You can now get a pretty impressive R2-D2 model from LEGO. At the time of posting, searching their store for R2 comes up blank, although the keychain R2-D2 mentioned in the video below is available. I’ve noticed that some of the LEGO franchise builds can be too simple. Rather than building LEGO into the shape […]
Race car science as micro arc oxidation helps create HTC One S cases
Sometimes the science aspects of this blog merge with the tech aspects of this blog. Makes sense, right? The surprise is that it doesn’t happen more often. I suspect that the science isn’t often seen as exciting enough by the marketing departments and so no cool videos are created to explain it. Horrah, then, for […]
Adam Savage on how ideas lead to discoveries
Adam Savage is more than “from Mythbusters”. He’s an intelligent man and a champion for science. He’s also a very good speaker. This TED video (technically TED Ed and enhanced with animations) has Adam walk the audience through how ideas can lead to scientific discoveries. Example include how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth […]
Wonder Women traces the American Superheroines
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary looks at the evolution of superheroines in American society. It traces the development of the Wonder Woman character herself, through to the end of the war and onto the women’s liberation movement. There’s both a Twitter account and Facebook page to sign up to as well. The documentary aired at SXSW and […]
Superhero shot glasses
The blog F1sh customs has a fantastic range of decorative shot glasses. These aren’t drinking glasses. They’ve been custom painted to look freaky awesome. The sample below showcase some of the superhero glasses than you can buy for just $15. That’s great value from the Fish Brothers.
Cloaked Tachikoma made from LEGO
Tachikoma are cute AI tanks that first appeared in Ghost in the Shell. Over on Flickr, a Think Tanks group has been running Marchikoma – as strict building challenge for building Tachikomas. The entry below comes from Cole Blaq who has a very strong, and growing, reputation as a LEGO builder. Via Brothers Brick.
The best cosplay of Marseille’s Japan Expo Sud 2012
Omaru, the French photographer behind the popular cosplay highlights of 2011, took his camera to the Japan Expo in Marseille this year. The result? Two new videos and this time French cosplayers. Omaru wasn’t very keen on the venue/backdrop in terms of the video production but what I see here is cosplay as good as […]
Little Frakkin’ Toasters – the classic chrome centurion model
This little frakkin’ toaster isn’t entirely cheap – but he’s awfully cute. Cute in the conquer the human race sense, that is. He’s six inches tall, cast in resin and then plated in chrome. This really is a chrome job. Little frakkin’ toaster was designed by special effects arist Dustin Adair who worked on Battlestar […]
Take the mask of Cthulhu for yourself?
Etsy trader Epic Leather has a rather impressive Cthulhu mask for sale. The work that has gone into this leather creation cannot be understated. The leather has been worked, coloured and shaped. There are very many different pieces to the mask which looks exactly like the face plate to some medieval cultist. It’s not cheap […]
Tesco accidentally sells new iPads for less than £50
The largest retailer in the UK accidentally put the new iPad on their webstore with a price tag of less than £50. At the time of posting, the super cheap new iPads are still online but a helpful Twitter user has tweeted the supermarket to point out their mistake. We’ll have to see whether they’ll […]