Build Your Own Set of Automatic Wolverine Claws! [Video]

Now everyone can build their own set of Wolverine-like claws thanks to the Wearable Muscle Sensor Platform. The project is currently up on Kickstarter but has already been fully funded. The tutorial to build your own claws is available on Makezine.com. Our tutorial will teach you to build bionic claws using our fourth-generation muscle sensor, […]



inGen Container with Jurassic World Dinosaur Gets Forgotten at London Train Station

This shipping container, which we presume to contain a live raptor, was recently dropped at London’s Waterloo Station as a marketing campaign for Jurassic World, which is set to open in the UK on June 12th. Last week, a dinosaur carcass was also spotted being carried around London for a dinosaur autopsy show. (Thanks Taylor!) […]



SensorWake: Help Fund An Alarm Clock That Wakes You With Scents

Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up to the beautiful scent of a warm croissant every day instead of a buzzing alarm clock? Well, good news. Soon (hopefully) you can.  SensorWake, which is on Kickstarter right now, is the alarm clock we have all been dreaming about. It uses the waft […]

Building the Ultimate Star Trek Enterprise Home Office Workstation [Video]

This Star Trek Enterprise home office workstation looks awesome, but unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to be all that useful considering that the “table” part is way too small if someone wants to gets some work done on there. Every other Monday, some of Hollywood’s top prop makers build one-of-a-kind items for super-fans of […]

The World’s Most Advanced Robot vs Mankind’s Greatest Samurai [Video]

[…] a showdown between an “industrial robot” and a “sword master” using KATANA. The sword master is Machii Isao, who holds five Guinness World Records including “fastest 1,000 iaido sword cuts (36 min 4 sec)” and “most iado sword cuts to one mat (8)”, and has demonstrated various incredible feats such as cutting down a […]