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I think my mom is into The Replacements but no matter. When an album costs 49 cents, you and every bum in Manhattan can afford a copy. No excuses. Paul Westerberg, frontman for the band, decided to release his latest album this way. He originally wanted to do it for 44 cents but Amazon wouldn’t let him (they’re the only ...

For those of you in high school or college, I just made your day. This little device, found on Instructables, emits a 17KHz high-pitched tone that’s undetectable to most people over the age of 30. It sounds similar to a ‘mosquito’ ringtone on a cellphone and will drive your classmates and/or teacher NUTS. Just rig up the circuitry and the ...

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The Japanese aren’t the only ones who are Star Wars crazy. The fans know the difference between an actual Millennium Falcon and one made out of batter. Japan held a Star Wars celebration for fans of the epic sci-fi saga to come show off their designs and art related to Star Wars, like that AT-AT from the streets. Bonnie Burton ...

This is a material skeleton, living in a skeletal world. You can chastise me for the shitty Madonna pun, but don’t even think about giving artist Brian Dettmer any shit. He’s the guy who crafted this cassette tape skeleton. The only text I can make out is a big ARISTA Records logo and some tape called “Get The Knack.” It’s ...

Remember the Wii MotionPlus, the gimmicky accessory that attaches to the end of the Wiimote to �more quickly and accurately reflect motions in a 3-D space?” It turns out Nintendo is getting some bad recognition regarding their lack of disclosure involving the accessory and third-party developers. When third-party developers were asked of their opinions of the accessory, they all seemed ...

Trying to fashion your bathroom in a serial killer theme? You’ll need this electronic bloody shower curtain inspired by the famous scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Guests are sure to be startled by the motion-activated Psycho music clip, complete with a screaming woman that’ll make anyone cringe. It’ll go great with those homicidal clothes hangers and no one will ever ...

Seems acrylic bongs weren’t enough. Now acrylic case mods are all the rage. Of course, this also makes your computer easily modifiable and upgradeable because everything isn’t packed away in some wheel of cheese. Adding and removing cards, memory and storage has never been easier. The acrylic cases were designed by Digital Cowboy who are calling it the Acrylic Cowboy. ...

Art Institute of Chicago’s Ed Bennett has designed the ArtBus, a hardware bus and communications protocol for low speed and low data rate command with control of discrete sensors and actuators. It is useful for small embedded systems in kinetic, robotic, installation art or design projects, like Vince’s Arduino sound project, or Ard-e The Arduino Robot. Though, it is a ...

Happen to be in the New York City area? Then check out the robots on display at the City Foundry, 365 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. These robot sculptures were created by Gordon Bennett out of a mixture of random objects found which are both old and new. These aren’t robotic bartenders trying to get you drunk so they ...