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Hypnotoad Approves This Act of Nerdery
?Yes, you're looking at a massive recreation of 31st-century New New York from Futurama, done my Matt De Lanoy. It’s actually 5 feet by 7 feet, and this picture doesn’t even include the mutant-filled sewers which De Lanoy also included (head he… Continue reading
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SF Paper Craft Models
This site has some pretty sweet paper craft PDFs you can download and assemble, including this incredible AT-AT. I know what I’m doing for the next little while. Link (via Boing Boing)
Minesweeper in 38,240 PixelBlocks
Check out this gorgeous reproduction of Minesweeper using PixelBlocks. Completion of the minesweeper sub-project. 38,240 pixelblocks and over 6 feet tall. Bigger than the window! PixelProject set on flickr (via MAKE: Blog)
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Top 10 Coolest DIY Gadgets
TechBlog has posted a Top 10 list of some pretty crazy contraptions. Anyone need a USB Floppy Disk Striped RAID? Link (via Digg)
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The Office Supplies Trebuchet
Instructables has a new howto on building a miniature trebuchet out of paperclips, for when you declare war on your coworkers. Link (via MAKE: Blog)
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Dragon Illusion
This is a cool optical illusion you can download, print out and construct yourself. The dragon appears to move its head to follow the observer. Check out the video to see the illusion in action. If you put it together … Continue reading
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The DIY Wireless Music Player
Nathan True has hacked together a wireless music player using a Netgear WGT634U wireless router. It might be hard to locate the Netgear router since it has been discontinued, but still a nice hack. The Mission When I began this … Continue reading
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Babbage’s Difference Engine built out of LEGO
Andrew Carol is building a Difference Engine that Charles Babbage designed in the 19th century but was never able to complete. And he’s doing it with LEGO. Before the day of computers and pocket calculators all mathematics was done by … Continue reading
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Casio G-Shock MR-G
Sweet looking new watch from Casio. I definitely wouldn’t mind one of these. Lovin’ the look of the Casio G-Shock MR-G, and it doesn’t hurt that this rendition is even more shock- and scratch-resistant than its predecessors. Featuring a radio-controlled … Continue reading
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