Tag: gizmodo
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Steampunk Toy Modder Interviewed at Gizmodo
In case you haven’t seen his work before, check out Sillof’s Workshop, where the model maker creates and modifies action figures in fun ways. Want to see Han Solo and Chewie as WWII bomber pilots? Or the Justice League as Victorian-era heroes? You can now. Gizmodo interviewed Sillof to find out what prompted him to…
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Famous Robots
The Chop Shop has a geeky t-shirt that also acts as a test of your geekitude, the weRobot shirt. They are all there… 51 different robots from film, television, books, toys and one even from a famous classic rock album. Can you figure out all 51? I just saw this at Gizmodo, very cool (if…
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Ultra-fast, Ultra-intense Laser Kills Cancer, Bonds Metal to Bone
Researchers at the University of Missouri are testing practical applications of a UUL (Ultra-fast, Ultra-intense Laser), or femtosecond laser. Because it’s pulses last one quadrillionth of a second, there is little transfer of heat to the areas surrounding the target.
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iPhone SDK Doesn't Suck
Gizmodo has a roundup of their iPhone SDK coverage here, but the thing that jumped out at me (being a huge fan of Will Wright) is that the iPhone will have the full-blown version of Spore available for it. Other highlights include VOIP via WiFi and an AIM client, still no Flash though. iPod Touch…
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Wooden Robot FTW
Okay…let’s combine this: with those powered suits the Japanese are all about…and make a combat game show out of it. Rock ’em sock ’em robots! Spotted at Gizmodo.
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DO WANT: Belt-fed Nerf Cannon
Losing your latest cubicle war? Maybe you need to upgrade your firepower. Gizmodo spotted the Nerf Vulcan EBF-25 at Toy Fair 2008. For $40, you get the cannon on a tripod, 25 ‘sonic’ darts (that whistle when fired), and the warm feeling in your pants when your coworkers duck for cover from your dart salvos.
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Tiny LEGO Awesomeness
Tim Goddard is a LEGO ninja. He’s built tiny LEGO models of all sorts of Star Wars vehicles and sets which look seriously sweet. The way he’s able to take the smallest LEGO bits and make them recognizable as X-Wings or TIE Fighters is super-cool.
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Free MS Software…Cost: Your Soul
It all stems from Microsoft’s Windows Feedback Program. To be honest, I am in for this as I wanted a legal copy of Vista. All MS will find out from the PC they track is that my wife loves Diablo II.
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Sprint Steps Up (after a bit of coercion)
Today, the payment is not only returned to us, but sent straight back into the bank account! Which the phone monkeys had claimed was not possible for them to do. GG Sprint for taking your medicine and keeping a customer, I didn’t want to have to cancel with them as their service in this area…