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riGEEKulous

ridiculously, awesomely geeky.

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"Rigeekulous - Ridiculously, awesomely geeky" is a Clog of everything we read that fits that description. Example:
"Check it out, I just completed a lifesize model of megaman out of legos."

"Wow. That's rigeekulous."

New Twist on an Old Fish

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WHITE vinyl SCI-FI RAY GUN decal jesus fish parody 3×5

WHITE vinyl SCI-FI RAY GUN decal jesus fish parody 3x5
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Merry Christmas! Here’s some geeky christmas art to brighten your day!

I was looking for "robot christmas" on deviantart, and found this stunning piece among the expected silly drawings. I love the gentle way the robot is holding the girl, and his seeming curiosity at her kindness as she puts a wreath on his finger.

View the source to see the full image, or the full deviantart page of the author is here:
http://songjong.devianta... read more

A little robot love story from Faded Paper Figures

If you haven't checked out Faded Paper Figure's music yet, it's essentially electronic infused geek pop, and has been in heavy rotation in my iTunes since I discovered them and has spread to a lot of other Resistors. I just found this video of theirs, and it's pretty amazing. Who doesn't love a little office robot romance?

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Awesome humanoid robot putting together legos

The 3D recognition that’s going on here is pretty remarkable - not just picking and placing things from set locations, but grabbing objects from a pile and assembling them, is very impressive! For better or worse, you have to imagine that in a few years as these get better and better we’re going to see humans replaced on the factory line altogether.

Motoman’s high resolution color cameras and object recognition make picking out and connecting LEGO pieces easy,Read more at www.botjunkie.com
 

Guitar o rama… Guitar hero done full house Christmas lights style!

I've been looking into this Light o Rama quite a bit lately and it looks like it's pretty cool stuff though this is the first interactive version I've seen. I'd like to see it done with some more intense music but for a first round this is pretty awesome.

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Not jazzed about putting out plain old Christmas lights after all of the awesome Halloween projects? Why not mix it up a bit and convert your entire yard into a Guitar Hero game? That’s exactly what Ric did with his Christmas Light Hero. We weren’t sure how it worked, so he kindly offered us an explanation:

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A true steampunk home

Combining Victorian restoration, the Steampunk aesthetic, and modern conveniences, this is truly a steampunk home, and looks like an awesome place to live! There’s lots more photos and descriptions at the source.

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ModVic - The Modern Victorian Steampunk Home
Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum started ModVic (Modern Victorian) Home Restoration in June 2007 and have now moved onto steampunk Home Design.

Bruce designed and built the fire-back and hearth to compliment the stove and installed the back-lit stained glass windows to brighten the entire kitchen.

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A clock with no hands makes a pretty awesome clock!

Some of the things people come up with these days is just amazing and this is definitely one of those things. It’s so simple yet so genius!

In case you can’t see them, the hands are projected using LED’s around the perimeter of the face of the clock.

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The folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories are at it again, this time (get it?) with a kit version of the Bulbdial clock. We first saw the concept for this device over a year ago, when it was proposed by David Friedman of Ironic Sans. EMSL decided to take on the challenge of constructing it, and built a prototype. Now, just in time for the holidays, they have released it as an open source kit.

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8-bit remix of Thriller with video

This is a great chiptune cover of thriller, and I love seeing chiptunes paired with 8-bit inspired art. Anamanaguchi’s http://dawnmetropolis.com is my favorite example, but this is pretty neat as well!

Bar designed as a 1800’s apothecary: Next @NYCResistor Fieldtrip?

The amount of work that has gone into this is amazing and the overall impression is incredible. I especially love the chandelier made from half-full chemistry glass.

I figured this was somewhere in Europe, but it’s right here in NYC! I think we’ll have to round up some folks from NYCR and make an excursion to check this place out.

Dark Nostalgia featured a bar in New York called Apotheke
It’s designed to look like a 19th century Austrian royal apothecary. Designer Christopher Tierney took inspiration from researching old European apothecaries, absinthe dens, and the Biedermeier design era.

Tierney also fabricated wall sconces and a chandelier from chemistry glassware…
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Gift idea: DIY typographic coasters for design geeks

Evil Mad Scientist has posted a tutorial along with a bunch of photos of these great DIY coasters. If you’re good with a jigsaw or have a laser cutter handy, these could be a great homemade gift for the designer in your life.

Typographic Coasters
A simple design project for font lovers: Single-character typographic coasters. Read more at www.evilmadscientist.com