July 19th, 2008
Popular Mechanics has about 20 seconds of non-trailer footage of The Dark Knight wherein the director, Christopher Nolan, explains his decision to film certain parts of the movie using IMAX cameras. Of course, the video itself isn’t embedable, but a quick trip to YouTube fixed that problem. Thanks, Popular Mechanics!
Possibly even better, the second, [...]
July 18th, 2008
From the “Preposterous Headline” Dept:
This looks like fun. This guy has put together a C# program that takes input from a Wiimote and passes it to a Lego NXT car with a wireless interface. The program looks pretty powerful and customizable and the car certainly responds right (although there is a little lag). I’d like [...]
July 17th, 2008
Well garsh durnit if this boy didn’t make himself a grammyfone out of a bunch of Legos and a cup. In my day, we used to just rub an old flour can against record and it would play loud and clear enough for all of us to dance at the hootenanny. What will these kids [...]
July 17th, 2008
I’ve seen quite a few toys in the past two years but Wedgits are actually something I’d recommend. My buddy Jer brought them for our son and he’s been building towers and knocking them over with reckless abandon.
They are essentially symmetrical square rings (is there a better geometrical term?) that stack and lock without [...]
July 16th, 2008
German company develops green laser for use in mini projectors
Pretend you live in a video game with giant Nintendo graphics on your walls
Making art in the lab with microfluidic chips
Kindle 2.0 Coming Around October 2008
Video: ‘LEGO Batman’ trailer
July 15th, 2008
I’m checking in from E3 and it’s been, well, a stressful morning. I’d like to say for the record that Peter can’t drive, and that rental cars should come with compasses standard. But more pressing is the gaming news going on here — you saw our coverage of the big Nintendo event this morning, which [...]
July 15th, 2008
Here’s some footage from the LEGO Batman game that’s set to hit various platforms in September. You can play as the good guys or the bad guys. Speaking of bad guys, Killer Moth and Mad Hatter were recently revealed to be part of the game. Never heard of them, but I did have a killer [...]
June 29th, 2008
This looks like fun, and actually seems simple enough that even someone with a fear of wires could put together a pretty competent smart-domino setup. And it’ll give you a reason to go dig around in your parents’ basement for those old legos you secretly want to have around anyway. I like the marble circuit-break. [...]
June 26th, 2008
BBG’s Joel Johnson got a few hours with Syd Mead, the designer of the Spinner car in Blade Runner. Mead received a Lego model of his car at a design summit in Billund and he let Joel play with it. Mead proceeded to give Joel the Voight-Comp test and discovered that Joel was a pleasure [...]
June 21st, 2008
High-end keyboard round-up: the round-up
This USB necktie will make you stay cool at all times
LEGO-like calendar can be reshaped any which way
Japanese company offers ringtones for dogs
OpenStomp, an open source guitar processor
