Almost four months ago Mr. Gareth Halfacree fought a losing battle to raise enough money for bidding on Alan Turing’s papers in a Christie’s auction. Lo and behold, the tide has turned and Mr. Halfacree has a lot of people to thank.

The Soviet/Russian space program never gets the credit it deserves. It not only sent a man into space first, but also built sturdy rockets, a rugged orbital space station that lasted ages (no matter how much Hollywood lampooned it) and space suits that are a cut above NASA’s.

How much do you think it costs? It isn’t the product of a luxury brand nor does it target the upscale market. But it will set you back a considerable amount of money.

Pairs of old sneakers tend to clutter living spaces and cramp your lifestyle. Unless you give them away to deserving folks or just throw them in the trash, there’s little else that can be done with unused sneakers. OAT Shoes have come up with a novel solution—bury your old pair in the garden.

I have always been a fan of watches that can provide a multitude of different features and data, rather than just being restricted to telling you only the time. The Allerta Inpulse caught my eye especially for that reason, and acts more like a mini computer on your wrist than a timepiece by allowing you to hack the onboard OS [...]

People’s attitude towards body odor is a cultural thing. Human beings, depending on where they’re from and what they do for a living, really smell different from each other. Even if you smell weird, it depends where you are and who gets a whiff of your natural ‘scent.’ However, if them sweaty arm pits are [...]

Slippers are best used for those rare states of chillax in your otherwise hectic life. If you’re an IT guy or a regular compu-nerd, then nothing expresses the life you live better than these keyboard slippers from Kito.

Ages from now, the common citizenry will cherish Dr. Who the same way Shakespeare is cherished today. That’s not saying Dr. Who isn’t cherished by legions of adoring fans right now. Nothing else beats the iconic series in terms of longevity and bad special effects, even utter campyness. Let’s not forget to mention the sheer [...]

We have featured a number of wacky uses and hacks for Microsofts Kinect motion controller here on Geeky Gadgets. But one innovative music group have used the Kinectic to create a music video complete with anaglyphic 3D allowing you to see extra features whilst wearing a pair of stylish red and blue lens glasses. Being [...]

If you think your SMS messages are a little drab and dreary, you could consider spicing them up a little with some Ascii artwork created using the new iPhone application AsciiArt, available for the iPhone. You can either use the library of include Ascii artwork or create your own to keep on file ready to [...]

Creative Etsy user TGNsmith has created a model Star Wars Imperial Walker AT-AT completely from recycled computer parts and scrap metal compete with battle scars. The sculpture is static and there are no movable parts even though the Imperial Walker AT-AT appears to be in mid-stride. ts weighs in at 15lbs and the main body is [...]

Lego tinkerers are unsung engineering geniuses, if you ask us. (Ever read about the Apple engineer who rebuilt a 3,000 year old computer out of Lego?) But then again, think of how dreary our lives would be without such inventive people to color it with awesomeness on occasion. If a book on Lego guns was [...]