May 31 2007 $19,000 VPI HR-X Turntable
The VPI HR-X Turntable by TEAC is a turntable that features a new belt-driven design that comes with a 50-mm thick platter which actually floats on an air suspension system at 45rpm. And I have no idea what that means, but it costs a whopping $19,000. And it's not like this is some super new audio technology, all it does is play records. Old records. Like the kind your grandpa listens to. Anybody with enough money to actually buy this thing might enjoy this game I invented. It's called "Give Me All Your Cash." Basically you give me all your cash, and then I throw a party. It's very fun.
May 31 2007 Clever Business Card
This is an incredibly clever business card put together by Melvin, a self proclaimed "hacker, entrepreneur, and all around mischief maker." The picks can be easily removed from the card and are actually functional as lock picks. Kind of puts my business card to shame. And by business card, I mean the used napkins I keep in my pocket with my name written on them. I'm a professional!
Thanks to Adam for the tip.
May 31 2007 Wall Gear Clock
The Wall Gear Clock is a wall clock which uses exposed spinning gears to tell the time. And me? Well I basically just guess.
May 31 2007 Photosynth
From the Photosynth demo description:
Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation. Curious about that speck in corner? Dive into a freefall and watch as the speck becomes a gargoyle. With an unpleasant grimace. And an ant-sized chip in its lower left molar.
Basically this thing takes images and creates composites depending on the content of the image. So if one person takes a picture of a car and another person takes a picture of the tire, Photosynth will combine the images so you can zoom in on the tire. Take this concept and repeat it 1000 fold, and you basically end up with a 3D space created entirely from photographs.
May 31 2007 100 hula hoops at once
On May 29, this woman from Anhui twirled 100 hula hoops simultaneously during the cultural tourism festival in Shandong. Which is pretty good, but I can do 101. I can also bench press 500 pounds and fly. Impressed?
May 31 2007 Elephant humping ball
Even seen an elephant hump a giant rubber ball before? You have now. Check out the clip after the jump.
May 31 2007 Mushroom Forest Table
The Mushroom Forest Table Series is a coffee table designed by Thomas Wold, creating a multicolor coffee table that looks like a forest of mushrooms. Although still not as cool as if you grew an actual forest of mushrooms to use as a coffee table. Nothing says 'good idea' like eating food off a bunch of wild mushrooms. Trust me, I'd know.
May 30 2007 Japanese Eyelashes
I'm not one to judge, but there's a new trend in Japan where women are wearing insanely huge false eyelashes. Can you imagine kissing somebody wearing these? You'd think your eyeballs were under attack by caterpillars.
May 30 2007 LED Light Bulb Keychain
For $6 you can this LED keychain shaped like a traditional incandescent light bulb. It's not nearly as bright, but it also won't burn your hand. Plus it's made out of acrylic so you won't end up with a pocket filled with shattered glass. Unless, you know, you fill your pockets with shattered glass anyways. And really, who doesn't?
May 30 2007 Microsoft Surface
Microsoft has unveiled Surface, their surface computing device. It's basically a touch-sensitive interactive table which can also interface with other devices such as the MS Zune. It looks cool and all, but seems like it'd be difficult to use after you started to lose all the feeling in your neck. I know it defeats the purpose, but couldn't they prop it up like a monitor?
May 30 2007 CD Phonograph
Designer Yong Jieyu disassembled a CD player and then rearranged the components to resemble the layout of a phonograph.
The speakers are put below the trumpet loudspeaker for amplification. The wooden box is made slightly more spacious then the electrical PCB board needed to achieve bass resonance. The laser pointer is shifted to the top allowing the spin of the CD to be clearly shown.
This is a beautiful combination of new and old. Just like the spaceship I built in my basement out of Egyptian mummies.
May 30 2007 Google Street View
Google Maps has introduced Street View, which basically lets you walk around on the actual roads in the map. It's only available for a few cities right now, but it's pretty much the most amazing feature I've ever seen. Just go here and then click Street View and follow the directions.
May 29 2007 Intel Creates Thinnest Laptop Ever
Intel has created the world's thinnest notebook called the mobile Metro notebook, coming in at less than 0.7 inches thick—about one-quarter of an inch thicker than the Motorola Razr cell phone. The thing weighs just 2.25 pounds and uses flash memory in place of the standard hard-disk drive to get a whopping 14 hours of battery life. The only way to get a thinner laptop would be to run over this one with a car. Or, you know, glue some microchips onto a pancake or something.
May 29 2007 theANEMIX
theANEMIX is a modular lighting system that creates unique spatial 3D lighting effects inspired by bioluminescence. It's developed by chilean company LUXIA which was formed by two young architects and lighting designers Ximena Muñoz and Paulina Villalobos. And I guess this is the next best thing to stapling jellyfish to your wall, which is what I do.
May 29 2007 Super Expensive Platinum Arowana Fish
This fish - a platinum arowana - is a mutant fish with virtually no color in its body. The owners recently turned down an $80,000 offer to sell, making it one of the world's most expensive fishes. It's apparently the only one of its kind in Singapore. Regular arowanas aren't particularly rare or expensive, but the platinum ones (like this) are. Even more rare, though? The rainbow arowana. Its body is rainbow colored and it can perfectly recite the lyrics to "Y.M.C.A." Just like me! Wait a second...
May 29 2007 The Most Secure Bicycle Ever
This guy could totally fit at least three more locks on there. Unless, you know, he's okay not having the most secure bicycle ever. And he should maybe think about gluing a shark to the seat.
May 29 2007 Pop-Up TV-Liquor Cabinet
If you enjoy watching TV, drinking, and letting everybody know you have absolutely no taste whatsoever, this Pop-Up TV-Liquor Cabinet might be for you. At least it's shiny. Plus, you know, the TV looks like it's 20-years-old. So that's nice.
May 29 2007 Wild Hog Bigger Than 'Hogzilla'
The AP writes:
Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.
Yeah, that's pretty big. I guess. Although I'm a little surprised it went down with a pistol. This thing looks like a missile wouldn't even stop it.
May 25 2007 Nissan DUALIS Powered Suit
This mecha version of the Nissan DUALIS SUV was designed by anime creator/mecha designer Shoji Kawamori and stands stands 3.5 meter tall. It will be on display at the Nissan Gallery in Ginza from May 23 to June 13 and at the Sony Building in Ginza from June 25 to July 1. Check out a few videos of the DUALIS Powered Suit in action after the jump, although there's no way the real thing moves like that. Because if it did, Japan would've already unleashed these on the world and conquered us. I suspect the real thing moves similar to this or not at all.
May 25 2007 Carrier Bags
These carrier bags were designed by Jamie Wieck to look like they're literally carrying your stuff. It's a pretty slick design, and much more appropriate than creating a bag out of actual hands. Probably less bloody too.
More shots of the carrier bags after the jump.
May 25 2007 Opening A Combination Lock With A Stick Pin
This is a little tutorial on how to open a combination lock with a stick pin. It's not very informative, but at least it looks somewhat legit. Although once again I've gotta stick with my own personal method of opening a combination lock: biting through it with my teeth.
May 25 2007 Wall-Mountable Wireless Printer
This is a wall mountable wireless printer designed by Ransmeier & Floyd. It can sit on a surface or hang on the wall and displays printouts like a picture in a frame. Considering how flat screen displays and wireless laptops have evolved it seems weird this is the first flat-printer concept I've ever seen. Unless the one I invented counts. Which it shouldn't, because I just accidentally ran over my printer with my car. It didn't flatten so much as it exploded.
May 25 2007 Mini Chocolate Shoes
Tiny little chocolate shoes that come in tiny little shoe boxes? Don't mind if I do. Although I don't see what's so special about these since I already eat my shoes. My stomach's been hurting for the past, oh I dunno, three years?
May 25 2007 Disc Pod Dispenser
The Disc Pod Dispenser laods up a spindle of blank CDs or DVD's and ejects them out one at a time at the push of a button. It costs $14 and does the same job as if you just grabbed a disc off the top, meaning if you buy this you're officially the laziest person on the planet. And me? Well I'm officially the handsomest.
May 24 2007 Toddler Destroyes Monks' Sand Painting
Eight Tibetan monks spent two days cross-legged on the floor at Union Station, leaning over to meticulously create an intricate design of colored sand as an expression of their Buddhist faith. They were more than halfway done when, within seconds, their work was destroyed by a dancing toddler. And in typical Tibetan monk fashion, they simply smiled and started over. Which is probably a better reaction than I would've had: drop kicking the baby through a plate glass window while screaming "DIE!"
May 24 2007 Steinway Lyngdorf $150k audio system
Piano maker Steinway & Sons has partnered with Lyngdorf Audio founder Peter Lyngdorf to create a new line of ultra-high end audio visual systems. Steinway Lyngdorf, as the partnership is called, is releasing the Model-D music system which will include a full set of speakers and a receiver featuring Lyngdorf's RoomPerfect automatic acoustic calibration system. Less than 100 will be available at initial release, and these bad boys are gonna cost $150,000 each. Which is perfect, because why pay for a house when you can own speakers instead!
May 24 2007 Mickey-Mouse tomato
A Chinese man bought a tomato from his local market because it was shaped like a mouse.
Chen Guoping, of Dongzhuangqiao village, Zhejiang province, bought the 150-gram tomato. "It looks so much like a mouse head that I bought it without hesitation. It looks very funny," he said. His fellow villagers all say they have never seen a tomato like it, reports People's Daily.
Call me crazy, but I usually avoid fruit that looks like it's growing tumors.
May 24 2007 Battle At Kruger
This video was taken while on safari and shows a battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and two crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Throw in Voltron and you've got yourselves a war.
Video after the jump.
May 23 2007 Puzzle Table
This puzzle table was designed by Hsien Chang and was inspired by sliding puzzles. The grids can be designated to store different items and there are fitted baskets which can be removed for even greater convenience. To access the grids you just slide the dividers on the desk. The only problem is that you'll always have a square block missing from the top of your desk, and to get something from opposite sides you'd have to adjust the entire thing. Well that, or smash it in with a hammer. Which is what I do with all my desks. Drawers are for amateurs.
May 23 2007 Fanimation Enigma Fan
The Fanimation Enigma Fan is a 60" single blade fan and probably the sleekest ceiling fan I've ever seen. What would you expect to pay for something like this? $1 million? $2 million? No, my friends, for the low low price of $800 you too can have a fan in your home that looks like it was designed to remove the heads of criminals.
May 23 2007 Chest Of Drawers
Chest of Drawers is a chest designed by Tejo Remy and is made out of drawers collected from the street. Yes, that's right, the horrible monstrosity you see before you was done on purpose. It's a neat idea, but why did he use drawers he found on the street? I mean c'mon, it's pretty hard to pretend this isn't a giant pile of garbage when it literally is a giant pile of garbage.
One more shot of the Chest of Drawers after the jump.
May 23 2007 Japanese food fight
If you've never seen those videos where Japanese people dress in black and recreate scenes with Matrix effects, prepare to have your socks blown off. If not a single part of that last sentence made sense to you, just watch the video and you'll understand. Or you won't and you'll be even more confused. Either way, you should probably just give me your credit card information.
Video clip after the jump.
May 23 2007 Cat grows wings
This Chinese woman claims her cat has grown two 4 inch long wings.
"At first, they were just two bumps, but they started to grow quickly, and after a month there were two wings," she said. Feng, of Xianyang city, Shaanxi province, says the wings, which contain bones, make her pet look like a 'cat angel'. Her explanation is that the cat sprouted the wings after being sexually harassed. "A month ago, many female cats in heat came to harass him, and then the wings started to grow," she said. However, experts say the phenomenon is more likely down to a gene mutation, and say it shouldn't prevent the cat living a normal life.
So the cat is either an angel or a mutant. Either way it wins! Oh, wait, right. The mutant one...
May 23 2007 Ant fungus
This is a video of a parasitic cordyceps fungi attacking and consuming an ant. And yes, it's every bit as disgusting as it sounds. I almost clawed my skin off half-way through the clip. And by almost I mean I actually did. I'm typing this from the dead!
Check out the video after the jump.
May 23 2007 Beijing Olympic Medals unveiled
The medals for the 2008 Olympics have been unveiled and, uh, here they are. So you better get started on your replicas now if you hope to have them ready in time for the actual games. "Why yes, that is my Olympic gold medal from competitive monkey wrestling."
One more shot of the reverse side after the jump.
May 23 2007 Water balloon not exploding in high-speed
This is a high-speed video of a water balloon bouncing off the floor without popping. It's oddly hypnotic to watch. And by hypnotic I mean erotic. Chica bow wow chica bow wow. Check out the video after the jump.
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May 22 2007 Smoking jacket
Fiona Carswell on her Smoking Jacket:
The jacket has a built-in pair of lungs on the front. As the wearer smokes, the lungs fill up with the exhaled cigarette smoke and begin to gradually darken over time. This project was a result of exploring reflective design as it relates to the body, behavioral choices, and information displays.
The jacket probably would've been more effective if she used real lungs. Probably more illegal too. Just like my bald eagle jacket made from real bald eagles.
May 22 2007 Why you shouldn't follow directions too closely
Think that's bad? My house was built three feet tall, the exact size of the blueprints. I probably should've gotten my money back instead of deciding to move in.
May 22 2007 Line Rider meets Super Mario Bros.
Remember Line Rider? That wonderfully addictive flash game where you draw lines and a little dude on a sled rides on them? Well somebody recreated the first level of Super Mario Bros. with it. Check out the video after the jump. Or don't, because it's pretty boring.
May 22 2007 Deep Sea Creatures
The New York Times has a pretty nice (but short) slideshow featuring some deep sea creatures taken by French journalist Claire Nouvian for her film “The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss.” The thing above is called the Dumbo Octopus, and it's probably the cutest thing living in the deep. Which isn't a hard title to get, considering everything else down there basically glows in the dark and has about a 1 billion fangs coming out of its mouth.
May 22 2007 The Pecker Exerciser
From the Pecker Exerciser site:
The Pecker Exerciser is a much-needed gift for the bachelor. You can give it to him if you think he needs to "bone up" before his honeymoon or if you think that he may stop getting as much exercise after marriage. Purchase the Pecker Exerciser along with a sweatband and a bottle of water, and you're ready to go.
You mean there are dumbbells made specifically for my wang? All this time I've just been using rope and a bowling ball.
May 22 2007 Photo-realistic Illustrator art
Yukio Miyamoto creates photo-realistic pictures using Adobe Illustrator. He starts by tracing out shapes over photographic references and then fills them with gradients and blends to create the final product. Keep in mind that Illustrator isn't a 3D modeling program. These were created in 2D using nothing but gradients and blends. And what I can only assume is some form of computer sorcery.
May 21 2007 Rubik's Cube cake
Here's a tutorial on how to bake your very own Rubik's Cube cake. I'm not a scientist, but cake just tastes better when it's in cool shapes. I've actually got my own Rubik's Cube cake recipe, but it's basically just covering a real Rubik's Cube with frosting. Easy and delicious.
May 21 2007 Ferret vs jalapeno pepper
This would've been funny if the ferret had discovered the jalapeno on its own. And if the people laughing in the video didn't make me want to punch myself in the face. But neither of these is the case, so it's sad.
May 21 2007 Pac-Man skeleton
This Pac-Man skeleton was put together by Le Gentil Garçon and paleontologist François Escuilié, and was modeled after the skeletal structure of predatory animals. Which is basically just a lot of words that could've been replaced with 'Great Googly Moogly this is awesome!'
Thanks to Euba for the tip.
May 21 2007 Electrified laser defense system
This Portal Denial System was created by Ionatron and uses a laser-induced plasma channel to electrocute anybody that steps in its path. It fires a laser across an opening to create a conductive stream of plasma which acts as a virtual wire. Because the plasma is conductive, it can be used to fire a lethal or "less lethal" shot of electricity, electrocuting anybody that crosses the beam. Unfortunately, this thing is only authorized for sale to the US government. It's almost as if they don't trust people to install these things in their homes. Hey, I almost got my VCR working, so I'm pretty sure I can handle something as simple as an electrified laser beam. C'mon now!
A video of this monster in action after the jump.
May 21 2007 Starcraft II
Starcraft II, the sequel to the massively popular real-time strategy game Starcraft, was unveiled on Saturday. Check out the official site and make sure to watch the cinematic trailer. Just be sure you're wearing a diaper. Not because you'll wet yourself or anything, they're just really really stylish.
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?
May 11 2007 Han Solo in carbonite chocolate bar
Instructables has a tutorial on how to make your own Han Solo in carbonite chocolate bar. Basically you make a mold out of a Star Wars toy and fill it with chocolate. Slightly better than my idea, which was to kidnap Harrison Ford and throw him in a vat of chocolate.
May 11 2007 Dog playing Wii
This has to be fake, right? There's a better chance I'll learn to fly by flapping my arms than this being real.
May 11 2007 Guy carrying a ton of eggs
I can do that too. I can also carry twelve kittens in my mouth. Yeah, I'm pretty special.
May 11 2007 Miniature Jenga set
This is a miniature Jenga set that you can use as a keychain or attach to your belt. The entire thing is smaller than the palm of your hand so they even provide a poking stick to play. It's only $4, making it the perfect way to feel like a giant. Well that, or bathing in radiation and hoping it doesn't kill you.
May 11 2007 Hi-Res Transformers pictures
They look pretty cool, but why do they all look like break dancing insects? Check out all of the hi-res pictures here.
May 10 2007 Chinese create e-cigarette
Golden Dragon Group Ltd's Ruyan has created an electronic battery-powered cigarette. The e-cigarette activates light and vapour, and even delivers nicotine to the lungs within 7 to 10 seconds. The cigarettes sell for $208 and are already available overseas. They're directed primarily at people trying to quit smoking, deliving the same look and feel but without the health concerns. Although most people take up smoking to look cool, so using this would be counterproductive. I'm not sure daily wedgies is a fair tradeoff for lung cancer.
May 10 2007 Acrobatic sport
Witches! Burn them all at the stake!
May 10 2007 Faux Repair Plate
This porcelain plate has a gold crack designed right into it, recreating the look of a repaired plate. It's designed in the Japanese tradition of drawing attention to a flaw in the glaze by filling it with gold. Although for $550 you'd think the crack was filled with plutonium. Or cash.
May 10 2007 Family Guy vs Street Fighter
I can't believe somebody actually took the time to make this. Although they animated Peter Griffin well enough to make a Family Guy fighting game seem like it might actually work. You can skip to the end after the first fight and feel confident that you didn't miss anything important. Unless you consider repetitive animation and sound effects important. In which case, yeah, maybe watch the whole thing.
May 10 2007 Largest pearl in the world for auction
This is the Arco Valley Pearl. It's a 575-carat pearl that's 3.1 inches long and 800 years old. It's going up for auction at Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace and on the Internet where it's estimated to get $8 million. It's pretty nice I guess, but it looks super deformed. I thought pearls were supposed to be round. You give this thing to your girlfriend and she's going to throw it back in your face and start crying because you didn't love her enough to buy her a normal looking pearl.
May 10 2007 Smoking fingers
I can't think of a single reason why you'd want to make your fingers look like they're smoking, but here's how to do it anyway.
May 9 2007 Apartment with half a car
I don't know the story behind this, but it looks so neat I think I'll try it with my Ferrari. Sure, that means I'll have to cut my Ferrari in half and glue it to the wall of my apartment, but you say that like it's a bad thing.
The rest of the images after the jump, and thanks to the intoxicatingly good looking Joe for the pictures.
May 9 2007 Zippered Wine Glasses
For $99.99 you can get a set of four of these zippered wine glass which features a hand-painted zipper up the side and an actual zipper-pull attached midway. And if this isn't the coolest wine glass you've ever seen, you're a damn liar. Unless you're talking about that wine glass I made out of braided unicorn hair. Yeah, I guess that one was pretty spectacular.
May 9 2007 The killer tortoise
This is video of a tortoise defending its territory against invading cats. Didn't you know? After sharks, tortoises are nature's number one killing machine.
May 8 2007 Blowing up 1 million tons of iron ore
Looks like we've got a competitor for Greatest Explosion Ever. I'm still placing it behind this one though, since there's no fire or shock wave. Or gigantic boner in my pants.
May 8 2007 Titanic lamp sinks into your table
Similar to the sinking LED clock, the Titanic lamp is designed to look like it's sinking into whatever surface you place it on. Sort of like my home. Only that wasn't a design choice, I just happen to live on a lake.
May 8 2007 Tornado video shot form 50 yards
TornadoVideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor shot this INSANE video of a violent tornado from within 50 yards!!! We had to back up at the last second, and my cell phone fell out on the road and was taken away by the tornado!!
If they really wanted to impress me they would've climbed out of their car and got some footage from inside the tornado. I guess they just weren't man enough.
May 7 2007 EnergyPod makes napping futuristic
If you don't mind looking like a total idiot at work, the EnergyPod is a great little place to do your napping. There's a visor to keep out external sound and keep in internal ones, such as snoring or loud screaming or whatever other sounds you might make in your sleep. There's also an built-in sound system which plays music loaded on an internal memory card. It costs about $8,000, so you'll have to decide for yourself just how important having a chair shaped like a spaceship is to you. Personally, I'm okay napping on the floor. Or on the subway. Or on the floor of the subway. It's all good, baby.
May 7 2007 The anatomy of a balloon animal
This poster explores the anatomy of Canis pneumatis, or the common balloon dog.
May 7 2007 Super Mario Bros: Game Over
See what happens when Mario leaves the Mushroom kingdom and returns to Brooklyn as a mushroom addict deadbeat plumber.
Throw in a few ninjas and this could be a documentary about my life.
May 4 2007 $1 million coin
The crazies in Canada have created a $1 million coin. The coin weighs 220.5 pounds and is 21 inches in diameter. The hand crafted coins will be produced in extremely limited quantities, and at 99.999% purity, the gold in the coin is actually worth more than twice its $1 million face value. Which just sounds stupid. If you bought it and melted it down you'd already have doubled your investment. Or if you got me to sign it you'd have quadrupled it.
May 4 2007 Painting the Mona Lisa with MS Paint
This guy used MS Paint to recreate the Mona Lisa. It's compressed down to under 5 minutes but the original took 2 hours and 30 minutes. If you've ever used MS Paint you know how crazy this is. Especially if your computer is like mine, meaning a cardboard box with "computer" written on the side. My MS Paint doesn't do shit.
May 4 2007 Millimeters Matter viral ad
This is a new viral ad from Samsung showing insects getting hit in the face with pies and stuff. I can't tell if it's real but I'm really hoping it is. Only because insects getting hit in the face with pies is number two on my list of all time greatest things. I won't tell you what number one is, but let's just say it involves three dinosaurs and a space ship.
May 4 2007 Keyboard waffles look like delicious keyboards
Did somebody order keyboard waffles? No? Well you should've told me that before I made them. And by made them I mean look at a picture of them. Uh, what?
May 3 2007 Mod a toaster for toaster art
Instructables has a little tutorial on how to make your own toaster art. Basically just cut out aluminum or stainless steel designs and attach it to your toaster. Ta daa! Or try my method: take a permanent marker and draw on your bread. It doesn't taste as good, but it, well, also doesn't look as good. So there.
May 3 2007 Tubular clock tells time with words
This tubular clock uses words to describe time instead of numbers, similar to the Verbarius clock.
Time is displayed on the Tubular Time Clock in phrases such as "quarter past four" and "five minutes past six" instead of the pedestrian "4:15" and "6:05." The clock mounts to any wall, and runs on a single AA battery. It's quite large, measuring in at 33" wide and a 4.5" diameter, so you'll need some space to hang this sucker.
The thing costs $160, which is a bargain. You know, assuming you're a billionaire clock collector. And really, who isn't?
May 3 2007 Sea monster over 7 feet long
A local diver from Juno Beach captured video of this unidentified sea serpent that's over seven feet long. They're calling it a Nemertean Worm, although they can't officially identify it or even what family it belongs to. For now, the Smithsonian is calling it "undescribed." Although at seven feet long I think the top contender right now is my penis. *cue laugh track*
May 3 2007 Changing cupboard
This changing cupboard is built out of turning advertising signs so the surface design is constantly changing. It looks cool as hell, but having this thing in my house would freak me out. Almost as much as the komodo dragon I keep chained in my kitchen. Why do I even have that thing?!
Check out video of the changing cupboard in action after the jump.
May 3 2007 Virtual dog-walking arcade game
Apparently there's a virtual dog-walking arcade game in Japan where you, uh, walk on a treadmill and pretend to walk a dog. Sounds almost as awesome as my virtual getting-raped-by-a-giant-tentacle-monster arcade game. They're both huge hits in Japan, but only one involves getting virtually raped by a giant tentacle monster.
May 2 2007 The Pessimist's Mug
Looks like somebody took this idea, and decided to translate it to English and turn it into a mug. The Pessimist's Mug is exactly what it looks like. Uh, unless you thought it was a beaker. Because that's what I thought it was. A really crappy one with only one measurement: half.
May 2 2007 First shot of Iron Man's suit
Our sibling site I Watch Stuff! got their hands on the first shot of Iron Man's suit from the new movie. And it. Looks. Epic. Head on over for the full body shot. Or head over here *points to bedroom* for my full body shot.
May 2 2007 Make a wireless NES controller
If you're pretty serious about your mods and still play your NES, this tutorial is for you. I won't get into the technical stuff, but after some heavy work you'll end up with your very own wireless NES controller. Or a bird house, depending on how good you are at following directions.
May 2 2007 Digital Lifestyle Device not a sex toy
Aluratek has created a 10.5" digital picture frame that also plays video. It has 256 MB of flash storage and displays pictures as well as plays MP3s. They're calling it a Digital Lifestyle Device, but I'm pretty sure it's really just a tiny TV. That doesn't play TV. So worse than a TV. And just for future reference, a Digital Lifestyle Device is what you'd call a condom with a computer chip, not a digital picture frame.
May 1 2007 Star Wars in real life
It's about time somebody started reenacting classic Star Wars scenes using those R2-D2 mailboxes. I tried to do a few myself, but I mostly just ended up peeing in them.
May 1 2007 Drop kicking cow
Ever seen a cow drop kick a dude in the face before? You have now.