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Roombas are already fairly geeky, but thanks to Bel & Bel, they could soon look the part as well! Unfortunately, the release date and price have not been announced yet, but a R2-D2 vinyl skin for your favorite robotic vacuum cleaner is in the works. [Bel & Bel]
Back when I was a young geek, 3.5″ Diskettes were the only affordable thing we had to carry data from one place to another. These things had a whopping 1.44 MB of data on them! WOW! They also could be used as ninja stars, or coasters for your glasses and coffee cups. Oh, and back […]
When you hear the word “drone,” you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D’Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight — from a flying wing that can hover and recover from disturbance to […]
A funny ad for the new “Hands-free” Siri feature on the iPhone 6s. I generally don’t like Apple products ads all that much, but this one is fantastic. [Apple | Via TN]
If you’ve got an idea for turning a household appliance into a weapon, it’s normally best to keep it to yourself. But now the US military might pay you a six-figure sum for the idea. Regular readers will no doubt have guessed the bounty comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is […]
BEAUTIFUL! From Thinkgeek: despite only being featured in the first season/book, Eddard “Ned” Stark is still a favorite Game of Thrones character for many of us. That’s why we let him protect our devices with these Eddard Stark Mobile Cases. Choose the iPhone for your iPhone 6 / 6s or the iPad for your iPad […]
We used to dream of robots serving us drinks and cleaning our houses, but putting tomatoes in our mouths? Well, that’s just what Tomatan does. While there’s some minorly impressive technology (manipulating a tomato without crushing it), it seems of limited use. The makers say it could be useful for runners who want to get a […]
Daredevil Mischo Erban has set a new world record for using an electric skateboard, hitting 59.55 miles per hour over a 100 meter distance. The “electric longboard” uses two batteries and has individual motors for each wheel, with the motors based on those from an early 1990s hard drive. Terrifying as the ride must have been, […]
Martin Molin of the band Wintergatan has spent 14 months constructing this hand-operated machine which plays music using around 2,000 marbles. The machine combines a vibraphone (from the same musical family as the xylopohone), a few percussion instruments including a cymbal, and bass guitar neck (though that has to be played by hand.)