June 2009
ti-boy: ti-84 calculator game boy emulator: math geek, meet retro gamer
June 30, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Got one of those Texas Instruments graphing calculators? This nifty little program for TI-83+SE, TI-84+, and TI-84+SE calculators lets you play Nintendo Game Boy games instead of doing your math problems.
Written by Brendan Fletcher (aka #8220;calc84maniac#8221;), TI-Boy SE is a Game Boy emulator that runs on TI#8217;s Z-80 based graphing calculators thanks to similarities between the CPUs of the#8230;
giant tetsujin 28-go 1:1 scale statue to be installed in kobe, gundam statue prepares for staring match
June 30, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
The Gundam statue isn#8217;t even formally exhibited yet and we already have news on another 1:1 scale giant robot statue that will be built in Japan! Widely acknowledged as the first giant robot ever to be featured in manga, Tetsujin 28-go (#8221;Iron Man 28#8243;) is finally going to live up to its Westernized name, emGigantor/em.
A 59-ft (18-m) statue of#8230;
sky tv makes upside down remote control “for australians” in a fit of nationalism
June 30, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
I don#8217;t know about you but this is new to me: apparently the English and the Australians are bitter cricket rivals, so much so that they have a tournament, popularly known as The Ashes series, which only features the two teams. Imagine how ridiculous it would be if the EPL had an annual Manchester United vs. Liverpool cup. In line#8230;
finally, expensive furniture to store your rock band instruments in
June 30, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
If you were just dying to drop another big pile of money on your emRock Band/em hobby, you#8217;re in luck: check out this sweet ottoman designed to hold your gear! No more drum kit shoved into the corner of the living room. Now, instead, you can shove a pricey ottoman over there.
The Rock Box (gotta love the name) will store#8230;
why not tweet your heart rate?
June 30, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
If you use Twitter, odds are you occasionally inform your poor followers of some business that just emreally/em doesn#8217;t matter. (How#8217;s your sandwich, by the way?) Why not keep them updated on something that might actually matter, like your heart rate?
Thanks to a bunch of Japanese Twitter-lovers, anyone willing to use a heart monitor can update their Twitter feeds with#8230;
mdi air-powered car gets priced and dated: air not included
June 30, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
What would you say if I told you that your next car could run on air instead of gasoline, and that it would produce zero pollution? The MDI AIRpod might just bring that promise to reality when it hits the streets later this year.
The subcompact AIRpod runs on compressed air instead of traditional automotive fuels. A set of carbon-fiber#8230;
blinkm: arduino programmable leds let you control the pretty colors
June 30, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Want to do something creative with color-changing LEDs? This new programmable LED module might be just what the doctor ordered.
The BlinkM from ThingM (I just love saying that) is a compact module that contains an ultra-bright RGB LED and a microcontroller that you can program from your computer.
You#8217;ll need an Arduino I/O board to program your BlinkM, plus#8230;
mydeskfriend penguin robot toy wants you to be alone so it can keep you company
June 29, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
The quest to keep people indoors and separated from each other continues with the mydeskfriend robot toy penguin. The web-connected mydeskfriend will be able to connect to your Facebook account and read your messages and your feeds, in a robotic voice I assume. Your friends will also be able to interact with it via Facebook, thereby avoiding interacting with you.#8230;
zombie desert: undead homebrew for the psp
June 29, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
emZombie Desert/em has everything you (and by emyou/em, I mean emI/em) want in a game: zombies, violence, deserts, and the 1950s. Oh, wait, is that a tiny shotgun? I#8217;ve died and gone to homebrew heaven.
The design is simple, dark, pixelated, maybe even perfect for a run-and-gun zombie game. You can get your gore anywhere#8211;go for style.
emZombie Desert/em is only in#8230;
solve the problem of glass rings with math coasters
June 29, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
No one likes the ugly sight of a condensation ring on the coffee table. This is a problem. Thankfully, there#8217;s a solution, and it#8217;s full of math.
These coasters will match perfectly with your number lamp and your equation bookshelf, so long as all you care about is, uh, emmath/em.
The math coasters, which are available in a variety of#8230;
