Drivable Replica of Star Wars Landspeeder (16)
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This Star Wars Landspeeder is a full-sized, drivable, Jedi-approved replica built by Daniel Deutsch, who designed his version from the ground up. Neatorama dug up this 1:1 scale speeder, which has a custom aluminum chassis, fiberglass body, and an electric drive system that hits lightspeed at 25 mph (UPDATED: with gallery). The art detail is also pretty amazing (and reeks of authenticity), with body work and fake damage consistent with the landspeeder in the film. ...
“Torchwood” Begins Filming Series Three (2)
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The good news for “Torchwood” fans is the series three has begun filming in Cardiff. The popular “Doctor Who” spin-off series began shooting its third season this week. As previously reported, the third series will be a single-storyline, five-part shortened season for the hit spin-off. The five episodes are set to air as a “Torchwood” special event/week sometime in early to mid 2009 in the UK. “The new series of ‘Torchwood’ is hugely bold and ...
The cutest panda picture evar. Srsly. (1)
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Metareview: Mario Super Sluggers (1)
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Filed under: Metareview The follow-up to previous baseball title on the GameCube, Mario Superstar Baseball, Namco and Nintendo's next title, Mario Super Sluggers, has finally hit North American shores. Is it worth your time? Well, let's see what the critics have to say. GameDaily (80/100) thinks the positives outweigh the negatives: "Overall, the game plays great. The controls work perfectly, whether you're an avid baseball fan or a newcomer picking up the game for the ...
New Dual-Touchscreen Nintendo DS in Early '09 (5)
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This is on the rumor-ier side, but Brian from Kotaku's man deep, deep in Japan has dropped him a tidbit about a new DS that might be in the works—one that bumps up screen sizes and finally replaces the top screen with a touch screen. The Nintendo DT, perhaps? Anyway, this certainly won't be hitting before Christmas, as Kotaku's source says "early next year" if true, which means a lot of DS-gifted kids' smiles may ...
Guy Builds Full Lego Boba Fett Costume (18)
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Our friend Andrew Becraft at Brothers Brick have spotted the most useless, silly, awkward looking, yet absolutely irresistible Lego job ever: a full Boba Fett costume made out of bricks, including helmet, bracelets, utility belt, armor plates, rocket pack, and his laser rifle with obligatory LED light. The picture gallery leaves no doubt to the amazing dorkiness of Simon, its creator. Simon, we love you. And we love you even more after seeing that you ...
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Ben said:
Legos and Star Wars. Nice.
Nikon D90 Official: First DSLR Ever With HD Video Recording (10)
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As rumored, Nikon's D90 is the first-ever DSLR with HD video recording, but maybe more importantly for actual photographers, Nikon is promising much of the same low-noise performance of their higher end DSLRs. The brand new 12.3-megapixel image sensor was developed in-house like the D3 and D700's (the D300 uses a Sony sensor) and you can crank the ISO up to 6400, so we're hopeful. It's a mutant DSLR (not in a bad way) bringing ...
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Bob Lee said:
HD video using my existing lenses? I think I just creamed my pants. (Of course, I'm currently stuck with Canon.)
TheHacktory Presents GPS-A-Sketch (1)
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A lot of us geeks spent hours and hour (and hours) drawing things using an Etch-A-Sketch back in ye-old days of yore. Back when life was simpler, candy sweeter, and 16 bits was high tech. These days life is complicated (Wii? PS3? or both?) candy rots your teeth, and ‘millions of colors’ still doesn’t look as good as it should. But being a grown-up does come with some advantages. Advantages like being able to do ...
Five years with the master of Pac-Man, by Joshua Bearman (9)
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Joshua Bearman says: Let it be known that anyone interested in 8,000 words about Billy Mitchell, the world champion of Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Burgertime, and many other arcade games, need look no further than the July issue of Harper's, where an article about such appears. Perhaps you are thinking: but my Harper's subscription ran out and since it's now August the July issue is long gone from stands! This is true. Which is why ...
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Gabe said:
This is a great read.
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Glutnix said:
This looks like a great read. I haven't read it yet – it's quite long — but it does mention King of Kong and a little about the aftermath of it on the last page.
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Jonathan said:
Great article.
Science of Star Wars (6)
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In 1999, astrophysicist and mathematician Jeanne Cavelos wrote a book titled The Science of Star Wars: An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books. Timed with the release of The Clone Wars, Scientific American has posted excerpts from Cavelos's book, including bits about the power of the Death Star, light speed travel, and Darth Vader's bionics. From SciAm: The Death Star: Could It ...
Han Solo in Cake-onite (30)
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Confectionary Delights of Dallas offers this delightful Han Solo Frozen in Cake-onite cake -- tragic and delicious! Han Solo frozen in Carbonite (Thanks, Catherine!)
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RapidEye said:
My birthday is in November - I wonder if my wife can learn to bake me one of these between now and then.... =-)
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Dorn said:
the greatest. I cant believe I have not seen this before.
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Dana said:
Awesome
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Bryn said:
Cool.
iControlPad Game Accessory for iPhone has Shoulder Buttons (16)
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A Giz reader sent us these images of the final prototype of the iControlPad, the iPhone accessory that will allow you to play games like Mario Bros., arcade games and Quake as they should be played, with a real directional pad and buttons. The final product will be all shiny, and as you can see in the feature list, it will include right and left shoulder buttons: Digital directional pad, 4 Face buttons, 2 shoulder ...
Attaboy's Moleskines (9)
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Artist and Hi-Fructose co-editor Attaboy sent me one of his fancy new Moleskine Sketch Books individually laser etched by Modofly. The beautiful artwork really holds up in the etch. Each one is $36 and, upon your request, features a small original Attaboy sketch on the inside cover. Attaboy Moleskine Sketch Book (Yumfactory Store)
GC 2008: The mystery of the Force Unleashed (1)
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Filed under: Video There are few things more fun than watching people try to figure out how to handle a new Wii game. With traditional controllers, unless you were staring directly at peoples' hands, it was hard to see their bibbles and bobbles as they worked out how to make things go, but with the Wii, you can see all the flails and foibles in full and fantastic motion. That's the real secret of Wii's ...
Used coffee grounds can absorb fridge odors, ... [Howto] (13)
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Used coffee grounds can absorb fridge odors, make your hair shiny, and exfoliate your skin. Here's a list of 11 ways you can put old coffee grounds to use. [Life Hackery]
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Jonna said:
If it's good enough for Kathy Howe it's good enough for me and my fridge!
Free iPhone Tetris Getting Pulled from App Store [IPhone Apps] (11)
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Tris, the free version of Tetris for the iPhone that we loved ('cause it was free!) is being pulled from the App Store. Apparently, The Tetris Company called up Apple and it no likey. Its creator, Noah Witherspoon says that while he thinks their copyright claim is thin—and would be thinner still if he called it "Trys"—he doesn't really have the resources to fight it in court, so he's removing it from the store on ...
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Robert Birming said:
Skynda att ladda hem innan det försvinner...
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Davis S said:
this is my favorite iphone application right now
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G$ said:
glad i already have it... this is by far my favorite app right now
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Darnell Clayton said:
Glad I downloaded this while I could! Between this and PhoneSaber, the best iPhone Apps are getting pulled. :-(
