Archive for March, 2007

Paper art

These are awesome.  Works of art all done with a single sheet of A4 paper.
Amazing works of art i’d say, i only wish there were instructions on how to make them myself.

Categories: DIY, awesome

Light Bulbs

Here’s a nice collection of light bulbs through the ages.
How i wish i had a microwave the size of a house, this way i could microwave all those light bulbs at once and probably get the coolest light show ever…
read more {Gizmodo}

Other Earthshapes

I stubmled accross this and it’s interesting.  What if the Earth was not shaped like the oblong sphere it is, but rather a pyramid, or Toroidal (donut) shape?
lots more pictures over at nrich.  I really want to know the answers to the questions at the bottom, maybe someone can help me out.

Categories: awesome, haha!, science

I want this bridge

This bridge in London is awesome.  It rolls up into a ball to allow water traffic to pass under it, instead of raising up vertically.
From the looks of it, it looks like a foot bridge, i would love to see this on a larger scale, for like cars…
read more {Gizmodo}

Categories: awesome

Ender’s Game

For those of you unaware of this book, first of all read it. Now. Secondly, I have to say this was probably the best book I had to read for school ever. Plus it got me into the follow-up books which are even more amazing.
Anyway, the wonderful comic xkcd has an interesting take on the [...]

Categories: haha!

Evolving Robots?

In case you were fairly unaware, we seem to have a fixation with robots taking over the world and destroying the human race.  It’s kind of hard not to think that way, especially when people invent things like hardware that can evolve itself.
The details are a little sparse, but more or less this single PCB [...]

Categories: awesome

Lego Sofa

Is this not the pinical of awesomeness? Its a Lego themed sofa, complete with movable parts!  The only question i have is, how comfortable is it?  Because those who use LEGOs, know that they aren’t the nicest things to sit/stand/fall/lay on.
{Gizmodo}

Categories: DIY, LEGO, awesome

Floating Towers

This is one seriously cool building.  It’s got four different buildings, all suspended from a central core.  It serves two purposes, giving the entire building a smaller footprint, and, more importantly, making it look freking AWESOME.
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Categories: awesome

One Step Closer to seclusion

Now, i don’t suggest this as an alternative to a faraday cage, but rather an addition to. It’s paint that’s supposed to not allow wireless signals, and other RF signals to transfer through it.  Personally, i have no idea how it works, and am skeptical, but it could prove nice if it were used correctly [...]

Categories: electronic news, haha!

Fire Breathing Robot Spiders

This started as a simple DIY project, but soon escalated out of control, luckily this isn’t a true robot, in that it is still controlled by humans.  But the design is out there, now they only need to be built, and soon enough we as a species will no longer exist…
{Hacked Gadgets}
[video]http://www.youtube.com/v/H_oaWYiIFac[/video]

Categories: DIY, awesome

Sony to Bundle Wii System with PS3

Tokyo – President of Sony North America Frank Newmark announced today that Sony would begin bundling a Nintendo Wii console with every PlayStation 3 system sold.
Newmark hopes the new strategy will boost disappointing sales of the company’s gaming system by pairing it with the hot-selling Wii.  Newmark said, “By focusing on [...]

Categories: awesome, games, haha!, nintendo, sony