Awesome Tech

(SPOILERS!) A look at some of the effects made by Pixomondo for the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. The show bagged the Outstanding Visual Effects at the 2012 Emmy Awards.

Another piece from designer Finn Magee’s Flat Life series. Like the Flat Light, the Flat Time poster contains an illustration of an old LED alarm clock that is actually functional.

Has an incredible 256GB capacity, perfect for capturing hours of HD video images on cameras or boosting the storage of Android tablets. It’s a shame it will go for $900 when it drops on 10/12.

Hiding high-end speakers and amps inside wall art, TruAudio’s aFrame acoustic artwork offers hundreds of prints you can hang on your wall to let your sound be heard and not seen.

A breakthrough engine that could propel airplanes to insanely high speeds, designed to enable jets to fly up as fast as Mach 5 – which means you could fly from London to Sydney in just 4.5 hours.

Outdoor Tech’s Turtle Shell can go wherever you go. It’s dust proof, water-resistant, can be clipped or mounted, and it has a built-in rechargeable battery and a pretty funny promo video.

While you could go out and buy yourself a fancy 3D printer, why not build one yourself? Builder Arthur Sacek did just that, with a 3D milling machine made entirely from LEGO (except the drill bit.)

The thin and colorful HTC Windows Phone 8X has a 4.3″ 720p touchscreen, a 1.5 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, an 8mp rear camera with LED flash and NFC. See it hands-on here.

The new PS3 is much smaller, lighter and uses less electricity than the current model. Available in 250GB and 500GB variants, which will be initially sold in bundles for $270 and $300 respectively.

The GH3 is a beefy micro four-thirds camera. It has a sealed magnesium alloy frame, 16mp MOS sensor, OLED viewfinder and 3″ touchscreen monitor, electronic shutter and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Argonne Labs scientist Chris Benmore demonstrates his acoustic levitator, which can make small objects or small amounts of fluids float by encasing them in a standing wave. More here.

An innovative 40,000 hour LED lightbulb which can be controlled wirelessly via your smartphone, and set to any color you desire. Control one or many lights all from the palm of your hand.

Combining modern tech and natural beauty, the Orée Board Bluetooth keyboard is handmade from a single piece of either walnut or maple, in Mac or PC, US, UK or Canada layouts, and three fonts.

North Carolina State University researchers used a microcontroller to relay commands to a cockroach’s antennae and abdomen and guide its movement. Epic prank research is now underway.

The new iPod Nano trades its wristwatch form to make room for more features: a bigger (2.5″) multi-touch screen, Bluetooth support, live-pause radio and integrated Nike+ fitness apps.

Has the same 4″ screen as the iPhone 5, the same A5 chip that powers the iPad 2 & 3 and the iPhone 4S, plus a 5mp camera with flash, all fitted into a very slim aluminum body that comes in 5 colors.

LG’s high-end refrigerators boast the door-in-door feature. One main door has a sub-compartment for frequently accessed goods like bottles and cans, to help save energy and organize the fridge.

A wooden blaster with a modern spin. Instead of cassette tapes, you can swap mods such as a USB port or a Bluetooth receiver. It has two 5.25″ woofers, two 1/2″ tweeters and a 50W amp.

Designed by Eduardo Alessi for area+, these whimsical desktop accessories are each made from a single sheet of die-cut cardboard and made to look like animals. Coming to retailers soon.

With a 4″ 1136×640 Retina display, 4G LTE wireless, 2x faster A6 CPU, iOS 6, upgraded cameras, and a sexy aluminum back, the iPhone 5 is 18% thinner and 20% lighter than the 4S.

Valve has released a beta version of Big Picture, a new interface for Steam members that’s meant to be used with HDTVs and game controllers. Just hook up your PC to your TV and head to this link.

7″ flashlights with flexible silicone bodies meant to wrap and attach to a variety of objects. Use them as bike lights, on repair jobs and more. The LEDs can be steady or set to flash.

The utilitarian design of most power strips can be quite the eyesore. But Kikkerland’s clever use of visual metaphor makes this power strip an eye-catching device that you won’t want to hide.