There’s a Canary that defends our flat. The video camera looks nice, can see in the dark and detect movement. It’s pretty cool but it doesn’t have Sith powers. This design from Kim Hyeonseok and PDF Designers is also a home camera … and something far darker! Okay, other than scoring a truck load of […]
A homemade laser revolver, improved
This is the mark II and therefore an improved design. The custom made revolver has a laser targeting system (which makes sense, right!) and is strong enough to pop black balloons and burn paper. Clearly we’re still along way off from having hip carried lasers as weapons of significance but we can have fun with […]
A real life version of Pong
Pong is considered by many to be the first video game. What about a life action version of it? No, not with ping pong balls and a table – something more geeky! The masterminds behind this build are Daniel Perdomo, Alvaro Salsamendi and Constantino Voulgaris. They’re currently looking for a hardware incubator to help turn […]
Samsung release Batman inspired S7
Fancy mixing the Dark Knight into your tech porn? In a stunt to help promote Injustice: Gods Among Us Samsung have a special edition S7 Edge. Got to say – quite tempted by the S7 edge. What puts me off? TouchWiz. Whether you fancy the S7 edge or not you’ll probably have to admit this […]
Hunting down a laptop for a travelling geek
I’ve an old Sony Vaio as my laptop. It’s ancient and has Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 installed on it during its life and while it’s struggling now two of my original decision factors for it were spot on. At the time, the Sony Vaio was one of the lightest around, given that […]
Droid translator helmets
These helmets are clever Star Wars tech! Created for a Hackmaster competition these helmets allow whoever is wearing them to communicate with each other. The rest of us just hear Star Wars droid bleepling.
The amazing steampunk science of Pierre Jean Tardiveau
Steamwork fans and inventors should be aware of Paris-based designer Pierre Jean Tardiveau. He makes some incredible ‘scopes. We’re talking about polariscopes, callikryptoscopes and devices like the Juipter Pendulum. The image above is of a wonderful looking steampunk lamp and the videos below will show you how clever Tardiveau’s creations are. This is steampunk science.
The perfect lamp for evil GMs and horror writers
[Show me more!] This lamp, designed by Viviana Furlantetto, is called the Yorick Skull Lamp and I want one. Yorick is handmade in Italy, ceramic and fitted with a fabric flex. I think it would the perfect lamp for any evil GM to scribble notes to or, of course, for any horror writer. The skull […]
Amazon’s Echo can now play Spotify
You can now walk into a room, say “Alexa play Spotify” and Amazon’s internet of things offering to the smart home will obey your instruction. Okay, you need to be in the US and need to have a Spotify Premium account. Alexa’s new integration supports Spotify Connect so you can transfer and control the listening […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Incredible wearable steampunk lanterns
Today’s “wearable” talk seems to be all about smartwatches, fitness bands and the occasional VR headpiece. Haven’t we forgotten something important? Something incredible? Something like these wearable steampunk lanterns from Harlots and Angels. Steampunk Cthulhu warding lantern I want this one Steampunk kraken glowing lantern Show me moar Steampunk Elder Sign lantern I demand access […]
