100 Movie Dance Scenes In One
No matter the genre, it seems that — with a little careful editing — everyone wants to get down to Bruno Mars in this gloriously silly mash-up.
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Early 80s Computer TV Shows Online
As part of its “Make It Digital” season, the BBC has put six archive shows about computing on its iPlayer service. The collection includes the debut episode of The Computer Programme for 1982, an episode of Making The Most Of The Micro from 1983 which introduced BASIC programming for family users, two editions of magazine show […]
The Nintendo Knitting Machine: Mind Officially Blown
This ad is not a joke. Found on Imgur earlier today, I did some digging, and sure enough, this thing was very close to actually existing. Although we may laugh at the prospect now, imagine all the nerdy and or tasteless sweaters we could have made for ourselves and friends. I almost wish this DID […]
Game Boy Guitar Plays Two Ways
This amazing creation by a user at the Bit Fix Gaming boards is both a functional electric guitar and a working Game Boy emulator. Not only do the buttons control the game, but A and B also act as dials to control the tone and volume of the guitar. Bit Fix Gaming
LOTR Fire Pit Is Epic
Etsy store ImagineMetalArt is selling this five-foot high fire pit that lets you recreate the destruction of Barad-dur in spectacular fashion. Buy from Etsy. [Via: Nerd Approved]
Real Life Excalibur from Fate/stay Night
The Man At Arms Team are back with another real-life forging of a fictional weapon. This time they turn their attention to Excalibur from the Fate/stay night universe.
Einstein & Tesla In New Action Figure Range
Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla are among five “real life heroes” in an action figure range looking for Kickstarter funding. Along with Mahatma Ghandi, Sigmund Freud and Andy Warhol, they’ve been chosen by the makers for an attempt to re-release a line of figures that was previously available before manufacturing costs rose. Little Giants on […]
Millennium Falcon Multi-Tool
Attractively, if not practically packaged, this tool contains six functions (bottle opener, earphone tidy, parcel opener, ruler, screw driver and wire stripper) plus five box-end wrenches/ring spanners. Buy it from Firebox. [Spotted by Technabob]
Insane Keyboard Covers 1,000+ Emoji [Video]
YouTube video presenter Tom Scott has made a keyboard — or rather a network of 14 keyboards — that has individual keys for every emoji in Unicode 8. Why? Because he could.
Drones Build Rope Bridge [Video]
Building a temporary bridge is a task that perfectly matches the skillset of a group of fit, well-disciplined military staff — which is why they are often called to help out in disaster relief — but in the field the operation is still time-consuming and exposes troops to the enemy. Now a Swiss university has successfully […]