May 13
Joe Larson has made a chess set that allows you to assemble its pieces into a giant robot. Digital Trends says: For the most part, Action Chess is a pretty standard Chess set. Both the pieces and board exhibit a kind of utilitarian simplicity that is at once functional and attractive. If you want to …
Mar 09
I don’t care for tea. Think it’s awful stuff. I like coffee. I don’t like people who like coffee. Half the time, they’re drinking big bowls of milk like they’re some sort of human-shaped, baby-man-cat. The other half, they’re talking all this fancy bullshit about roasts and beans and people working in fields. It’s just …
Mar 09
These Wire Windups aren’t for sale but they’re still awesome. If only there was a collection of bath-soaps based on The Shield. Via Dangerous Minds
Feb 27
These diamond shaped lightbulbs would be a good idea around here. I’ve been unhappy with my apartment’s lighting for some time. Though improvements have been made in terms of brightness, there’s been a ugly result: Too many exposed bulbs. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
Oct 31
The long held human dream of inflicting post traumatic stress disorder on ourselves in the comfort of our own homes has come a step closer to fruition. From Singularity Hub The Gadget Show, airing on Channel 5 in the UK, recently embarked on creating the most true to life simulator for first person shooter games ever built. They …
Jul 07
With death comes the peculiar experience of seeing a person’s possessions detached from their owner. They’re like orphans. This sewing machine belonged to Nan and has now been passed down to me. She used it to mend and alter our clothes. Although it’s around a hundred years old, it’s still in working order. A video …
Jul 06
Japan has always been on the forefront of cutting edge robotics. Its roots can be traced back 200-300 years during the Edo period when skilled craftsmen created automata (self-operating machines). Using nothing more than pulleys and weights they were able to make the Karakuri (Japanese automata) perform amazing tasks. Japan’s modern day robots can be …
Jun 24
After much debate, it’s recently been revealed that Japanese pop star, Aimi Eguchi, is a digital composite. That is, she’s not human, has never been human and she isn’t even a she but an it. Or, perhaps, some strange combination of the two. Like Dr. Frankenstein plundering graves for spare parts, music producer Yasushi Akimoto, plundered …
Jun 21
Based on Dali’s The Persistence of Memory, this melting clock rests on your shelf and costs $13.49. But, if you’re looking to give your home or office a surrealist look, you might be better off stuffing a peacock into a birdcage and feeding it methamphetamine. It’s interesting to see objects that were once dreams become …
