Futurama may or may not be a “geek” thing. LEGOs however, are! And when there’s LEGOs in vast numbers, you know something nerdy is in play. Speaking of nerdy, Matt De Lanoy is a massive nerd, creating this 5′ x 7′ LEGO-fied version of Futurama. Initially, Matt started with just a few structures and characters. Obviously he got sucked in. The rest as they say, is history.
There’s nothing you can’t build with LEGOs. Check out more of Matt’s creation on his Flickr page or jump on in for a few more screenies…
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand the basic problem that knee jerk reactions cause. In the case of Sony and the axing of the other os option for “fat” PS3′s in the recent 3.21 update, Sony simply took the easy route out. Instead of embracing or merely patching the hole that allowed such a hack to be performed, they banned the option to install Linux outright. Now, the debate as to how useful it was given the PS3′s limited resources isn’t…up for debate.
The simple fact is, if Sony releases a product and boasts of a certain feature for years as one of the main reasons to own a PS3 and then removes it suddenly because someone had a little fun with their property…well then, you can see the problem this causes.
But it’s ok. The dev community will always trump backward thinking corporate brute muscle. As such, Geohot is back at it and as promised, claims to have patched the recent PS3 update that blocked the other OS option thereby bringing it back to the masses. All you need to get the other OS juices flowing once again is a custom generated PUP file that is version 3.15 or older. Sounds easy enough. No hardware hacks needed.
One thing for Geohot to look out for are repercussions. With Sony’s incompetent, knee jerk response initially, seeing a patched version re-allowing Linux will no doubt cause some ill feelings, perhaps even a lawyer or two.
It’s sad really. Sony is effectively pushing away a great deal of tinkers who simply like gadgets and like to play with them. Whatever Sony’s stance is from here on out, they’ve already lost me as a customer for life. If they keep at it I’m sure I’ll have a few more people join my club too…
Sweet mother of god. If I had all the money in the world, a yacht *may* be on my list. I say may because honestly, a massive yacht isn’t that exciting for me. To some this could be different though. To each his own. There are a select few (considering the global population as a whole) that can afford their own yacht. But what happens when you obscene amounts of money?
Your yacht gets a yacht. At 67 meters tops, these supersized yachts are larger than life itself, literally.
Wanting to stand out from the crowd is nothing to be ashamed of. Far from it actually. It is that striving for individuality that makes us unique. “Unique” is what it would take to rationalize a wall made out of hundreds of OLED screens that detect motion, and then shoot the image back to you. The concept sounds pretty cool with the only “gee, I think I’ll hold off for now” moment coming when you see the $16,000/sq. meter this setup commands. IF I had $16,000, it wouldn’t be going to a wall of OLED’s. There are plenty of other gadgets I’d add to my stable.
In case you were interested, Phillips is offering up this little OLED wonder for €10k – 12k/sq. meter (roughly $13.5k – $16k) or renting out to those who want to give it a test drive first. The test drive mind you, isn’t cheap either, clocking in at a still expensive €10,000 (again, €15k-ish). At that price you may as well just purchase a panel outright, no?
Oh well. When you do sell your soul, organs, or first born child for a few panels of this motion detecting OLED wall, you can at least bask in the ego-filled glory that no one else in your neighborhood country has such a toy. Bask away.
Wow, wow, and more wow. Just when I thought I’d seen the coolest and most complex LEGO creation, someone has to come along and smash my previous idol to pieces. Though you have to admit, being impressed and having your “idol” smashed to pieces because a newer, bigger, and better one comes along can actually be pretty exciting. In the case of the “LEGO Crawler Town”, perfection and creativity have reached a new peak.
The description according to the builders:
“Crawler town roams the barren wastes of a post steampunk world after cataclysmic climate change do to excessive coal use. Several such cities exist but Crawler town is the most popular due to the Aero 500 hydrogen fuel cell Air races that are held. Many people travel the wastes to Crawler town for vacation and to enjoy rare luxuries like Pizza, fresh vegetables and Beer. Traveling the wastes in search of minerals and aquifers (vital for survival) the mobility of the city keeps it away from the vicious sand storms of the wastes.”
…one can never have too much pizza and beer. I’m still amazed actually. No, even more-so. I’m dumbfounded and completely geeked. Starstruck?
Much to the delight of Stars Geeks and dismay of parents and significant others, Star Wars toys just got a little cooler today. The RC Millennium Falcon is an honest to goodness hovering piece of plastic.The RC Falcon, built by popular toy manufacturer, Hasbro, will feature a rather authentic look similar to the real Millennium Falcon, save for the massive hole cut out of the center of the device in order to fit the two large rotating plastic blades of fury.
I can already see myself spending days flying this thing around my house and trying to land on the cat before it run’s away. For the more imaginative: The scenario that keeps getting played over and over in my head is the one where ‘ol Mr Solo is landing the Falcon near an Ewok colony and McDroid drive flythru when a wondering Ewok get’s sucked up into the dual blades of death. Oh wait…
Become your very own George Lucas this fall for $50.
When I was a kid, I amassed quite a collection of countless LEGO sets. I’d spend time building each set, enjoying my one-on-one time with it for a short time only to toss it into “the box”. The box was nothing more than the dumping ground for ever LEGO piece that I had. I didn’t build and forget however. While some pretty cool things were built using official LEGO projects, the best things I ever built (or have seen built by anyone for that matter) were always one-offs. A free roaming mind and massive LEGO collection is a window to the world for a geek.
For the talented minds behind the touchscreen-controlled LEGO Airbus A380, I salute you. Instead of just building a massive Airbus A380 replica, the creators also thrown in (8) Mindstorm NXT engines and (6) hitechnic servos. Basically what it means is that there is a lot of moving stuff on this thing — retractable landing gear, opening doors, moving flaps…the whole nine yards.
Rounding out the creator’s extensive eye to creativity and detail, six movie scenes that involve the inside of airplanes over the years have been recreated in this massive mashup of geekery, creativity, ingenuity, and all out amazingness.
Now that nifty little car/plane/coffee maker you made of LEGOs last month suddenly seems a lot less desirable doesn’t it?
Skis are so 1970′s. Snowboards are out too. What in this day and age is cool for the slopes and won’t leave you looking like a lost and aging poser? The North Legion SMX Snow Bike. While those around you will still be slippin’ and slidin’ around on traditional old school snow travel methods, you can wow spectators and garner gawkers from all around with your snow bike. Essentially a custom bike frame attached to 3 skis, the Snow Bike makes traveling the vast snow covered hills and mountains of the world a new adventure that should bring new levels of adrenaline to those who seek such things.
If you find yourself looking at the design and thinking about how many times your rear end would come in contact with the seat, make note of the robust suspension attached underneath that aims to save your ass end from bottoming out in the most painful ways. It’s worth noting that because of the design and physics involved, deep, fresh powder isn’t the best road to drive on with this contraption. Instead densely packed, hardened slopes or those covered in the fake stuff are your best bet.
This holiday season instead of getting your kids socks or new pants for school, get them something that’s cool, get’s them outside, and builds character by punishing them to routine organic snow cones via their face (remember the helmet) If you’re dead seat on getting one, be sure to figure out an approach on the grand price tag revealing — £1,049 (~$1,700 USD). In all reality, $1,700 isn’t really that unreasonable for a top of the line bike — much a killer snow bike. So whataya say?
Interested in genealogy and observing how traits and characteristics are passed down from generation to generation? Things such as build, eye color, skin tone, etc. are the most obvious shared traits. As the world becomes increasingly digital however, we should start noticing within the next couple of decades “digital traits” passed along. Not sure what I mean? A perfect example of “building” such traits into your children and starting your kids young so that they’re technologically fluent by the time they are potty trained can be seen in the “Twoddler”. No it’s not some invented age category to make children in between younger ages feel better about themselves. Instead, it is a unique social networking toy for toddlers and younger children.
Operation is simple being, a device targeted for those of an age who can’t read and have the attention span of the dogs in Pixar’s “Up” (Squirrel!), I would hope that using it wouldn’t cause toddlers to pull out what little hair they have. When your toddler pushes the various buttons and plays with the multitude of turney things and noise makers, Arduino sensors on board capture the data and transmit it wirelessly (via ZiggBee)to a computer which does all of the heavy lifting. The data from the toy is then turned into random yet tactful tweets that mom and dad can follow. To give you a taste, a couple examples of the tweets the Twoddler can send — when say, pressing a picture of mom — include:
@mommy_bobby Bobby misses mommy and looks forward playing with her this evening
@mommy_bobby Bobby is having a temper tantrum and wants mommy home now.
Is the whole concept and idea corny? Eh, a little. But at the same time I’m left thinking: “Where was the twoddler when I was a kid?” It’s a cool device that should at least keep baby entertained for months and mom and dad for at least a few days — after which the constant @mom’s will drive you insane. Still, you have to appreciate the attempt at reaching an untapped market. What other geeky gadgets do you think would benefit those under 5?
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Futurama may or may not be a “geek” thing. LEGOs however, are! And when there’s LEGOs in vast numbers, you know something nerdy is in play. Speaking of nerdy, Matt De Lanoy is a massive nerd, creating this 5′ x 7′ LEGO-fied version of Futurama. Initially, Matt started with just a few structures and characters. Obviously he got sucked in. The rest as they say, is history.
Skis are so 1970′s. Snowboards are out too. What in this day and age is cool for the slopes and won’t leave you looking like a lost and aging poser? The North Legion SMX Snow Bike. While those around you will still be slippin’ and slidin’ around on traditional old school snow travel methods, you can wow spectators and garner gawkers from all around with your snow bike. Essentially a custom bike frame attached to 3 skis, the Snow Bike makes traveling the vast snow covered hills and mountains of the world a new adventure that should bring new levels of adrenaline to those who seek such things. 
