Archive for April, 2011
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Wake Up To The Beautiful Acoustics: The Acoustic Alarm

The monotony of waking up every morning to the same dull beeping is not something that anyone looks forward to. Recently developed by Jamie McMahon, a new Acoustic Alarm seeks to change how people feel about being abruptly awoken in the wee early  hours of the morning.

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XIO Gaming Exoskeleton

According to the classic gamer film of the 80s, “The Wizard”, Nintendo’s Power Glove was “so bad.” 80s parlance aside, it was a pretty terrible peripheral even if it did look pretty awesome. The XIO may be the new Power Glove or it could be what those of us hoped …

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Cool Custom Donkey Kong Cyborg

Donkey Kong sure has come a long way. Over the years, he’s taken many shapes and forms, but this is by far one of the most high tech.

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Make Your Very Own Jabba the Hut Pillow

The recently released “Star Wars Craft Book” has a fantastic design for a do-it-yourself Jabba the Hut pillow sewing project.  Make your own and you can cuddle up to this vile gangster of a pillow.

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Optimus Prime Transformers Cake

The fearless Autobots leader has got a tasty tribute with a colorful and beautiful 3 tier Optimus Prime cake from Chocolate Moose. Geeks dig in!

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Get Victorian on Nerf Guns

Nerf Maverick gun with a steampunk mod by Professor CaT Pardus.

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Yoshi and Luigi Gone Lego

Everyone’s favorite video game goes Lego for some added fun. This Belgian artist has constructed the brother of our favorite plumber and his trust Dino friend out of playtime bricks.

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The New Facebook ‘Send’ Button Goes Live

The infamous Facebook ‘Like’ button now has a new counterpart in the form of the company’s latest open graph tool, the ‘Send’ button. This new feature will allow for users to share content from around the web with specific sets of people.

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Home-Built Scanning Electron Microscope

Some people use their garages for storage, band practice or the start of multimillion-dollar businesses (Hello, Hewlett-Packard). Ben Krasnow conditioned his to function as a workshop where he put together this incredible scanning electron microscope.

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Droid Incredible 2 Announced by HTC

The original Droid Incredible, also known as the ‘DINC’ by Droid enthusiasts, was so popular that it must have needed a sequel … the Incredible 2.