May 18 2007 Vinegar robot conducts orchestras
This robot is called Vinegar and apparently conducts orchestras, although I'm not sure why they designed him to look like the conqueror of worlds. It's tough to concentrate on music when it looks like the conductor is ready to peel your flesh from your bones and laugh in the face of us puny humans.
More shots and a video of him in action after the jump.
May 18 2007 World's fastest secretary
Hey, I could do that too. You know, if I was a robot.
May 18 2007 Animated Calvin & Hobbes
This is an animated cartoon of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes created by Donato Di Carlo for his final project at CFP Milano film school. The voices are in Italian and not fitting at all, but the animation is pretty decent.
May 18 2007 WebTime Series Elite watch
In the never ending quest to develop watches with harder and harder to tell time comes the WebTime Series Elite. To tell the time on this monster you have to look at where the colored line intersect with the number markings. Which actually isn't that hard, except that there are numbers on both sides of the line. The thing costs ¥14,800 which, according to my calculations, is about 100 bajillion US dollars.
More shots of the watch and how to tell its time after the jump.
May 18 2007 SuPuzzle
Connect all 3 houses to the water, eletricity and gas suppliers without crossing any lines.
NOTE: This may or may not be impossible, depending on your ability to bend space and time.
May 17 2007 How to make your own cash wallet
Ever looked at your wallet and thought to yourself, "Hey, why can't my wallet be made out of cash?" Well it can, my friends. It can. This is a wallet made from a sheet of dollar bills and a piece of tape. Because really, how else are people going to know you're rich unless everything you own is made out of actual money?
Video of how to make this bad boy after the jump.
May 17 2007 Software restores shredded documents
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute's Production Systems and Design Technology lab have created software designed to take scans of shredded documents and piece them back together. The scans are "analysed by a cluster of 16 computers for 25 features, including color, shape, texture, handwriting and typeface" and then pieced back together. Which is almost as effective as my method: guessing. And tape. Lots and lots of tape.
May 17 2007 Next-Gen PC Design Competition
This PC was the winner of Microsoft's Next-Gen PC Design Competition. The design is called MADE (Massively Administered Digital Entities) in China and consists of a touch screen interface and remote servers that store application data. Additionally, there's a chopsticks-like stylus called the CHOPstylus. Sadly, my entry was nowhere near the top. I designed a PC made entirely out of cake. It even had a revolutionary interface through your mouth. Although on second thought, it was less of a PC and more of an actual cake.
May 17 2007 HideAway camouflage coats
These HideAway coats offer a unique way to hide in plain sight by turning into a variety of pre-shaped objects. Basically throw one on and - like the ancient ninja - you'll become invisible to your enemies. This is assuming, of course, that you're in the woods or a park or some other place where a giant rock wouldn't stand out. I get the feeling this wouldn't be terribly effective in the middle of a mall. Or, say, a Denny's.
May 16 2007 The ghostly Angel of the Vatican
When retired policeman Andy Key went on a trip to Rome, he was struck by the beauty of sunlight streaming through a window in the Vatican. As the Pope made an address nearby, he decided to capture the stunning image on his camera. But it was only when Mr Key, 48, and his wife Susan, 44, returned home and and downloaded their photographs that they noticed a strange apparition in the picture. They were amazed to see what looked like the image of a guardian angel above the heads of other visitors to St Peter's Basilica.
I've seen a lot of angels in my time, and that's definitely an angel. Or light. Or maybe a reflection. Whatever it is there's only one thing we know for sure: I'm handsome.
A closeup of the alleged angel after the jump.
May 16 2007 Breakdancing battle
There's nothing I can say that wouldn't ruin it, so just watch until the end.
May 16 2007 The scary sheep
Want do destroy a sheep's self esteem? Put a scary mask on it.
May 16 2007 Gundam Fixed Platinum is most expensive toy in Japan
What you're looking at is the most expensive toy in Japan, costing around $41,468. The Gundam Fixed Platinum was created by Bandai Co. and is a miniature of the Gundam robot from the anime series. The thing weighs 45 oz, stands 5 inches tall, and is made from pure platinum. Melted down at today's prices makes this thing worth $41,468. Almost the cost of one passionate night with yours truly. Call me, ladies.
One more shot of the Gundam Fixed Platinum after the jump.
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May 16 2007 Fun Slides Carpet Skates
The Fun Slides Carpet Skates are exactly what they sound like: carpet skates. You put them on over your shoes and then start skating away. I imagine it to feel similar to skating on tile with your socks. Or skating on rainbows with your imagination.
May 16 2007 Vulcan Cowboy Hard Hat
If you have to wear a hard hat, you might as well wear one shaped like a cowboy hat. These cowboy hard hats are made from the same stuff as regular hard hats and even comply with ANSI regulations. Although personally, I'd rather have one in the shape of a Trojan helmet. I'd wear that thing everywhere. To the supermarket. To the movies. To the pool. The sky's the limit!
May 15 2007 Metro Sewer Manhole Cover Door Mat
This door mat was designed to look like a New York City manhole cover. It costs $29.99 and really adds a level of, um, cityness to your home. Although if you really want to complete the look you should also spit gum on your floor and maybe hire some homeless people to wander around.
May 15 2007 LG develops super-thin e-paper
LG Philips has developed the world's first electronic paper. The e-paper is just 0.3 mm thin, and to be energy efficient the display only uses power when the image changes. And, like every other display ever created, marks another step in man's never-ending quest to find more ways to look at porn.
May 15 2007 Ice bulb
Instructables has a tutorial on how to build this ice bulb, which is basically an LED encased in ice. Not sure where or when you'd ever use it, but it sure looks neat. Kind of makes me want to encase more things in ice. Like my toaster. Or my computer. Or that kid down the street that's always walking on my lawn.
May 15 2007 How to hack a suitcase lock
This video shows how to hack a suitcase lock in under 60 seconds. Although I've developed a way to hack them in under 6. And yeah, maybe my way involves a hammer, but that's how you know it's effective.
May 15 2007 Terrible tattoo
If you're going to get a tattoo of somebody's face on your arm, it usually helps if you go to a guy who actually knows what the heck they're doing. I believe this guy skipped the tattoo parlor and had this done at Pizza Hut.
May 15 2007 Gas mask shower head
This gas mask shower head was designed by Chris Domino to resemble a guy in a gas mask coming out of the wall. Which is perfect for anybody who's always wanted to be afraid of their shower. Although personally, instead of installing a creepy shower head I just keep a shark in mine. I haven't bathed myself in over a year.
May 15 2007 Domino PCs
The best thing to come out of the dot-com crash? Domino PCs! These clowns took 86 PCs and lined them up like dominos. And then, well, pushed them over. The PCs were eventually given away to charity or recycled as part of an overall hardware deal, but I still say they should've gone with my idea: eating them.
May 14 2007 How not to ship a plasma TV
The guy who shipped this may or may not have been a professional delivery person. It's tough to tell based on the work he did on this plasma TV. Seriously though, he might as well have shipped this thing using bowling balls. Or, I dunno, hammers.
Check out the aftermath of the TV after the jump.
May 14 2007 Panda chair made out of pandas
This panda chair was created by attaching a bunch of stuffed pandas to a metal base. Which looks really cool, but also really uncomfortable. Plus it's not nearly as nice as my panda chair, which is made from real pandas. It's cute and illegal.
May 14 2007 Pininfarina designed steam shower
The Jacuzzi Morphosis Omega Steam Shower with Hydromassage is a steam shower designed by Ferrari design company Pininfarina. The thing costs $27,126 and will make everything else in your bathroom look like crap, but it's worth it just to say you own a shower designed by Pininfarina. This thing looks like it could fly you to the moon.
One more shot of this thing after the jump.
May 14 2007 Professional wrestling is super real
I bet all you people who thought professional wrestling was fake are feeling pretty stupid right about now.
May 14 2007 Cell phone bed
If you're just completely insane, you might enjoy this cell phone bed which originally sells for $22. Because really, why simply charge your cell phone when you can tuck it in and sing it lullabies?
