That giant, shiny black hamster-ball up there is the Immersive Cocoon, and geeks, it is a brilliant concept design. Taking all the best features of what used to be fake science and applying them to a room-sized spherical theater… well, it’s indistinguishable from magic, really. Imagine having a personal Holodeck. Aside from all the pervy […]
Stanford University chemical engineering Professor Zhenan Bao has developed a flexible, stretchable solar cell, which she envisions as a future component in artificial skin for robots, human prosthetic limbs, or even clothing. The film stretches up to 30% from its original size along two axes without losing function or resulting in loss of elasticity. That kind of […]
Starting this fall, visitors to Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort will be able to purchase exclusive Muppet toys in Star Wars costume. The articulated figures will be sold in two-packs, with Beaker as C-3PO and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew as R2-D2, Link Hogthrob as Han Solo with Fozzy the Bear as Chewbacca, and Sam the Eagle as Obi-Wan Kenobi […]
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As the camera quality improves on cellphones and handheld devices, the need for better hands-free accessories becomes more apparent. The two guys who make up Satarii have a great idea–the Star Accessory, which was successfully funded through donations in an Indie GoGo campaign. The video pretty much shows you everything you need to […]
DARPA has recently released a video demonstrating the evolution of its hummingbird-like Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) from 2006 until now. In 2005, DARPA announced the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program and its goal to develop agile and flyers system that could fit in one hand. This video chronicles the development of a “hummingbird” flyer by […]
Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science, has a lot of unhinged wisdom in that sideburned head of his. Hang this poster up to remind you not to let anyone, even life itself, kick you around. Red print on grungy, cracked-concrete looking background (reminiscent of Aperture’s crumbling 1950s walls). 11×17″ poster, digitally printed on heavy, high-quality […]
Check out this rather amazing Link paper collage from Deviantart user Botjira. Oh, and don’t forget to visit his art gallery to see the rest of his amazing collection! [Via The Buzz Brewery | Source: Botjira]
First, there was that awesome Star Trek-themed marriage proposal, and now this. When it comes to an original way to ask their significant other for something as important as marriage, no one can beat a geek, no one. [Via]
Microsoft has just posted the first video of what apparently will be many showing some of the features of their upcoming Windows 8 OS. Check it out: I don’t know about you guys, but this pretty much looks like something that would run exclusively on a touch-enabled tablet PC (or a desktop with a touchscreen.) […]