Mar 16 2007 Chair built right into the table
Cling is a table with the chair built right into it. So they stay together and you can easily transport both at the same time. It's a neat idea and looks pretty cool, but what happens when you're trying to eat dinner and realize you can't because there's a giant chair-sized hole in your table.
Mar 16 2007 Walking robot walks for you
I've dreamed of the day I never have to stand up ever again and that dream is slowly becoming a reality. The HUBO-FX1 is a robot designed to walk passengers around up to 220 lbs. It's controlled via an attached joystick and can go forward, backward, and sideways. Plus how awesome would it be to walk down the sidewalk in a giant robot when all your friends are using their puny little human feet. It would be glorious!
Mar 16 2007 Absolut Hacker
Is this a real Absolut ad? I've never seen it before but it's brilliant. Almost as brilliant as me, except I bet it never built a working nuclear reactor in its basement.
Mar 16 2007 Legend of Zelda Wii case mod
Sweetest Wii case mod I've ever seen? Almost. I modded my Wii last week to look like a Ferrari. Oh, wait, that wasn't a mod. That was my actual car. I'm filthy rich!
One more shot of the Wii mod after the jump.
Mar 16 2007 Sand Castle Explosions backwards
If you thought blowing up a sand castle and then playing the video back in reverse and slow motion would be awesome, you were 100% absolutely correct.
One more video after the jump.
Mar 15 2007 Skull made with shadow and tape
Pretty cool what you can do with a shadow and some masking tape. Personally, I could build a functional aircraft carrier out of them. I'm like MacGuyver, but with more skillz. And I used a 'z' so you know I mean business.
Mar 15 2007 Foot powered roller coaster
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a pedal-powered roller coaster. The Skycycle at Washuzan Highland Park in Okayama has side-by-side tandem pedal-powered carts with seat belts, which sounds pretty scary considering the course. If you got on that thing with Lance Armstrong you'd be peeing your pants all over the place. Sort of like how I'm doing now. Walking to the bathroom is for suckers.
More pictures after the jump.
Mar 15 2007 Aptera gets 200 mpg, maybe from the future
The Aptera prototype was unveiled at TED this past weekend in Monterey and is a ultra-high-mileage supervehicle from Accelerated Composites (aka Aptera Motors) that was built to be as aerodynamic as possible. Combined with a super-efficient diesel hybrid engine and a carbon fiber fabrication process, the Aptera gets 200 mpg and costs around $20,000. And yeah, the mileage is pretty good but can you really imagine driving around town in this thing? Everytime it goes past 45mph I'd be afraid it'd start time traveling or blast off into space.
More pictures after the jump.
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Mar 14 2007 Build a motorcycle out of your hard drive
If you've got a spare hard drive laying around, why not turn it into a motorcycle? Who knew the thing that used to hold my MP3's, movies, porn Word documents could look so beautiful? Me, that's who. I know everything!
Mar 14 2007 Wire frame Subaru Impreza
This isn't a computer generated outline, it's a real 1:1 wire frame sculpture of a Subaru Impreza and is the work of British artist Benedict Radcliffe. The sculpture was part of a show at the Paul Smith Gallery last month and even received a few parking tickets over the course of a few days while parked outside the gallery. It's too bad he didn't base the sculpture on my car. I've always wondered what a bed on wheels would look like in wire frame.
Mar 14 2007 Stardust hotel implosion
The legendary Stardust hotel in Las Vegas was blowed up real good yesterday.
Mar 14 2007 Google Maps has a super zoom
Google Maps apparently has a super zoom function for certain locations. Some of them are additional images inserted for partners like National Geographic, but others are actual satelilite photos of random locations. To access the super zoom function just do this:
1. Select a location and switch to satellite view
2. Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
3. Replace the "z" parameter in the URL with a higher value like 20, 22, or 23
It's actually kind of scary to think about. The original zoom levels were okay, but this is to the point where privacy is actually an issue. That guy looks like he's actually staring at the camera. How can I do my daily nude cartwheels knowing Google might be watching me from space?
Mar 13 2007 McDonald's serves raw chicken
These guys were served a raw Premium Chicken Sandwich at a New Hampshire McDonald's. Which is pretty bad, but one time at McDonald's I was served a live chicken. They brought it out, stuck two buns on it, and said "Eat up." I mean it was delicious, but thinking back that probably wasn't appropriate at all.
Mar 13 2007 Robot dinosaur roams the earth
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan has created some incredible robot/animatronic dinosaurs that can actually walk around. And in case you're wondering, yes, it is perfectly normal if this video gave you a boner.
Mar 13 2007 Water bottle safe uses actual water
This water bottle safe has a secret compartment for your money, but also uses actual liquid to fool possible thieves. The only problem is that it's named "Arioso" water. Ever heard of "Arioso" brand water? Yeah, neither has anybody else in the world. Unless your thief can't read or is visiting from a hidden village in the Congo, odds are this isn't gonna fool anybody.
Mar 13 2007 Computer fan displays its own name
The ThermalTake iFlash is a computer fan that displays the temperature of the case as well as its brand name. Pointless? Kind of. The temperature info is useful, but imagine seeing "ThermalTake" constantly flashing from your computer. It'd be neat if you could program your own messages, but this is like your iPod yelling "Apple" every three minutes.
Mar 12 2007 Jump Snap lets you jump rope without rope
The Jump Snap is a jump rope without the rope. So basically it's the most useless invention ever. It's supposed to let people jump rope even if they don't have the coordination or fitness level required to do so, but that completely eliminates the point of jump rope. Anybody can stand around and jump, it's the rope that trains coordination. They might as well be trying to market two sticks and an instruction manual. Which, sadly, most lazy people would probably buy.
Mar 12 2007 Giant NES controller perfect for giants
This guy was asked to build a giant NES controller for a game store window display. It looks pretty awesome, but unfortunately doesn't actually work. Which is bad news for my friend Steve. His hands are the size of bathtubs.
A couple more pictures of the giant NES controller after the jump.
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Mar 12 2007 Human slinky boggles the mind
Ever seen a human slinky before? You have now. And I'm not entirely sure that's a good thing.
