Darth Xenomorph [Pic]
An Alien/Darth Vader mash-up by Thomas Spanos. [Via /Film]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
HD of the future offers 16 times as many pixels
The United Nations has approved a standard for an ultra-high definition TV format described as like looking through a window. But don’t expect to see it in your living room any time soon. The International Telecommunication Union, a UN agency, has now confirmed there were no objections to its proposal to formally confirm the standard. […]
100% Middle Earth [Video]
100% Pure New Zealand has created this amusing ad focused around the tiny country at the bottom of the world that is the Middle Earth of our world. I’m quite proud to say I’m from these southern skies after watching this ad! [Via The Mary Sue]
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time… ROCKS! [Video]
This guy is awesome. I wish I could play like that. [By TheHumanTim | Website | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr]
NASA Puts Smartphones in Space
NASA needs to make satellites cheaper and faster. There’s an app for that. NASA’s PhoneSat project creates nanosatellites from unmodified smartphones – specifically, the HTC Nexus One and Samsung’s Nexus S. That means it’s Android that gets to leap into outer space, not iOS. The prototype satellites only cost $3,500, a figure kept low by […]
Basically a Death Star [Apple Genius Ad Parody]
Only genuine Death Stars for me thanks. This is a parody of a Mac ad. The original:
Smart (Real) Notebooks
Evernote and Moleskine have teamed up to deliver a notebook experience that suits the page-loving geek. No longer must you be ostracised for preferring the pen to the stylus or the touch of paper to the touch of screen. Now you can buy one of these Moleskine books, which have a “new design that improves image […]
The Physics of Digging a Hole Through the Earth [Video]
Was it only me who used to sit on the beach as a kid and dig a hole, hoping to one day make a deep enough one to reach the other side of the Earth? Well the guys at minutephysics have contemplated the science of the situation, looking at what would happen if we were to dig […]
Amazing Geek Bras [Picture Gallery]
There would be no possible way to resist a woman bearing one of these. No, possible, way. [From $25 to $45 at SceeneShoes Etsy store | Via The Mary Sue]
REAL Hoverbike! [Videos]
When I first saw that there were “Star Wars-Like Autos” I thought this was going to be some weird fake video. But Aerofex seems to be for real (though their site…needs some work) – they’ve created actual, workable personal hover craft! It apparently uses high-powered fans to hover, reaching up to 30 mph in speed and […]