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Star Trek Enterprise coffee table is the stuff of geek dreams

, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [3]

I would wager that there are a bunch of you out there that like Star Trek as much as I do. I'm not dressing up in pointy ears or anything, but I can appreciate some awesome Star Trek gear when I see it. Take this coffee table for instance. If there was ever a cooler project for a geek with a wood working background, I haven't seen it. Read The Full Story

Star Wars Uncut Directors Cut fan-stitched masterpiece now online in its entirety

, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

It's been nearly 3 years in development and thousands of hours of blood, sweat, and fun had in the process, and it's finally here: the complete re-make of Star Wars: A New Hope constructed entirely of fan-made 15 second clips. This project was originally called Star Wars Uncut, and this final product is of course called Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut, and stitches together the entire set of hundreds of clips into one perfected bunch. This version is the "final" version of the film, and is available for you to watch 100% for free and in its entirety. Read The Full Story

Slingshot heating mechanism helps create more power

, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [2]

The slingshot madman Joerg Sprave recently showed off something about a slingshot that is pretty cool. When you stretch the rubber band that propels whatever you are shooting from the slingshot, the band heats up and has more pulling force. The bands start to cool right away, and the force of the slingshot is reduced. Read The Full Story

Sony Steampunk laptop mod revealed, made with pine, copper, brass

, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [9]

The modified laptop you're about to witness is one that's unique, but works with a device that most certainly is not - made by modder John Dunn for Sony running a Vaio F notebook under a fabulous amalgamation of wood and brass. What you've for here is a sort of casing for the notebook made of birch plywood, pine wood, brass, and copper. All of these materials are true to the "Steampunk" style, if you're familiar, and the laptop is fully functional. Read The Full Story

DIY Paper Monster Truck constructed, destroyed for They Might Be Giants tour

, Jan 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

There's nothing better than a gigantic pink monster truck / hearse hybrid made out of cardboard and paper to get your rock and roll concert tour underway, and They Might Be Giants have done us one better: they've taught us how to make our own! We love gadgets, and they've got a gigantic person-sized cardboard and paper boombox to fix us up there as well! This is basically the greatest combination of oddities to happen here in the tech, music, and fun world all day long! Read The Full Story

DIY Laser Ball is 21st century human cat toy

, Nov 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

If there's one criticism we've always had about laser pointers it's that only one person can run the risk of blindness at a time; thank goodness for tinkerer Matthew Leone's DIY Laser Ball project, which opens the door to up to 14 lasers. Leone's awesome Instructable packs a tennis ball with lasers and a microcontroller to create what's described as "a cat-toy for humans" or a remote control "first-generation lightsaber training droid." Read The Full Story

SparkFun Electric Sheep lets Android fans make their own accessories

, Nov 16th 2011 Discuss [2]

One of the things that most people like so much about Android is that the OS is very open. One of the things that you can take advantage of on the Android platform is the open accessory protocol. A company called SparkFun Electronics has a new USB device called Electric Sheep that takes advantage of that open accessory protocol. Read The Full Story

German effects firm builds DIY flying drone for Red Epic camera

, Oct 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

I have flown more than one remote controlled flying what not including helicopters and airplanes. The thing they have all had in common was a very short first flight followed by a horrendous crash rendering a chance of a second flight moot. I can only imagine the carnage and repair bill I would wrap up if I had the chance to fly this drone that a German effects firm made for one of those crazy expensive Red Epic cameras. Read The Full Story

Pump action slingshot revealed by slingshot aficionado Joerg Sprave

, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [1]

I know the hazards of melee combat with a hoard of ravenous zombies is significant so when the invasion comes, you want a ranged weapon. You also want a weapon that is quiet so all the other zombies don’t come running. That weapon needs to be fast loading too so you can take out multiple enemies before they eat your eyeballs like marshmallows. Read The Full Story

Romo Smartphone Robot rolls onto Kickstarter

, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

We like robots around these parts and one of the latest little bots to surface is called Romo. As you can see in the photos, the little bot has a smartphone on top of it. That smartphone controls the robot and gives it the face of what appears to be the creature from Cut the Rope. Romo will officially work with the iPhone and the iPod touch. Read The Full Story

Wood clad Steampunk gun shoots NERF bullets

, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

Yep, want. We are fans of geeky steampunk gear around these parts and while this project might not be as awesome as that steampunk apartment I talked about a while back, it is much cheaper and you don’t have to move to NYC to get your own. This cool steampunk DIY gun started life as a NERF N-Strike Barricade gun. Read The Full Story

DIY toilet paper printer, tweets for your butt

, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

The 90's ruined me, I find it hard to think about TP today without thinking about The Great Cornholio. I bet had our pal Beavis not been a raving idiot, he would have used this TP printer that writes tweets or content from a RSS feed directly onto your favorite paper. Apparently this printer contraption was invented by a German dude named Mario Lukas to enter some sort of tech competition. Read The Full Story
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