Apparently robots partaking in athletics is becoming a recognized venue. I’m not talking about Battle Bots, although I’ve heard that the show is planned to make a comeback. I’m talking about straight-up American football (ironically taking place in Japan.) The video above shows two teams consisting of pure robotics, battling it out on a mini-Football field. Now, these bots aren’t ...
Read More »WiFi Predator Noses Out Free Signals From Afar
Unsecured networks, get ready for your worst nightmare (if you imagine this said in the voice of the movie trailer voice-over guy it’s much more funny.) No signal is safe from… The WiFi Predator. The Predator is basically a modified wireless router connected to a high powered antennae, which runs off of a custom honed firmware, scoping out Wifi signals ...
Read More »Bat Signal: How To Get Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, and Adam West In One Room
There have been a wide assortment of Batmen over the years (not to be confused with Batboy, of course). From the BAM! POW! days of Adam West, to the seductive, yet totally unimpressive George Clooney days, we’ve seen our share of Batman acting. We still feel the need to meet the real Batman. And the only way to call the ...
Read More »Is Your Boss A Dick? Piss Him Off With This Guitar Hero Necktie
Mr. Baxter upstairs is very upset with you. He’s well aware that you and your “crew” have been taking extra-long lunches so you can squeeze in matches of Guitar Hero in the break room. Yes, with every missed chord in YYZ, Mr. Baxter grows tired of your game and would really love it if you got back to your desk ...
Read More »Craft Your Own Bass Guitar Pickup
Bass guitar is a wonderful thing. I’ve been playing since I was about 8-years-old and truly love it. Not everyone is as fortunate as I am to own a bass guitar though, so if you’ve got $5.00, a toolkit, a shoebox and a piece of wood, you’re set for a weekend of jamming out. According to this Instructables article, you ...
Read More »Glo Pillow Wakes You Up Peacefully, Possibly Blinds You
Waking up sucks. As much as you don’t want to admit it, every time you hear the alarm clock ring in the morning you cringe. Your body ceases to move and you unhappily stretch your arm out so you can hit the almighty snooze button. Day after day you’ll be subjected to this torture unless you happen to fashion a ...
Read More »The Bedu Emergency Rapid Response Kit
I really have to give it to designer Toby McInnes for his “Bedu” concept emergency kit. It comes in a beautiful orange canister that resembles a propane tank. According to product renderings, the kit can apparently hold enough shit to provide shelter for the entire starting lineup of the New York Giants. I spy, with my eye, a tent, stove, ...
Read More »Quickies: MIT’s Post-It Notes On HGH
Seems the brains up in Massachusetts have done it again. MIT has taken an ordinary household object and transformed it into the coolest experimental toy on the planet. Case in point are Quickies, which are essentially Post-It Notes that feed the written information on them back to a computer. The computer then interprets the text or image drawn on the ...
Read More »Come Sail Away With PSP
Try singing the title of this post to the tune of Styx’s “Come Sail Away” and I think you’ll find yourself mildly amused. Regardless, it seems for some reason, a random Japanese manufacturer feels that putting a piece of string around a ZipLock bag constitutes use as a waterproof case for your PSP. Would you buy this? Would you seriously ...
Read More »“Rick Roll, Pastrami, Mustard With Provolone, Please.”
About a year ago, Rick Rolling someone was the coolest fucking thing on the Internet. I mean you were seriously the man if you fooled one of your friends who actually knew what the hell Rick Rolling was all about. Now that the meme-of-all-memes is passe, why not change the game up and literally make a Rick Astley Roll? I’m ...
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