If there was ever a case to be made against Amazon.com, it would be that it allows this guy to buy the things he needs to make a homemade ‘chainsaw’ weapon out of steak knives and a handheld drill. I check this guy’s Youtube account from time to time, mainly to see if he’s still alive, and have to admit that there is a part of me that loves all of the homemade weapons he makes.  Understand, though, that this is the same...

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This kind of blew my mind when I saw it – a pedal-powered bicycle “Ferrari” called the Fahrradi Farfall FFX.  Okay, “bicycle” probably isn’t the right word, and granted, once you take a closer look, it’s obvious that it isn’t a Ferrari.  But all things considered, let’s just say they did wayyy better than I ever could have. It’s also sort of strange that I came across this, since it...

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It’s been a hectic couple of days, and I’m about to head out of town for my brother’s college graduation (congrats, Dylan!), so I only had time for one post today.  BUT, it’s pretty awesome. The video below is of a new camera feature Blackberry and RIM have developed that allows you to travel back in time a couple of seconds to grab images of a person who may have blinked during the photo.  It’s a great technology...

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I know this is pathetic to say, but sometimes I want a grilled cheese but don’t want to go to the trouble of making one.  More precisely, I don’t feel like dirtying and then washing the dishes necessary for making a grilled cheese. Enter the Toastabag, reusable bags / sleeves designed by Dutch design company Bosta that allow you to make a grille cheese right inside your toaster.  No mess.  No clean-up.  It’s the lazy...

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Ever since MechWarrior, I (and probably every similarly-aged male) have always fantasized about a day when I could hop behind the controls of a giant, unnecessarily dangerous exoskeleton robot and go around generally creating havoc for anyone who has wronged me.  It appears that I might not have to wait too much longer. Below is a video of the ExoHand by Festo, an exoskeleton hand that can be controlled by a user wearing a mechanized glove....

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It seems like it would be hard to make playgrounds even more fun, but Dutch design firm Monstrum proves that all it takes is a little imagination.  I remember playing on the playground very well as a kid, and I had no trouble imagining the playground to be all sorts of things, I can’t imagine how much more interesting play time could have been on these playgrounds. Though perhaps not the most practical, I think I like the one that looks...

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