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We always believed it was tough being a coffee table. Unlike other functional surfaces such as desks or supper tables, both of which have clear cut purposes, coffee tables always had to have a broad role. Too low for a pleasant dinner, too small to hold a lot of stuff.  

A recent while ago (now actually) in an island state far, far away, a limited edition set of Star Wars coins are being minted for collectors. Say hello to Niue (population: 1,400), one of those obscure dots in the Pacific Ocean that’s also a British Commonwealth member. Turns out Niue is in a bit of [...]

If you are a Portal 2 fan this Portal 2 Wheatley Puppet will definitely bring a smile to your face. Its been created by puppeteer and cosplay enthusiast TRP-Chan, who has brought the robo-ball Wheatley to life outside of the Portal 2 game using puppeteer skills. The Portal 2 Wheatley Puppet is roughly 12 inches across and can be [...]

Ralph Kistler and Jan Sieber have teamed up and used a Microsoft Kinect motion controller, a handful of servo’s and a cuddly teddy. To create and interactive installation where users can move in front of a teddy and see it mimic their movements, like a wireless puppet. First a wired frame skeleton was created and fitted with [...]

We just got an email from Michael Vogt from PixelInvaders to let us know about his new project, PixelInvaders, which is an open source hardware project for artists, and it is made from 3D RGB LED panels. The PixelInvaders is capable of playing back real time generated video animations, the video below shows it in [...]

A unique bike called the Bonobo has been created by  Polish designer Stanisław Płoski, and has been created using a moulded plywood frame rather than a traditional metal alloy one, that you would expect to see on a mountain bike. The plywood frame was created by laminating strips of veneer together to create a curved lines of the upper [...]

If you are thinking of dropping in on the Wizard World Comic Con this weekend and in the Chicago area, you might like to keep your eyes pealed for these amazing TeamFortress 2 characters created in Lego by Flickr member Pepa Quin. The detailing on each character is really something special, check out a gallery of the individuals [...]

If you are a fan of teardowns but don’t fancy taking a screw drive to your own Macbook you can now use these geeky decals to show off the internal components of your MacBook without removing a single screw. The decals are full colour 1:1 images featuring the back of a 13 inch or 15 inch MacBook [...]

You may remember the article we published and video about the “The iPad Head Girl” at the beginning of August. Well the company behind the weird head gear has now released another video showing a behind the scenes look at how the video and iPad head gear was created. Watch the making of the iPad Head Girl after the jump.

If you have a few old computers lying around you could put them to good use and create some geeky footwear or clothing like the Data Sandals pictured below.  They have been created from a multitude of unwanted electronic components including data wire, motherboards and batteries, by Etsy member and artist Steven Rodrig. Rodrig uses the printed circuit [...]

We have featured quite a few devices powered and controlled by smartphones, the latest one is the Android Powered Robot Tank, which as the name suggests is powered by an Android smartphone. The video below shows how the tank works, and it was made using a remote controlled tank, an Android smartphone and an IOIO [...]

We have featured a number of Star Wars Death Star cakes here on Geeky Gadgets, that seem to be getting more and more complicated with every new one thats baked. This new Death Star cake created by Rachel Linhart is no exception and includes a blinking LED light which has been installed to represent the plant destroying laser used [...]