Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla are among five “real life heroes” in an action figure range looking for Kickstarter funding. Along with Mahatma Ghandi, Sigmund Freud and Andy Warhol, they’ve been chosen by the makers for an attempt to re-release a line of figures that was previously available before manufacturing costs rose. Little Giants on […]
Attractively, if not practically packaged, this tool contains six functions (bottle opener, earphone tidy, parcel opener, ruler, screw driver and wire stripper) plus five box-end wrenches/ring spanners. Buy it from Firebox. [Spotted by Technabob]
YouTube video presenter Tom Scott has made a keyboard — or rather a network of 14 keyboards — that has individual keys for every emoji in Unicode 8. Why? Because he could.
Building a temporary bridge is a task that perfectly matches the skillset of a group of fit, well-disciplined military staff — which is why they are often called to help out in disaster relief — but in the field the operation is still time-consuming and exposes troops to the enemy. Now a Swiss university has successfully […]
A Japanese company is producing console-style miniature game cartridges that plug in to an iPhone. It seems to be aimed largely at nostalgia fans as there’s virtually no practical benefit in the system. Beatrobo has recently demonstrated a proof of concept of the Pico Cassette, a tiny cartridge that plugs into the headphone socket. Unlike […]
Artist David G Ferrero has put together a great collection of Art Deco-style movie posters for Disney films. Check out all 12 at his website. [Via: NerdApproved]
A new deal for all you coding geeks this week: The Hadoop Real-World Solutions Cookbook. This eBook is usually priced at $24, but it is now free for a limited time! Realistic, simple code examples to solve problems at scale with Hadoop and related technologies. Ever felt you could use some no-nonsense, practical help when […]
Kermit and Darth Vader join forces to duet on this parody of Rainbow Connection…
Thanks to GaS reader Conrad from Empirical Innovation for sharing his dice slide tool for tabletop gaming. It’s designed to make it easy to roll all the dice in the D20 system and get random results without worrying about dice going off the table or knocking over game components. Check out the Empirical Innovation page […]
The Fantasy Flicker blog details the writers producing hand-painted and customized figures, each around an inch high, from the football (soccer) game Subbuteo. Past work includes Doctor Who and James Bond teams and the latest set is of the Justice League of America: the seven original members and four extra characters to round out the team. Check […]