Okay folks! You’ll have seen the news that Sony has finally announced they’ll be doing Android tablets. Both devices are PlayStation certified, use mobile and wifi, run Android 3.0 and can even be used as a remote. The S2, in particular, has my eye. It looks more travel friendly. It can also be used as […]
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Interactive Plush Portal Turret
The turrets in Portal are cute. This is known. Hurray to Leigh Nunan (plushie designer) and Jonathan Guberman (electronics dude) for the interactive plushie Portal turret. I think this might send the wrong message. In this video the turret gets knocked over a few times. Who would do that to the poor turrets? You’re supposed […]
Lego Starcraft 2 Siege Tank
The siege tanks in Starcraft 2 are pretty cool. I can see why some clever clogs might well decide to build one out of Lego. Here’s the thing; there’s a big difference between building a siege tank in Lego and building a remote controlled, 4 motor, 2 linear actuator and highly complex siege tank in […]
Samsung supports unboxing movement with extreme unboxing
You’ll know all about unboxing. It’s when people film the act of taking their latest shiny thing out of the box. Here’s a simple example with the unboxing of Steve Jackson Games’ Zombie Dice. In recent months there’s been a bit of a backlash against unboxing. People suggest it is naff. People hint that unboxing […]
The gun that time forgot: Jarre Double Action Harmonica Pistol
Found this picture of this historic pistol design. The intent is clear – a gun that lets you fire bullets quickly with minimal reloading bother. The flaw in the design should be equally as clear – the weight/balance would make aiming with this pistol really tricky. This is the Jarre Double Action Harmonica Pistol and […]
Lego machine of dooooom!
Okay, perhaps “doom” is the wrong word to describe this machine but it does make me wonder whether you could use Lego to build a machine to harvest dangerous materials and drive them into cities through the sewers. This video is just shy of 8 minutes long which helps illustrate just how huge this machine […]
R2D2 controlled car
I’m not sure any of us will ever experience what it would be like to fly a fighter spaceship with R2D2 as co-pilot in the back. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. For example, we could boost our cars and build co-pilot control pods for droids in the back. Here’s an example of what I […]
Augmented reality takes shopping to the next level
I’m just back from The Gadget Show Live. It was fun but one of the common observations made was that it seemed to lack on future tech. Future tech is out there though. A good example is Tissot’s Augemented Reality window at Harrods in London. There’s an app too. Check out www.tissot.ch/reality to download the […]
Impressive animatronics
These animatronic creations are really impressive. They were created by John Nolan and I’m pretty sure you’ll recognise some favourite films and some adverts – even if all you get shown are the metal skeletal frames. Well worth a watch.
Can you make a slingshot that fires machetes?
Can you make a slingshot that fires machetes? Yes. Yes you can. Joerg Sprave, who has a whole blog about slingshots, rose to the challenge. He made a slingshot that can fire the heavy and rather sharp weapon. As you can imagine the slingshot is huge. Jorg hurt himself during the video. Don’t worry. You […]
