Ever want a replicator like in Star Trek? Well, they don’t exist yet, so here’s the next best thing. It’s a 3D printer, which in itself isn’t new, but the fact that it’s an open source 3D printer is.
For less than $1000 you can build one of your own, then print the upgrade parts when you need them. Neat!
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My Dad sent me this. I can’t imagine why he thought I’d enjoy it so…
Maybe because it mentions Atari…? Also, many apologies for posting something about XMas before the first of December. I had to post this now, though, before I forgot.
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I know the title is confusing but it comes down to this… Science fiction has thought up tons of really cool things that people often think it would be awesome to have. Yet if these things existed in real life they would cause more problems than they would solve. Take, for example, the Star Trek’s (among others) holodeck.
We’re thinking if aliens showed up to Earth 1,000 years after the invention of the holodeck, they’d find a silent planet with 10 billion mummified corpses laying on the floor of 10 billion dusty holodecks, with huge smiles on their faces.
I think you can imagine just what that huge smile signifies… Anything missing from the list at the link? I’m thinking light sabers. It sounds cool until someone loses an eye (and has it cauterized in the process)!
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Leave it to Japan to take the drudgery of saving money and turn it into a day to day risk. The idea is that if you don’t put coins into the bomb-shaped bank for a certain random period of time, it shakes, blinks, makes explodey noises and then spews your carefully saved coins all over the place, to make you think about your sins of not saving as you put them away.
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A widget has just been released by Maplight.org, the group I interned with this summer, that updates via live xml feed with data on presidential campaign contributions. To set it up for your page, head over to its site and customize away!
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Want to make a real laser pointer that burns when you point it things? Look no further! Definitely not something you want to accidentally point in someone’s eye. Thanks to Banana Boy for the link!
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Here’s a nifty idea: An umbrella that lets you know when you need it. Using a proprietary wireless network, this device picks up data from Accuweather and relays that information in the form of a pulsing blue light on the handle that lets you know if it’s going to rain.
Also handy, the entire umbrella glows blue when orcs are nearby.
