Invisablity Cloak and article……No joke, this shit’s real
This cloak invariably invokes comparisons to Harry Potter, but it’s not quite that good - yet. Japanese prof Susumu Tachi and his grad students created what they call a “retro-reflective projection system,” which basically means that what’s on one side gets projected onto the other. The jacket is made up of special reflective beads, which function like cats-eyes, reflecting almost all the light back to the source with a minimum of scattering (the effect they harness is the same one desponsible for “red-eye” in photos). When the rearward image is projected onto the front-facing beads, their shape and highly-focussed nature makes the picture look three dimensional… more or less. Each bead acts like a giant pixel. Check out the really cool video demonstration after the jump.
Adobe CS3 Icon Coasters
Check out these oh-so-cool coasters featuring logos from the Adobe Creative Suite programs. Made out of MDF plywood and covered in a durable varnish, these coasters are not only ultra chic, but washable, too.
If you can’t live without Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver or InDesign, you shouldn’t have to live without these coasters either.
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Altair’s Full Costume!!
Here’s your chance to be a real13th century Assassin! Well look like one anyways…From the smash video game Assassin’s Creed, here is the full wardrobe of Altair! Everything is available from the boots, to the throwing daggers to the sword. I give this an A+ in Badassery, including the functional extending hidden blade! One drawback is that each part of the outfit costs its own individual price. But if you have the scratch and heart this is pretty cool. MuseumReplicas has the full info.
“Deadline” A Stop Motion Short Film Using Post-It Notes
Holy SH%T! That verbage or something close to it should be what comes outta your mouth after viewing the above youtube video. Directed by Bang-Yao Liu this post it, stop motion short film was his senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design. In manipulating the post-it notes he was able to illustrate pixel like stop motion and make one incredible video. Liu says that his inspiration for the film came by not fighting with his school work but fighting with post it notes and deadlines.
The making of video which you can watch after the jump says that the film took 3 months of planning, 4 days of shooting and 6,000 Post-it Notes
Myth, Magic, And Fantasy
The PyramidCollection.com certainly has some unique things for sale! With a mat like this does the vapire need to ask permission to come into your home and eat your whole family? Guess not. There is a ton of renaissance garb and rings that hide and poisen and trippy statue and jewelry for any of you LARP players looking for that authentic Middle Earther in you that is just trying to hack its way out, or just if your a Ren Faire local, check this site out for some shit that is Officially Cool…Quoth the Raven, Nevermore!
Shadow Art made from Trash
You see a pile of old discarded rubbish and with a light shown on it at a particular angle get to see something Officially Cool! These piles of crap turn into wondrous pieces of shadow art when cast upon the walls, there are dozens of different designs and styles that look like nothing with the setup…But with it? Works of art.
Tim Noble and Sue Webster created this abstract graffiti art and have several others in their collection.
Homemade Mech Robot: OMG He’s Gonna Kill Us All!!
Carlos Owens has way to much time on his hands. He has built an 18 foot tall metal monster. This homemade mech is a true testament DIY. This is quite an impressive build.This behemoth is a full scale mech that is able to mirror the moves of its human pilot. Its made of steel with a complex network of cables and hydraulics. Currently the mech can raise its arms bend at the knees and do the occasional sit up (hey a robot needs to stay in shape).He invested 4 years and $25,000 but isn’t done yet. He considers this to be just a prototype and plans on building 2 more of these things which will be lighter and more maneuverable. He does dream of military application but really just wants to entertain robot fans by hosting Mech Vs. Mech battles.
thanks to popsci for the find
Neca’s The Dark Crystal’s skekSil, The Skeksis
NECA’s Cult Classics proudly debuts this 6″ figure of the next in line for the Skeksis throne and the baddest of the Dark Crystal baddies, skekSil
Personally, the Skeksis from Jim Hensons “The Dark Crystal” always freaked me out. In fact this movie terrified me when I wasa kid and couldn’t watch the flick in its entirety until I was in my late teens. Glad I overcame my fear cause The Dark Crystal is an awesome movie full of imagination and wonder. Though the Skeksis still give me the heeby geebies I’d be proud to display a smaller, plastic version on my shelf in honor of Jim Henson.
Drag me to Hell-ish Coasters!!!
Limited and wherever you can find them. Sam Raimi’s first trip back to horror left me happy and wanting more. So when I am putting a condensating ice tea down on my coffee table, I have the protection of all all things vile and unholy….to make sure a water ring doesn’t hurt my antique coffee table…..LOL, FIND’EM!!!
Satan’s Baby Cradle
I don’t know if this cradle is for the Adam’s Family or Edward Scissorhands, but it is made of stainless steel with false edges (I’m Assuming) and should make your baby severly badass and cause no harm to it. Again as a disclaimer, your child may grow up extremely into heavy metal and enjoy the numbers 666.
