Rube Goldberg Piggy Bank
A Rube Goldberg device, if you’re not familiar with the term, is an overly complicated setup that, in the end, does something very trivial. It usually consists of a series of mechanisms that set off each other in some sort of domino effect. A few great examples are the boardgame “Mouse trap”, and the machine [...]
Lego Sushi
Yet more proof that there are lots of people with way too much free time! This sushi dinner made from Lego looks just amazing. Let’s see what we have here. I recognize a California roll, a tuna roll, and I don’t really recognize the third roll. On the bottom, there’s nigiri with I guess salmon, [...]
Buzzball
There’s only one word to describe this contraption: insane! Some guys decided to build something that more or less simulates a rollercoaster ride, but without the bulky and expensive rails. Inside the ball there are two motors that can make the chair spin around and move the ball. This is supposed to simulate a rollercoaster. [...]
Insanely expensive ethernet cable
Audiophiles sometimes spend insane amounts of money on overhyped crap that simply doesn’t do anything to improve sound quality. While I can understand that a $5000 speaker will sound better than $100 speaker, this is simply too ridiculous to be true: an ethernet cable that costs $499!
This cable, made by Denon, is a mere 1.5 [...]
The Ultimate Workstation
Ask a geek what the first thing is he would buy when he wins the lottery, and chances are it’s this. If this doesn’t make you drool, nothing will! Not much specs are available at the moment, but here’s what’s known: three widescreen monitors, Dolby THX surround, air filtering (WTF??), light therapy (even more WTF??) [...]
Rsstroom Concept
Here’s another gadget that belongs in the category “What the hell were they smoking when they thought of this?”. What is it? It’s a printer that prints your favorite RSS feed on a roll of… toilet paper! And not only that, it also has a biometric toilet seat wich measures your weight as you sit [...]
Optimus Popularis prototype
The successor to the insanely expensive Optimus Maximus keyboard is already in the works. Here’s a picture of the prototype. Art Lebedev isn’t giving away a lot of information at the moment, but it’s supposed to be a keyboard with transparent keys on top of a single TFT display instead of a small OLED display [...]
Flux Capacitor For Sale
Ever found yourself building a time machine out of one of the ugliest sports cars ever made, thinking: “I feel like something’s missing, but I don’t know what!”? We all have, of course. And this is probably what was missing and the prime reason your time machine didn’t work: a Flux Capacitor!
You don’t need to [...]
Caffeinated Chips
Of all the stuff caffeïne is pumped into these days, at least this one makes a bit sense. I mean, caffeïnated soap? Since when is it absorbed through the skin? Anyway, here’s potate chips with caffeïne. Why is this a good thing? It’s chips and cola in one! Why is it a bad thing? The [...]
April Fools day at Think Geek
A yearly tradition at Think Geek is the collection of fake april fools gadgets. Although they are obviously fake, sometimes people really fall for them. A few years ago, a well-known computer magazine even wrote an article about their “wireless extension cords”!
So, what do they have in store for us this year? For starters, there’s [...]
