A Central Michigan University professor and Physicist Axel Mellinger has spent nearly two years traveling the world. Crossing South Africa, Texas and Michigan in a 26,000 miles world tour to obtain individual photos to compile this massive 648 Mega Pixel image of the Milky Way as seen from Earth using the 3,000 individual photographs he collected in his travels.
It is the end of another week here at Geeky Gadgets, this week we have seen lots of cool new gadgets and gizmo’s, plus lots of fun geeky gear so it is time for our weekly round up of our most popular posts.
My personal favourites this week were were the Electronic Rock Guitar T-Shirt and the Air Board.
If you have a few hours spare this weekend perhaps you could try your hand at making this retro flash USB drive made from a couple of old Rubik Cube squares. This innovative little device took the maker about 3 days to complete. By lining up the square the USB connector appears in the front ready for you to use. Check out the video after the jump.
Check out this original wedding cake that has been designed to show the scene in Stars Wars were Luke it put inside a Tauntaun to keep him warm during an Ice Storm. This must me one of the most original wedding cakes I’ve ever scene and the cake has fantastic detailing. Including some lovely Tauntaun guts and insides.. ummm lovely.
These iPhone costumes are going to take some beating this Halloween. Created from LCD TV’s and using car batteries for power. Unfortuantely the screens are not touch sensitive and the actual iPhones are mounted on the top of the LCD screens which hetn display the content. The whole custome weighs in at around 85lbs and the car batteries that provide power are situated between their legs. Not that comfy but well worth it. Watch the video after the break to believe.
Developed by the students at Iwata-Yano Laboratory at the University of Tsukuba this ‘Media Vehicle’ is designed to be a the personal virtual reality cocoon. Whilst inside you look at a spherical display and is supposed to allow users move around both in the real world and a virtual environment.
If you have a few lego bricks lying around you could try building yourself a Mario or just put in a bid for this monster sized Lego Mario that is being auctioned on eBay currently at 2,650 Euros. The creator Dirk VH is donating the proceeds to charity. The Netherlands’ Game Mania commissioned Dirk to create this giant Mario.
We’ve featured a number of innovative DIY iPhone stands here at Geeky Gadgets and this one is yet another simple and effective mod. If you have any old Mini DV tapes lying around then you already have a built iPhone standing waiting for action. Just open it up and drop in your iPhone. I couldn’t resist trying this out and it even works in landscape mode.
Alan Parekh of Hacked Gadgets has created a industrial looking clock from wooden gears a PIC microcontroller and a scavenged stepper motor. Check out the video after the jump.
Here is a useful accessory for you digital camera that you can make yourself, the DIY camera hand strap from the guys over at Photojojo.
Bewared this is not a straight forward and a pretty involved method of connection and requires a few uber hacking skills to complete from the look of it. But if you fancy giving it a go, a guy at AwghBlog demonstrates how this PS/2 keyboard to an iPhone connection works and how to set it up in detail with step by step instructions.
There are no excuses for not waking up on time when you use this little baby. Constructed from a couple of 140 decibel electric horns, a small relay, an off the shelf alarm clock and a 12volt laptop power supply.
This gadget will definitely wake your neighbours as well as well as you and your family. Check out the video after the jump… Don’t forget to turn your volume up 
