Artist “Pigminted” sells beautiful handcrafted wooden NES and SNES Raspberry Pi cases that look exactly like some of your beloved classic games. All cases are made to order and can even come included with a Raspberry Pi Zero W board, all wires, and 1 controller!
Big Bad Toy Store has just started taking pre-orders on the upcoming Millennium Falcon X transformers mashup toy. When released, the ship, which transforms into two seperate robots (Han and Chewie) will be priced at $134.99 USD. Estimated release date: June 2018.
This mash up of Transformers and Star Wars gives the Millennium Falcon the ability to split apart and transform into Han Solo and Chewbacca robots. Robot Han can be armed with his blaster pistol while Chewbacca has his bowcaster. Mini figures of Han and Chewbacca are also included.
And yes, these do indeed exist (and you can actually read them!)
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His pants come up to exactly the point where he is shot in episode 7 (which is high for modern pants and does make him look like a dope).
A freeze frame for reference. He punched at the wound several times during his first lightsaber fight with Rey.
It has been established that Chewbacca’s bowcaster does tremendous amounts of damage (it knocks Stormtroopers head over heels). It’s very possible that Kylo had to have part of his torso replaced with prosthetics in-between episode 7 and 8.
Or maybe these are just space pants. I guess we won’t know until episode 9 comes out!
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Cryptocurrency mining is driving graphic card prices so high that both manufacturers and retailers are looking at ways to make sure gamers can still get them.
Polygon’s Samit Sarkar notes that originally the problem was only affecting top-end cards, for example the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 now going for almost double its listed retail price. However those are still selling out, leaving less powerful models also getting more expensive.
It’s caused by cryptocurrency mining which, in simplified terms, involves computers racing to verify and record transactions in the currency, with the “winner” being rewarded with further units of the currency. That creates a financial incentive to build powerful computers specifically for such mining, with high-end graphics cards a key tool. That incentive has only grown as the real-world values of some cryptocurrencies has rocketed (albeit with some spectacular volatility.)
Nvidia has publicly stated that “gamers come first” and is said to have contacted retailers to urge them to find ways to make sure people can buy and use graphic cards for their intended purpose.
Meanwhile retailer MicroCenter has increased prices for online buyers who are just getting a graphics card. However, it says in-store shoppers can get a discount (with manager approval) if they are buying the card alongside other components that suggest they are building a maching for gaming rather than mining.
Unconfirmed reports say the discounts can even be available when buying a GPU on its own, simply by telling staff it will be used for gaming. That seems to be a case-by-case basis rather than a blanket policy though.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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Check out this side-by-side video comparing the sizes of various monsters from pop culture, from Mike Wazowski of Monsters Inc. (0.7 meters tall), to the Exogorth from Star Wars (900 meters long.)
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From Australian artist Vince Austin:
I created this Steam punk Dalek over a period of six months it is fully operational and can be driven. It has voice modulation from which an internal ‘pilot’ can communicate with the outside. It is driven via cameras connected to internal display screens. It runs on a 24 V system and can travel between five and 6 km/h.
This work is truly unique. I’d love to make the mk11…… better, faster, slicker…..
Looks amazing, right? But can you afford it?
Real heroes. Not actual size. Watch the brand-new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp. In theaters July 6th.
Just received this from the awesome folks from “The Cybertronic Spree,” and you guy absolutely have to check it out.
The Cybertronic Spree, a rock band of robots from Cybertron, bring you an exciting new music video that takes no prisoners and pulls no punches. ‘True Survivor,’ a heavy-rock cover of the David Hasselhoff hit single and video, pays homage to one of the greatest cult classics of all time, Kung Fury.