A publicity stunt celebrating the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing leaves 2008 needles in Dr. Wei Sheng’s head as well as a few hundred in his shoulder (just for kicks).� When you’re already in the Guinness Book of World Records for sticking needles into your head, there is little you can do besides stick more needles in your head to ...
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I’ll Be Bach T-Shirt
No one is cooler than the Terminator, plain and simple. Found on SnorgTees today, this hilarious t-shirt reads “I’ll Be Bach” and features our main man J.S. Bach with a seriously wicked case of red eye. Once you’re wearing one of these t-shirts, no one is going to fuck with your shit. Wear it to a party and you’ll probably ...
Read More »‘Real-Time’ 3D Image Rendering System
Japanese researchers have devised a prototype that renders 3D images by using pictures taken by 64 cameras placed on an 8 x 8 grid. The 3D display is comprised of a small assortment of shapes and colors.� The images taken by the cameras look three-dimensional to the naked eye and researchers say it’s, “almost real time.” By taking 60 angled ...
Read More »Concept Solar Parasol
Parasolar, a solar parasol, is the beach umbrella of the future. What with all this “global warming” stuff going on, mankind is pretty much screwed. You’ll have to do your part, like harnessing solar power into umbrellas. Use the Parasolar during sunny days and it will capture solar energy to recharge your gadgets and gear. Equipped with 12-volt output and ...
Read More »Swatch ORB Concept Watch
Designed by DjoDjo, the ORB (Time Orbit Watch) concept watch looks to deliver time in a fashion that would please anyone from Blade Runner. Rotating color lines display seconds, minutes and hours of the day and supposedly, you can touch the lines and drag them to adjust your watch. Sounds intense. Only two colors were designed, black and white, due ...
Read More »The Drum Table
These fully customizable percussion coffee tables will soon render games like Rock Band a thing of the past. Designer Tor Clausen crafts these in his studio in Olympia, Washington. The drum table has a large variety of re-arrangeable inserts that mimic many percussion instruments and comes in four different sizes, the smallest of which accepts four of the smaller instruments ...
Read More »BokitoViewer Eyewear Fakes It Well
Talk about creepy. Apparently, there’s a zoo in Rotterdam that some gorilla named Bokito escaped from. He beat a woman up, officials decided it was because the woman was staring Bokito down and BokitoViewers were born thanks to insurance company FBTO. As you can see, these silly glasses would go well with a Smile Stick. Too bad no one will ...
Read More »LEGO USB 2.0 Bluetooth Dongle
Messing with LEGOs is good times, even if you’re 53. That’s why some geek in Germany turned a few 2×2 transparent bricks (of a variety of colors) into high speed Bluetooth adapters. On sale in limited quantity, these bricks are priced at about $50 before shipping and handling. They’ll give you that “I’m an 8-year-old!” look and at the same ...
Read More »Dean Kamen’s “Luke” Arms
The Luke Arm is the world’s first real, fully-functional prosthetic arm. The video shows Dean Kamen and the progress his team has made with the prosthesis as they work with the arm in either a remote-controlled or thought-controlled method. The Luke Arm’s silicone-rubber inner-side straps work with the arm and distribute pressure at certain areas of the body during use. ...
Read More »E=MC Stoned
There is no denying that Einstein was one of the most brilliant physicists since Newton. The man was on a different train of thought than the rest of humanity. I believe he simply couldn’t have gotten revered without the help of some friendly cannabis sativa. Sure, naysayers will claim Einstein was a straight-edge, but that’s just plain wrong. The theory ...
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