Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By Evan Ackerman From the Artist Taking Things Too Literally department comes this cuckoo clock, which consists of a real (dead) cuckoo crucified to a wall with a digital clock hung around its neck on a chain, by Michael Sans....

By Ryan Nill Zygote is the name of a giant rubber ball filled with helium and some sort of vague LED contraption. Hit it and it shifts through various color spectrums. Add drugs and party-people and you have yourself a...
By Evan Ackerman MIT Media Lab researcher Tad Hirsh has designed electronic coconuts to be deployed as noise sensors in San Jose, California, an area which is subject to aircraft from San Jose International Airport, Oakland International Airport, and San...
By Ryan Nill Insects are one of the foundations of our biosystem yet the poor suckers don't get any respect. Of course being important doesn't mean they're not gross and we'd rather have them on the outside of our...

By David Ponce Yeah, we're just geeks being geeks. But this picture kicks some ass. VIA

By David Ponce If anything screams "I'm not getting laid tonight" louder than this bag, we'd love to hear it. Until then, we do happen to admire the amount of effort and craftsmanship required to create something like this....

By Evan Ackerman Walls. They're so boring. And they're everywhere. HypoSurface smashes through the, uh, fourth wall with a shape changing, interactive surface. Using interlocking flexible panels activated by compressed air from behind the wall, HypoSurface can create three dimensional...
By Ryan Nill Astromedia, a German-based company that specializes in papercut crafts and toys, has created a papercut engine that runs on the heat from a cup of coffee. Or from the chill of packed ice; the Stirling engine isn't...
by Ryan Nill Victorinox has unveiled its new Victoria series; 240 pimped out pocket knives, available only while supplies last. Half are covered in yellow gold 750, the other 120 have been smothered in pure platinum 950, with 430 flawless...