Daily Archives: October 27, 2008

LEGO robots by Peter Reid

Posted on October 27, 2008 by John Brownlee

Some incredibly cool LEGO robots by Peter Reid. This Mars Attacks / This Island Earth style Martian robot is my favorite, though: the insect eyes, the exposed brain lobes! He wants our women, and by god, he shall have them. … Continue reading →

DIY Open Source GameBoy

Posted on October 27, 2008 by John Brownlee

Matt over at Liquidware Antipasto is making an Open Source GameBoy out of an Arduino: Ok, so ever since middle school I’ve wanted to make one of these… but I only now have enough know-how and support to make it, … Continue reading →

We attack Caturday, pass it on

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Good news from the Malabar front: Puppies will fit, too! Cat Play House [Drinkstuff via RGS]

Namco to shut gate to hell in 12 weeks.

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

The sword falls on Hellgate: London, the online action-RPG developed by a team of ex-Blizzard talent. Long-anticipated, it was released in unready condition and never found itself before the company behind it melted away. After the Asia operator shut down … Continue reading →

iPhone 3G could go as low as $99

Posted on October 27, 2008 by John Brownlee

According to market analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham Research, Apple could drop the subsidized price of the 8GB iPhone 3G to $99 and still manage a 42.3% profit margin: The financial expert estimates that the average, unsubsidized price of an … Continue reading →

Yamaha training instrument trumpets its way to success

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Yamaha’s EZ-TP Electronic Teaching Trumpet is quite costly, at $370, but models valves, transcribes your work to MIDI format and comes with a range of built-in teaching tools. You can even download songs to it and play them back with … Continue reading →

I have no mouth, and I must bark

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Victims of a gorgon who turned flesh to silicon, Charles Kalpakian’s angular dog lamps will forever bathe one another in pale shrouds of light. Subtle flickers in the 60Hz lambency encode messages. Not the plots of our future robot masters, … Continue reading →

Time Machine ball bearing clock

Posted on October 27, 2008 by John Brownlee

The Time Machine clock tells the passing time by dropping a chrome ball onto a multi-tiered track. Every five minutes, the last ball is dropped a level to mark a twelfth of the hour while the rest are flushed to … Continue reading →

Ice Prong Cane Tips for Arctic-bound Dear, Aged Mothers

Posted on October 27, 2008 by John Brownlee

My dear, aged mother is notoriously difficult to shop for. It’s bad enough that I live thousands of miles away: when her birthday or Christmas rolls around, requests for lists are ignored with a sweet, martyrish shrug: “But I’ve already … Continue reading →

Noise-thrashing Atari Punk Console in a Sega Dreamcast

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Did you know that you can turn Sega’s Dreamcast into a synthesizer? The relentless, aggravating strains of an Atari Punk Console may emerge from almost anything! features include: Internal speaker with on/off [under lid], Opto-theremin (photo cell) with on/off [under … Continue reading →