Big-Ass Rube Goldberg-esque LEGO Machine
Youtube user akiyuky assembled a bunch of Great Ball Contraption modules to create what could only be defined as a “big-ass rube goldberg-esque LEGO monstrosity. Check it out: [Youtube]
Category Archives: Gadgets
“Demise of the PC” May Simply Be Semantics
Worldwide PC sales figures have taken a tumble — and everyone has an explanation why. Two separate estimates show the same pattern in sales figures for January through March this year, compared with the same period in 2010. IDC estimates there were 80.6 million shipments worldwide, down 3.2%, while Gartner puts the total at 84.3 […]
OMG NEED: WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery
I have to confess something to you guys: I’ve been harassing my wife about letting me brew beer at home for years. YEARS. Unfortunately, she thinks that, and I hate to admit that she’s right, we just don’t have a good spot at home to do this. But no more, thanks to the WilliamsWarn Personal […]
New Myndplay System: Control the Movie with Your Emotions [Video]
A new interactive system called Myndplay launches today, a development in media technology that allows the viewer to control key plot points in a film via brain wave activity. A headset equipped with electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors translates the brain’s electrical activity patterns into basic emotional responses, then uses these readings to control the options available […]
Kindle becomes billboard in cut-price offer
When you buy a printed book, you usually don’t expect to see advertisements, aside from those for other books. (Well, except in a famous episode of sitcom Hancock’s Half Hour.) But that’s exactly what you’ll find in the cheapest Kindle to date. Amazon’s latest twist on the e-Reader is the Kindle with Special Offers. It’s […]
3D LED Dancing Display [Video]
This is pretty cool, even though the song kinds of suck. Check it out: [Via]
Rube Goldberg-esque Xylophone [Video]
All I have to say is: Wow. This brilliant commercial was filmed to promote NTT Docomo’s Touchwood SH-08C cell phone. I don’t know how long it took to set the whole thing up, but it must have taken a very, very long time. Enjoy! [Youtube]
Sony moves PlayStation from phone to tablet
After finally producing the much debated “PlayStation phone”, Sony is now said to be working on a branded tablet device, possibly debuting as early as the fall. Though there have been previous rumors of such a device, it now looks as good as official. The Nikkei newspaper in Japan quoted Sony’s CEO Howard Stringer (pictured) […]
Cool Kinect-Based Video-Conferencing System
Kinected Conference is a cool MS Kinect-Based Video-Conferencing System that is currently being developed at MIT. What we can do if the screen in videoconference rooms can turn into an interactive display? With Kinect camera and sound calibration system, we can easily access the spatially calibrated depth and audio information. [Vimeo]
Brain-Powered Steampunk Mouse
I’m not sure how Peter Balch’s “steampunk” mouse should be qualified… creepy? Sure. Awesome? Why not. Ergonomic? Absolutely not! Now how is that thing supposed to work, anyway? Hit the link for some additional pictures plus a short walkthough on how he built the thing. [Steampunk Mouse | Via Neatorama]