Amazing Lego Chess Set
April 14, 2008
No matter how much I write about Lego, it is still one of the coolest toys ever! The latest Lego set I came across is this Lego Chess Set which measures 43cm squared. Read more
Transformers iPod Dock
March 27, 2008
Transformers are showing up everywhere and the latest Transformer gadget is in the shape of Optimus Prime. The Optimus Prime iPod dock features inbuilt speakers and can actually transform to and from a robot. Read more
Guitar Hero on the Nintendo DS
March 20, 2008
A clip on controller for the Nintendo DS is being built which slides in to the BGA cartridge slot. What the controller does is ads 4 input buttons which allow you to jam away to guitar hero. Read more
The Million Dollar Puzzle
March 4, 2008
For just £9.99 you can get your hands on one of these million dollar puzzles. You need mental and digital skills to crack this puzzle open. A hammer would probably work too, but it defeats the purpose of the game. The one objective of this game is to get the million dollar bill out of the box. Unfortunately, for those who succeed, this is not a real million dollars sitting in there. That’s a shame as £9.99 would be a rather nice investment.
Specification
* Dimensions: Height: 9.5cm Width: 17.0cm Depth: 2.5cm
* Weight: 0.3Kg
Miniature RC Zamboni
February 23, 2008
The Zamboni has had millions of people mesmerised for years as it slowly cleans the ice at a hockey match. For some reason it’s just addictive to watch it go around the ice rink and hit every square inch of ice making it smooth.
If you ever wanted to be a Zamboni driver, you now can do this courtesy of the RC Zamboni. It’s a small remote controlled device which you can drive around your desk or floor. Unfortunately it looks like it doesn’t actually smooth ice over which is a shame, but not a surprise. However, it still looks like one which will still amaze your best friends.
The RC Zamboni costs $24.99 over at jenskates.
Via: NerdApproved
Crazy Lego Machine Gun fires 6 rounds per second
February 14, 2008
Lego can be used to make all sorts of things like rubber band guns, automatic toilet flushing using the NXT brain and now, a machine gun capable of firing 12 100mm steel balls in under 2 seconds. Why you need to accomplish that is anyone’s guess, but it still looks to be cool. As well as seeing the finished product above in an image and below in video format, there are also full instructions included over here so you can go get your old Lego and make your own. Be careful though as 10mm steel balls could hurt.
Via: UberReview
Origami Spacecraft to Fly Home
January 20, 2008
The guys over at the University of Tokyo are creating a paper airplane which will fly from the international space station, back home (hopefully). Astronauts will launch it soon. A few problems exist though. First is that when a shuttle hits the atmosphere it is travelling at around mach 20 which causes it to get seriously hot and use those heat deflecting tiles across the shuttles belly.
So, a paper airplane will be thrown out of the space station, which is travelling at speed it’s self, and yet they expect the plane to land safely. Apparently this will be achieved by treating the paper (in some mystical way) to make it be able to withstand the extra heat. Now I don’t expect to see the airplane fly through the atmosphere at mach 20, but it should still be going quite fast to get hot.
No launch date is set and they are hoping a hand written message on it might make it in to the hands of someone on the ground. It will be cool if that happens!
Via: Inventorspot
