Oscar Mayer has come up with a great marketing stunt: an iPhone app that wakes you with the sound, and even the smell, of frying bacon. The free app works like a normal alarm clock, but instead of a ring you get a picture of crispy bacon and a sizzling sound. But it really comes […]
The ideal present for the ST:TNG fan in your life, Etsy user Joel Wagner is selling a ring that may look familiar to viewers. This sterling silver ring with 24K gold plated accents is inspired by the VISOR worn by Geordi. This ring is made using 3D printing technology and is made to order. Default […]
Two men are spending 10 days living in a home with a difference: it’s a 25-foot wooden wheel. Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder will live in the wheel as part of the In Orbit art project at The Boiler gallery in Manhattan. This new work, In Orbit, continues in this vein with the wheel-shaped house. […]
A new service lets people and businesses advertise their bathroom facilities as available to the public in return for a fee. It’s designed to make the most of big events where public facilities are inadequate. When there aren’t enough bathrooms nearby for the amount of people in any given location Airpnp is there to save […]
The man who made a Barbie with “typical” human dimensions is trying to release his own range of dolls to give children more realistic influences. Last October we covered Nickolay Lamm’s work creating a Barbie that using the dimensions of an average 19-year-old American woman, who is shorter, thicker-waisted, shorter-necked and much less likely to topple […]
A 13-year-old boy from the UK has built a working nuclear reactor just in time to beat the record of a 14-year-old American boy. As you’d probably guessed, Jamie Richards’s project didn’t involve the nuclear fission found in most nuclear power plants. Instead, reports the Lancashire Evening Post: Jamie, who is 14 on Sunday, started […]
An 8-bit re-creation of the infamous D&D easter egg from Summoner. Watch the original here. [Original Sketch by the Dead AleWives | LanzeMazukie | Via Dueling Analogs]
A new gadget combines a simple loudspeaker with music recommendation services such as Pandora. Cone combines hardware and software to learn your musical tastes. On the face of it, Cone is simply a wireless speaker with a single button (for pause and unpause) and a dial. It connects to your Mac and/or iOS device and […]
A Houston man pulled out a weapon during a fight with his girlfriend’s husband. It’s not that unusual sounding until you discover the weapon was a replica sword from Legend of Zelda. According to a report, Eugene Thompson and his girlfriend had an argument, leading to her calling her estranged husband who then came round […]
Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer Emma Newman has written a great personal piece about how science fiction was her escape route as a child. She explains that: I had no confidence, self-esteem lower than the depths of the Mariana Trench and I was the only person in the school who thought that time travel and space exploration were […]