Periodic Table of Swearing would even make a sailor blush

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If you often find yourself at a loss for words in the heat of an argument, perhaps this Periodic Table of Swearing is something you might be interested in. Built as a marketing tool for the British comic “Modern Toss”, the table features over 100 fruit machine (slot machine) buttons, each of which triggers an audio clip of the cheeky word or phrase listed. The buttons were mounted on a … [Read more...]

Simple device answers questions just like your boss does

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Like many of us, [Bertho] has had plenty if interaction with “Executive” types who seem to make decisions randomly, and most certainly not based upon any sort of reason. As he was picking through parts bins at his local hackerspace, he thought it would be fun to build an “Executive Decision Maker”. The device he had in mind would answer questions at the push of a button, with the kind of … [Read more...]

Hacking and Rolling at the Red Bull Creation Challenge

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The crew over at the HarfordHackerspace used their wits and creativity to land a spot at the final round of Red Bull’s Creation challenge. The team arrived in Brooklyn just yesterday, ready to take on all comers in the 72-hour hacking challenge which kicked off earlier this morning. Like any other hacker convention, the Red Bull challenge sports its own unique guest badges just begging to be … [Read more...]

Will It Blend? tests the iPhone 3G

The Will It Blend? host, [Tom Dickson], is at it again. This time, he blends the new Apple iPhone 3G. We're completely in awe of how efficient the blender is at the destruction of electronics, and this time, it's no different. Watch in fascination (or horror) as [Dickson] turns the latest iPhone into ashes.[via Neatorama] … [Read more...]

Hack cameras with the Image Fulgurator

[Wallace] sent in this awesome project built by [Julius Von Bismarck]. The "Image Fulgurator" is the result of mating an optical slave flash with a camera body turned projector. The result is the ability to project ghost images onto a picture being taken by anyone using a camera with their flash. Check out the demo video after the break or hit the project site for more. … [Read more...]