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Nintendo has this week unveiled two full size Mario carts its had made by West Coast Customs, to promote the launch of its new Mario Cart 7 game which will launch in December. The two cars consist of the classic Mario Standard kart, complete with glider attachment, and the Luigi Bumble V kart, equipped with [...]

The team over at Signal Snowboards have a regular feature called ‘Every Third Thursday’ in which they create some weird and wonderful snowboard creations. In a tribute to Steve Jobs the team has built the iShred, a snowboard equipped with an iPad and other electronics inspired by Apple products and Steve Jobs. Watch the video [...]

The above is right on the greenbacks, by the way. Because unless golf courses will start sprouting up in public spaces like parks, only then can a street legal cart be of some value. Then again, when the gas runs out maybe it is a good idea to start moving around in golf carts. Besides, [...]

If you have ever wondered what the inside a Lego figure looks like, artist Jason Freeny has created his interpretation of what it may be. Freeny has taken a 7.5″ Lego figure dissected it and put it on show for all to see. As Freeny was creating the sculpture he constantly updated his Facebook page as each stage was completed and [...]

If you are not so keen on snakes and spiders then it might be time to look away as this mechanical snake called Titanoboa and spider transporter is enough to give anyone nightmares. The Titanoboa robot snake measures 35ft long and weighs in at one ton and once it gets covered with a realistic covering its developers say [...]

What could be cooler than Stormtroopers, how about some carbon fiber Stormstroopers, which were created by Leonard Carson, an engineering technician from San Diego Composites, who thought it would be a cool idea to create some create some Stormtrooper costumes out of carbon fiber. Although Lenoard Carson doesn’t say how much the carbon fiber costumes [...]

A new USB device has been unveiled today by SparkFun called the Electric Sheep which has been deigned to provide Android developers with an easier route to create Android apps and accessories using Android open accessory protocol. The new Electric Sheep board created by SparkFun is based on the ATMega2560 micro-controller and bootloader and features a USB-host [...]

If you are a fan of Valve’s Portal game these Portal bookends could be the perfect gift for you and would be the perfect thing to keep your science manuals in order. They are constructed from aluminium and have been given a shiny finish and have non-slip rubber padding on the base.

We have featured a number of amazing remote controlled vehicles and aircraft here on Geek Gadgets but never one that has been powered by steam. This awesome steam powered remote controlled trike has been built by YouTube user ‘prallplatte’. The trike weighs in at 19 lbs and is powered by two large boilers and is [...]

The New York Times ran an interesting piece last Sunday about a secretive location in the Bay Area. Turns out to be the mysterious X Lab run by Google. It’s so secret, that irony of ironies, the very story that introduced it to the public imagination merely hinted at what goes on inside. It’s a [...]

There is no excuse to lose your next pillow fight if you arm yourself with these fantastic weapon shaped pillows which have been designed to add a little more fun to your standard pillow fight. The pillow weapon designs which include everything from a lightsaber to a throwing star have been created and screen printed onto [...]

If you are a fan of everything Lego you will be please to know that Warner Bros. have confirmed production of a CGI/live-action hybrid, movie which is currently in the early process of being made. But full time production of the new movie could start as early as next week now that a grant has [...]