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In what appears to be the most bizarre title for a Geeky Gadgets post, news is currently circulating about a recent find at the edge of space. Two teams of astronomers have located a huge floating body of water—so huge, it’s almost immeasurable—that’s being consumed by a black hole. The awesome part is the water [...]

We’d love to claim the photo below was taken in outer space, but that isn’t true. Seen below is the hydrothermal worm, a rather obscure microorganism that lurks in thermal vents deep (really deep) in the ocean. It’s a recent discovery and its scientific name is still unknown.

An elite team of scientists from Italy and other places are developing a flexible robotic tentacle for conceptual purposes. ‘Conceptual’ because we can’t really say what it’s going to be used for—a giant octopus for rescuing people, perhaps? Or maybe a research tool/toy for deep sea adventures. It’s hard to tell.

It what has to be one of the more expensive chess sets I have ever seen, lens rental company fittingly named Lenrentals have created a fantastic chess set using lenses manufactured by Canon and Nikon. The complete 32 piece set of lens includes : 70-200 f/2.8 pawns, 600mm f/4 Kings and 500mm f4 Queens, 400mm f/2.8 Bishops, [...]

Mmmmmm, bullets. Really puts a fresh spin on the phrase bite the bullet, except when you do, they’re quite flavorful. Apparently there exists an arcane gathering in New York called the Jell-O Mould Competition where various culinary  sorcerers congregate to exhibit their epicurean magicry. Amongst the many displays were these glittering golden bullets that were [...]

If you’re half divine like Perseus or made of superior DNA ala Master Chief, then mayhaps it’s high time you learned about the Titanium Straw. It’s a beverage straw—made of titanium. Made for immortals. If you think this sounds nutty, the rationale behind the indestructible product is even more bizarre. it’s purpose is to finally [...]

The Pioneer Lego DJ Turntable was created by Jesse ‘Dean’ Graves as part of the Pioneer DJ’s Art Mix project, and this fully functional turntable was created used Lego, and a pioneer CDJ-2000. Have a look at the photos of this cool Pioneer Lego turntable below, and comes with all the functions of the standard [...]

Since the Japanese are so bent on creating robot surrogates, it comes as no surprise that a Japanese company is now specializing in touch; that is, the life-like imitation of human softness. Machines are just so darn cold, you know. What’s pictured below might not look like much, but it’s the Shockacube. There’s nothing shocking [...]

Without carabiners, mountaineering as we know it would be in very poor shape. But Keybrid? In case you’re wondering, that’s ‘key’ plus ‘hybrid.’ It’s a key with the functionality of a carabiner. But wait, it’s not the kind of carabiner you’d want to bring along to a rockface because it’s simply too small to support [...]

We have featured a number of Steampunk creations here on Geeky Gadgets by Steampunk designers who have and created some amazing creations like the awesome homemade Steampunk Secured Flash Drive and the Robot Wireless Mouse. Polish artist Conscious Flesh has also now created a worthy mention with his Steampunk Plasma Speaker which combines a state of the [...]

A funky robot band called the End of Life, or EOL for short has been recorded playing a cover of Marilyn Manson’s “The Beautiful People”. The ELO band consists of a robotic cello, electric guitar, drummer, together with a scanner. Watch the video after the jump to watch how well the robot band performs the cover, however [...]

If you are a Team Fortress 2 fan and fancy playing a game with a slight twist on the Valve classic game and with more of a retro feel. Indie games developer Eric Ruth has used his magic once again to create an arcade version of Team Fortress 2, complete with characters and themes. The [...]