No one wants to be the odd one out of an intense game of ping-pong. Enter the Modular Table Tennis System, the table tennis designed specifically for groups of players larger than a couple. Innovator Guenter Arndt claims that his modular table design can house 12 ping-pong players cramped around this table. The idea is to have four teams of ...
Read More »Afternoon Linkage for June 26th, 2008
Looking for the good stuff? You’ve come to the right place. Hot coffee, fresh links. All Kosher! Robotic Water Snake Doubles as an Aquatic Based Sex Toy Smoking In The Rain Just Got More Enjoyable With This Umbrella How To Make A Sega Master System Memory Cart Never Miss Your Exit With A Car Camera That Reads Road Signs Grab ...
Read More »Chronic Back Pain? Get The Power Of TENS
TENS is Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation for short. It works by disrupting the pain signals originating from the nerves near the pain spot, so the area that would normally be in pain is reduced to a mere tingling sensation. It’s like having a constant little massage at the point that causes you the most discomfort. You can’t get one of ...
Read More »Cassette Tape Lamp Won’t Overdub
Broke? Need a lamp? Stuck in 1988? Grab those B-52s cassette tapes you left in your parent’s attic and some glue baby, ’cause we’re makin’ a lamp! The team at Transparent House glued a bunch of tapes together and shoved a light bulb in there, creating a unique-looking lamp that also sends out a fractal pattern on the walls around ...
Read More »This Chair Keeps Hanging Around
This concept for a chair alleviates the difficulties of storage that you’d normally have with other chairs. Having guests over? Well, you won’t want to have them sitting on one of these while it’s hanging on the wall. Instead, try taking it down and putting it in the circle of other chairs that can’t be stored in your basement cellar. ...
Read More »NYC Resident Makes Gadget Repair House Calls
Broken gadgets suck, especially when it’s an iPod. All of a sudden you find yourself walking to the subway sans tunes. The train ride gets longer, sights become more boring and overall, the ride sucks. Luckily, there is hope. If you live in NYC, give Demetrios Leontaris a call. This sly Greek will roll over to your pad to fix ...
Read More »Hydrogen Rolling Through
We’ve seen some funky looking, eco-wary transportation devices, but the “Ozone” concept takes the cake. It would run entirely on hydrogen powered fuel cells because as we all know, gasoline just isn’t cutting it anymore. The cabin of the vehicle is encased between two giant wheels that are controlled by two separate electric motors powered by the fuel cells. I ...
Read More »Papercraft Malware Bots Attack!
Though a company like Symantec is generally lame, what it’s done recently might restore a little faith in the software manufacturer. As part of an awareness campaign to help inform people about malware/virii/beat shit on the Internet, Symantec has created a neat set of papercraft robots you can print out and fold. Make a bunch of them and have ’em ...
Read More »DIY Cord Keeper
Don’t you wish your home had a fancy cord-keeping system like that of an office building, library or school? Fat chance, unless you’re on a decent budget. For the rest of us, there’s this fantastic DIY cord keeper from Chris Metcalf. It involves plastic, a drill and a whole lotta love. Oh, and a little double-sided tape never hurt. Take ...
Read More »Kawasaki KZ440 Electric Motorcycle Conversion
I’ve always wanted a motorcycle but I don’t think I’m responsible enough to ride open-air-style down a highway at 120 MPH. Ben Nelson, however, is more of a risk taker. The lucky sonofabitch got a 1981 Kawasaki KZ440 motorcycle for a mere $100. He swapped out the (broken) motor and was able to add four huge batteries for $160 and ...
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