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minimalist star wars posters: luke is definitely missing his hand

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I just love the simplicity of these bare-bones Star Wars character posters by Sam Serling-Sutton.

Each set of 6 posters boils down Luke, Vader, Han, Chewie, C-3PO and R2-D2 to their barest of essences. Best of all, the set of 11×17 posters will run you just $12 bucks, so with a few cheap frames, you…

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July 31st, 2010 by: technabob

weird japanese food iphone cases make you want to eat your phone

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These wacky iPhone cases from Japan’s iMeshi are completely impractical. Not only do they not really do much to protect your precious glass iPhone, they make them look like something you could eat, but you can’t.

According to the product description, these phone cases are based on “some of the most popular Japanese food.” The…

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July 31st, 2010 by: technabob

cray-1 casemod runs way faster than the original

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While Cray Research may have only sold about eighty of it’s monstrous Cray-1 supercomputers back in the 1970s, its unusual hexadecagon design made it one of the most iconic computer systems of all time. So it was only a matter of time before somebody would do a Cray-1 inspired casemod.

Lovingly crafted by modder Daryl…

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July 31st, 2010 by: technabob

lockwasher robot sculptures whirr their way into our hearts

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Lockwasher creates these amazing robotic sculptures using objects that he found. I like the BR2D2, which is also called the BeertooD2, made from an old can of Heineken back in 2008. A second model, the BeertooD3 was created last year. Since then, Lockwasher has been busy working on new robots.

All of these ‘bots are…

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July 30th, 2010 by: range

broken iphone 3g screen? check out this diy repair

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Did you just break the screen of you beloved iPhone? Annoyed at paying $200 to have Apple replace the screen? Well, Morten Skogly will give you the means to repair your screen yourself, DIY style.

One of the most common mishaps of having an iPhone is that sometimes they fall (klutz!) and the screen breaks.…

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July 30th, 2010 by: range

xtraordinary adventures starts booking suborbital space flights

I always wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid and go into space. Aliens were typically really hot chicks on Star Trek and you got to wear an awesome helmet so I was sold. A company called Xtraordinary Adventures will now take you on a suborbital space flight, assuming you are rich.…

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July 30th, 2010 by: shane m.

virtual insects crawl on real hands

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Spotted at SIGGRAPH 2010, this interactive art display might just look like a pile of sand, but stick your hands in it, and a variety of creepy crawly insects come to life.

Thankfully, these nasty many-legged creatures aren’t real. In fact, they’re digitally-projected images. Glowing Pathfinder Bugs was created by Anthony Rowe and Squidsoup. The…

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July 30th, 2010 by: technabob

glados plush cores are not lies

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Everyone’s psychopathic robot in huggable, squeezable form:

From left to right, that’s GlaDOS’s morality core, curiosity core, intelligence core and anger core. The plushies are made of fleece with felt and ribbon accents. They can also talk!

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July 30th, 2010 by: lambert v.

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

rsvp to this nes invite

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The largest, most unwieldy but also most awesome wedding invite I’ve ever seen:

The children of the 80s, all grown up. I hope they have pixelated bouquets and jewelry as well.

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July 30th, 2010 by: lambert v.

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