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Ginormous Lego-robotic chess set inspired by Harry Potter

The chess game in the first Harry Potter movie was pretty cool with those pieces magically moving around and smashing each other. That same scene was also the inspiration for this “Monsterchess” created by Steve Hassenplug out of more than 100,000 Lego pieces. Steve and his friends John Brost, Ron McRae and Bryan Bonahoom started with Lego baseplates and created a game where the robotic pieces actually have moving parts. Kings and Queens point there scepters, knights can kick their forelegs and the rook fires cannonballs.

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Oh look! A bubble wrap tie!

Sitting in some cubicle, getting bored and having to wear a tie would be like an average working day. You could catch a nap, but that isn’t always an option, so maybe just to have something to do, you could have bubble wrap on the tie and spend time crushing those bubbles. Actually, right at this moment, this tie is the prime candidate for my official office wear. Unfortunately, these ties are just a design, but that won’t stop me from attaching bubble wrap to my regular tie.

Via: Break Tiem, LikeCool

Porsche Design smartphone concept comes loaded with goodies

Porsche Design has its name on some of the most aesthetic (and expensive) things around. Designer Andre Silva‘s independent design proposal is a Porsche Design smartphone that would probably fit in with other products from Porsche Design. The smartphone has an aluminum body and shows off a huge multi-touch screen, home and navigation buttons sit discreetly in the line at the bottom, while the speakers are kept out of sight and hidden in the glass-aluminum body.

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Transparent bubble tent will ensure you always have a view

This transparent bubble tent will keep you in relative luxury when you are out on your camping trips, plus it will make sure that you always have a great view of the outside. Since nothing can be perfect, the trasparency of the tent would also mean that anyone can look inside your tent. Such tents are available for rent across France, and you’ll not just be parting from privacy, but also $630 for a night’s stay in these tents.

Via: Dvice

Fluid dress knitted from tubes makes you a walking light show

Artist Charlie Bucket‘s fluid-filled knitted dress has a network of rubber tubes knit into it. Various computer-controlled pumps work to push dye through these tubes, giving the dress a colorful appearance, and creating fascinating patterns and shapes throughout this wearable artwork. The patterns are partially controlled and partially random, though the wearer would have to carry along a pump to chug the dye and water through 600 feet of tubing used in the dress.

Via: BoingBoing, SlashGear

TorrentMeter: The Steampunk bandwidth meter

Just a couple of days after seeing the analog bandwidth meter, we get to see this Steampunk bandwidth meter. Its primary use seems to be well defined in its name. The Steampunk bandwidth meter was built by Skytee, who wanted a “big brass gauge telling me how big my pipe was.”

Via: Skytee, Make

Comparing mobile phones: The grill test [Video]

Apparently, people have taken a fancy to destroying expensive gadgets. On the receiving end for this one are mobile phones; an Android, Windows Phone 7 and iPhone 4. Three rival OSs, three different phones. Which one of these smartphones grills faster? There’s only one (crazy) way to find out. All said and done, the video seems to be an advertisement for EZ Grill, you know, the grill that can do smartphones.

Via: Geekologie