these Leather Banana Rocking Chairs (affiliate link) are the perfect addition to your tropical rumpus room.…

Inspired by the lightcycles seen in TRON, the Light Cycle 2.0 Glow-Core wedding band crafted and sold by Etsy shop VentureCustomShop is based on the wheels of everyone’s favorite 90-degree turning bikes.…

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the McNugget’s first appearance on menus in 1983, McDonald’s China offered McNugget-shaped handheld gaming systems that play Tetris. Available for 30 yuan (~$4.25) with any purchase, the 400,000 systems manufactured quickly sold out.…

Combining two of my favorite things (LEGO and video games), LEGO has announced a build set in the form of a Pac-Man arcade machine. The 2,651-piece kit includes a marquee with rotating Pac-Man and ghosts on top, a coin slot that lights up with the push of a button, and game characters that move on-screen when a crank is turned on the side of the machine.…

Because the summer nears, and staying cool is the name of the game, the Summer Waves Truck Bed Pool (affiliate link) is an inflatable pool designed to fit snugly in the shorter beds of today’s crew-cab trucks.…

LIFT Aircraft’s HEXA human drone is a $495,000 amphibious drone designed to carry a single person into the skies. And, from the looks of its spider-like legs, it harvests other humans for more power to keep itself flying.…

Because there’s a first time for everything, YouTuber Lotrfan (aren’t we all?) has created what he believes is the first talking time-lapse video. He first took a photo of himself every day for 285 days, then lined up the resulting footage with an existing video of him speaking, and made the lips of his time-lapse transparent so it appears he’s speaking over the course of 285 days.…

On a mission to reinvent the wheel, YouTuber The Q constructed a bike with Reuleaux triangular wheels. Is it more practical than a bike with entirely round wheels?…

The Heinz Remix machine mixes custom sauces to your palate’s content. It works in a similar fashion to in a Coca-Cola Freestyle drink-mixing machine where I make all the most horrible concoctions I can think of.…

Releasing June 8th for $400, LEGO has announced a 3,981 Batcave build set based on the one seen in Tim Burton’s 1992 movie Batman Returns. The closed shadowbox measures over 11″ tall, 20″ wide, and 5.5″ deep, with a bat-symbol-shaped viewing portal into the cave.…

Custom portable gaming system modder GingerOfOz recently took it upon himself to stuff a Nintendo Wii console into a Wii Fit Balance Board so he can take the now-portable system with him to exercise in the great outdoors.…

The UK-based Little Car Company typically makes smaller (66% – 75% scale) drivable versions of existing cars (including a vintage Aston Martin DB5 and Ferrari Testa Rossa).…

Because there will be a day in the apocalyptic future when AI plays all our sports for us, and we just enjoy them from the comfort of our Matrix pods, b2studios decided to take a roll at teaching AI how to bowl.…

Developed at the University of Tokyo’s Information Somatics Inami Laboratory as part of its JIZAI-Bodies (digital cyborgs) project, JIZAI-arms are a “supernumerary robotic limb system” for humans to wear.…

Virtual reality: you want it to be believable. And to tackle the issue of realistic jumping in VR games, researchers at the University of Chicago have developed the JumpMod haptic backpack.…