The incandescent light bulb is breathing its last, and this kettle is the designers’ tribute to the light bulb and its death. A 100 Watt incandescent bulb is mounted on a wooden base, and covered with a glass jug that separates the bulb from the water. Heat from the bulb is used to make tea. [...]
BabelFisk glasses convert the world into a giant comic
BabelFisk glasses are an intriguing approach to speech recognition. The glasses have two microphones attached to them. These microphones take in all sounds, separate white noise from what may be useful, and then convert the said speech into text for the wearer to see. All this is done in real-time so the wearer of the [...]
Haptic Penna lets you write and bookmark with a quill
Writing with a quill always seemed kind of cool, and it’s easier now with the Haptic Penna, which is a ball pen disguised as a quill. Well, not really as cool as getting a real quill, but close. It is made out of paper, is thin so it can also be used as a bookmark, [...]
LoTR’s Minas Tirith model made entirely out of matchsticks
Lord of The Ring’s Minas Tirith, or the City of Kings needs little by way of introduction. This model of the city you see here has been made entirely out of matchsticks, some 420,000 of them. It’s been made by Patrick Acton, and took nearly three years to complete. I’d write more in praise of [...]
Phone books finally made useful by carved ’3D portraits’
There was once a time when phone books really were useful, but that is way into the past. Today, printing phone books in huge numbers is nothing more than wasting a lot of paper. Artist Alex Queral puts the phone books to good use, creating “3D portraits.” He makes use of a sharp knife to [...]
Make the afterlife a musical with vinyl records made out of cremated ashes
This does not sound like a good idea, but it will probably sound quite a musical one. A company going by the name of And Vinyly intends to custom convert cremated ashes into vinyl records. The company offers to convert the cremated ashes of pets, and even people into vinyl records. These records will run [...]
Dude makes lightsabers out of spares
Bradley W. Lewis creates incredible and meticulous lightsabers out of spare parts. He has built Luke’s lightsaber from A New Hope, Obi-Wan’s lightsaber, and even his very own custom version. In the true spirit of DIY, Lewis has also posted a guide explaining how to create a lightsaber yourself. Via: SlothFurnace, io9
TouchWood! Stickers save the day, keep the jinx away
Happy Guy Enters: “I feel so good today, I hope most days are like it. Holy Batman! I need to touch wood and get rid of that of evil jinx so every day can really be good.” That, ladies and gentlemen is how I would advertise these TouchWood stickers. Also, that is why I am [...]
