Modern Roman Chariot Race
Rome celebrated its 2,762nd birthday in style with a modern Roman chariot race in the ancient Circus Maximus, albeit with bicycles instead of horses and spandex instead of armor.
Rome celebrated its 2,762nd birthday in style with a modern Roman chariot race in the ancient Circus Maximus, albeit with bicycles instead of horses and spandex instead of armor.
CVSTOS’ Challenge High Fidelity Chrono may be convoluted both in terms of name and function, but it’s also entertaining with three exposed rotating discs and power indicator.
The reimagined Battlestar Galactica may be over, but you can still own a piece of Colonial history with full-sized Raptor and Mark VIII Viper props, up on eBay with unmet reserves.
They may come in black or white, but Nike’s Zoom MVP Trash Talk shoes are 100% green: the laces, sock liners, outsole and upper are all made from recycled and waste materials.
Gavin Halfleft of Negative Gamer has finally found a use for those burping Xbox Avatars: listen as he belches out this stomach churning rendition of the Tetris theme song.
Proof that Japanese cellphones are waaaay better than ours, Phone Braver 7 is a crimefighting ABS/diecast toy based on a TV drama; it transforms and can change facial expressions.
Developed during a two week seminar at the Utretcht School of the Arts, Triangulum is a co-op game where four players work together to eliminate enemies and heal each other.
Brains are pretty high in cholesterol, so it’s a good idea for zombies to regularly hit the treadmill: this Eternal Exercise t-shirt gives new meaning to notions of the “walking undead.”
As its name implies, Ultra Motor’s A2B is a no-frills electric hybrid bicycle that can take a rider unassisted 20 miles at 20mph; they’re currently doing free test rides in the San Franciso area.
The most disturbing use of augmented reality we’ve seen, a Belgian SQLUG member takes a t-shirt and spews file types and glowing orbs from his chest; better than aliens, we guess.
Mac Funamizu’s iAcqua is definitely one of his more whimsical concepts: it will project photos, songs or movies “like water from a fountain” by tilting a docked iPhone from side to side.
With an HP Scanjet 3C on vocals, Atari 800XL on piano and TI-99/4a as lead guitar, James has the ultimage geek orchestra; he puts it to good use with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
Now you see it, now you (sort of) don’t: Reinier de Jong’s REK features movable, zig-zag shaped parts that interlock, allowing you to expand the bookcase to a size that fits your room.
Modern Thinker is Peter Terren’s rendition of Rodin’s classic Thinker, albeit with Tesla coils and sparklers; a fine wire mask and foil suit kept hit from becoming a Modern Charcoal Briquette.
Although its 700 MHz Pentium III and 512 megs of RAM are a bit out of date, Megalex’s Yellow Bulldozer case mod instantly scores points for looking like WALL-E’s long lost brother.
Running from July 2nd-5th, ToorCamp 2009 is the first US full-scale hacker camp and will take place in a Titan-1 Missile Silo in Washington State; no starting WW3 or anything, okay?
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