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My Hero: Slow Jazz Cover

My Hero: Slow Jazz Cover

Musicians Blair Crimmins and The Hookers created this great slow jam arrangement of Foo Fighters’ track My Hero specifically for their friend’s Mom, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease. They wanted to make a version that she could dance to at her son’s wedding.

How Will Cersei’s Story End?

How Will Cersei’s Story End?

(PG-13, SPOILERS) “Power, love, and prophecy.” Alt Shift X sums up the life so far of Game of Thrones’ Cersei Lannister, and uses context from both the books and the TV shows to predict how this vile but tragic character will meet her end.

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Noonee Chairless Chair

Noonee Chairless Chair

Sapetti’s Chairless Chair is a wearable leg support that locks when you assume a sitting position, and unlocks when you stand up. It’s meant for factory workers who stand or crouch for extended periods, but a casual version for queues and concerts would be nice.

Screens of the Future

Screens of the Future

Wraparound 360º headsets. fabric screens. Spray-on screens. Digital art and design company Universal Everything flex their 3D animation skills by imaging how screens will be integrated into objects in the future. More here.

Driven: 246 Dino GTS

Driven: 246 Dino GTS

The DriveWithDave team spent an afternoon with the gorgeous car Enzo Ferrari never wanted to build. Was Enzo’s dislike of mid-engined sports cars for the street wrong? And why was Enzo Ferrari so against calling the 246 Dino a Ferrari?

Datum Trecknos Deuce Backpack

Datum Trecknos Deuce Backpack
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Datum’s 12L backpack can shrink down to a waist bag that still has plenty of pockets and adjustable inserts in its main compartment. The bag also has water-resistant zippers, seatbelt webbing and a lifetime guarantee. Available in olive and black or all black.

How to Send an E-Mail

How to Send an E-Mail

If you’ve ever gotten mad that your smartphone took an extra second or two to send a message, just watch this 1984 video from the Thames TV program Database, which should serve as a reminder just how good we’ve got it with today’s technology.

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Gaming Key Holder

Gaming Key Holder
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Etsy store 1Up Forge makes key holders using the controller connectors of old video game consoles, such as the NES, the Atari 2600 and the PlayStation. Attach the male connector to your keyring then stick it in the proper port to secure it. They could use more polish though.

Mama Metal

Mama Metal

Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios takes what was arguably the edgiest sounding song Genesis ever recorded and ramps up the passion and intensity to 11,000 with his throat-frying metal interpretation of the 1983 track, Mama.

Keymu Keychain Retro Console

Keymu Keychain Retro Console

Inspired by Jeroen Domburg’s tiny Game Boy-style retro console, Vincent Buso made an even smaller video game system. The Keymu has a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy SP. It’s powered by Intel’s Edison computer and runs emulators on Debian.

Deal: Hand Stylus

Deal: Hand Stylus
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A precise and comfortable stylus for tablets and other touchscreen devices. It’s got a retractable, replaceable 4mm rubber conductive tip, a nicely weighted and balanced barrel, and a knurled grip. Save 40% in The Awesomer Shop.

$17K Tiny House

$17K Tiny House

Tired of paying rent and saddled with tuition fees, David and Catherine decided to build their own house. They built it around two amenities – a large comfy couch and a full bathtub – and used reclaimed materials and their own hands to cut costs. More here.

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The Third Thumb Project

The Third Thumb Project

Dani Clode’s concept for a motorized prosthetic thumb that’s controlled via pressure sensors on the user’s feet. Like the MetaLimbs, Dani hopes that we will one day consider advanced prosthetics for able-bodied people in the same way we treat eyeglasses and jewelry.

CZUR ET16 Book Scanner

CZUR ET16 Book Scanner

The Czur ET16 overhead scanner uses a 16MP Sony image sensor to scan one page per 1.5s. It has the usual scanner features such as OCR for extracting text, and can correct distortions from curved pages. The downside? Users say its manual and software could use some work.

DIY Laptop and Phone Skins

DIY Laptop and Phone Skins

TheSorryGirls show us how to make affordable and easily removable skins for your laptop, smartphone and more. The project involves printing a high resolution image on printable vinyl and sealing it with protective film.

Hexad Duffel

Hexad Duffel

Wandrd’s new all-around travel bags. They’re weatherproof and carry-on sized, and have a molded back and padded straps to make them easy to carry as backpacks. The Carryall version has one main compartment while the Access has three main compartments.

Real Arnold, Fake Arnold

Real Arnold, Fake Arnold

Duncan Skiles pays tribute to Arnold Schwarzenegger by pointing out a few of the many times that a prosthetic, animatronic, or stuntman took his place on screen. It’s a fun idea on its own, but it’s the kids’ narration that really make the video.

Crane Kinetic Lamp

Crane Kinetic Lamp

Matt Gilbert’s Crane Lamp lets you drastically change its height and shape just by pushing or pulling its body. With its exposed scissor structure, it revels in its mechanical form and encourages you to use it and inspect how it works.

Google VR Blocks

Google VR Blocks

A free application for the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift that lets you build 3D models using a newbie-friendly interface made of six basic commands and a drag-and-drop mechanic. You can share your creations as 3D files or as animated gifs.

Synthetic Ski Slope

Synthetic Ski Slope

Whoever said you needed snow to ski was wrong. TheElectricSnail shares footage of the amazing new Neveplast synthetic slopes at Buck Hill, Minnesota, which let skiers and snowboarders glide downhill all year long.

Brilliant Movie Crimes

Brilliant Movie Crimes

(PG-13, Gore) CineFix celebrates the 25th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs by building a list around it. Watch them tick off their favorite movie crimes and its parts: the plan, the members, the getaway etc. And no, City on Fire is not in it.

3D Printed Acorntainers

3D Printed Acorntainers

While 3D printers typically use filaments made purely from plastic, Make Anything shows off how a special composite filament called Timberfill can be used to create sandable, stainable wooden objects, like the cool acorn-shaped storage containers shown in the video.

LEGO Glow Zone

LEGO Glow Zone

Beyond the Brick’s Joshua Hanlon met up with builder Carter Baldwin at Philly Brick Fest to check out the section dedicated to glow-in-the-dark creations. Seeing these constructions under black light gives a whole new dimension to LEGO that we never knew existed.

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