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Six-foot fire-breathing Piranha Plant

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Hack-a-day’s Caleb Craft has created a six foot tall fire breathing Piranha Plant. Why? Just because he can of course. You know the plant. The one that is a super pain in the Super Mario games.

Adafruit HAL 9000 DIY Replica Cost Less Than $100 To Build (video)

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Ever fancied having your very own HAL 9000 supercomputer from the 2001 Space odyssey film? Well Adafruit have published instructions on how to create your very own Adafruit HAL 9000 replica for less than $100. HAL stands for Heuristically

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Olympia Circuit Arno Shield Offers An Easier Arduino Learning Curve

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Olympia Circuit has designed a new Arno Shield which it has created to make the learning curve with Arduino a little easier. The new Arno Shield is equipped with all the buttons and lights you need to enjoy building

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Star Wars guitars built from scrap

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One sci-fi fan has combined two great loves, music and Star Wars, by building a unique collection of Star Wars-themed guitars. In fact, Tom Bingham has spent the past decade building electric guitars inspired by sci-fi movies.

Console mod takes 18 different types of game cartridges

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If you have a bunch of different consoles all taking up space, why not do what one inspired gamer did, and create a console mod that plays 18 different types of cartridges? Project Unity includes the original boards of

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Kindleberry Wireless Combines Raspberry Pi Mini PC And Kindle Paperwhite

Kindleberry Wireless

Developer Max Ogden has created an innovative device which he has named the Kindleberry Wireless, which uses an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite e-book reader and a $35 Raspberry Pi mini computer. The Kindleberry Wireless has been created to provide a

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Custom 3D-printed pez dispensers with face on them

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If you are one of those people who collect Pez dispensors, here is a unique gift idea. Hot Pop Factory has devised a way to put your face on it.

X-Wing Coffee Table

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A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…With that line, our world was changed forever and millions of geeks were born. Here is a coffee table fit for any Star Wars nerd. Sean Regan and Aubrey Cohen

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Quick Draw iPhone Wrist Holder,Takes Inspiration From Assassin’s Creed (video)

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An inventive Japanese iPhone users has created a unique and quick way to access your smartphone, taking inspiration from the likes of Assassin’s Creed hidden blade and other wrist mounted devices. Like the one Robert De Niro’s character in the film Taxi Driver

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DIY TARDIS really is bigger on the inside

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Everyone always jokes about the fact that the TARDIS is bigger on the inside. Well, this one really is. And it was quite an accomplishment. Best TARDIS mod ever.

Touchy Turns You Into A Camera

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Touchy claims to be able to turn anyone into a human camera. It’s a bold claim. Touchy is the creation of Hong Kong new media artist Eric Siu. Just put it on your head, look silly and hope you

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DIY Augmented Reality Eye Patch Provides Extra Senses

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Augmented reality is much more accessible than in the past but sometimes its still a little bit of a pain to access from your smartphone when required. Gregory McRoberts has a new solution which makes accessing Augmented reality much

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