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Equipped with some circuitry, a webcam, a NXT LEGO Mindstorm set and plenty of time on his hands, Branislov Kisacanin created Tetris-Bot, the first (to our knowledge at least) LEGO bot to be made specifically to play Tetris. Sure, Tetris-Bot has only made it to level 1 so far, but I think it might just be biding its time. First, ...

Man, I tell ya, if this were my bird I’d bring it with me where ever I went. It can just lounge on my shoulder all day. I only ask of it one thing. Every time I accomplish something… anything… it must sing this song. Did I successfully cross the street? Sing. Did my credit card get accepted at the ...

What can we learn from this image of the surface of the Sun taken in 2007 by the Swedish Solar Telescope. Well, for one, it was a surprise to me that the Sun’s surface is composed of pomegranate seeds. Very very large pomegranate seeds (the white line in the left corner measures 5000 kilometers). And no, those little white dots ...

Those of you who have followed Gearfuse long enough know that I’m in the process of designing myself a geeky tattoo sleeve. I’ve already got Jedi Mario and a set of Mario Stars running up my arm, but I’ve been looking for the perfect addition. This Stormtrooper Sugar Skull tat might just be my next tattoo. I know, I know, ...

Much like an enlarged prostate, this LEGO Rube Goldberg machine, left to its own devices, would just keep going and going and going. Some Goldberg machines have a goal, such as creating the perfect cocktail, others are made simply for their geeky aesthetic but this particular device simply is. And it continues to be. With the assistance of various building ...

In January 2009, a phenomenon began with the posting of David After Dentist onto YouTube by the DeVore family. Since then the original has gathered over 57 million views, making it one of the most popular videos ever published on the internet. Not until today did we get to see a little bit more of what was going on behind ...

There’s a ton of productive ways to use a shoebox. You can create a diorama, throw a bunch of baseball cards in there for easy and free storage. Hell, you can even use them to hold your shoes. But I’ve never quite seen anybody use a shoebox for anything quite as cool as this. This mini Apple store shoebox creation ...

Grammar nerds don’t need no Indian sex guide. They learned everything they need to know about a great sex life from studying their own English language. The Comma Sutra features some hot punctuation-on-punctuation action. No exclamation points allowed. I don’t know about you but I’m totally in support of same-punctuation marriage. Just because a comma loves another comma doesn’t make ...

When Megan Fox and I get married, I will demand only the best for our wedding. Which means this Steampunk Organ Computer will definitly be making an appearance. Sure, there might not be actual functioning pipes, but that’s nothing a little Pro Tools can’t fix. I can’t even say it doesn’t include a keyboard because HELLO, it’s got QWERTY. Everything ...

For those of you who prefer their memes kitteh-free, here’s that robotic mouth we posted about last week singing Trololo. Eduard Khil has got to be so jealous of this bot’s lip-syncing skills. Seriously, this robotic mouth and I need to get together and party. Link