Deep dives into niche interests, curiosities, experiments, hardware, software, science, and ideas that appeal to technically curious and enthusiast audiences.

The Highest Resolution Photograph Of The Moon Ever Taken
Whoa! I've never seen the moon look like this before! I always thought it was just a big boring blurry blob with a few craters in it. I bet this one picture will inspire school children everywhere to become more interested in astronomy.
This absolutely gorgeous photo is the highest resolution pic ...

The Anatomy Of A Lego Minifigure
The anatomy lesson of the day is a gruesome adventure into the intestines of a symbolic geek object that most of us at some point have marveled over. Maybe you were one of those people who dozed off during the biology classes in school since you thought most certainly you wouldn't need that knowledg ...
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Star Wars Compilation: Every Mention Of The Force [Video]
If you enjoy watching something, you usually try to find a compilation of it, right? Take my Siri responses compilation published about a week ago for example. It's one of those things that you can just watch over and over again because it's truly hilarious. The answers that Siri manages to put toge ...

Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers: Star Wars Gets High Tech
In case you don't know what carbon fiber is, I will quickly explain it. Carbon fiber is a high tech, super strong material that has gotten very popular over the past few years. Many times it's used to make expensive gear designed for people with discriminating taste, but that's only because the mate ...

Pillow Weapons: Throw A Real Pillow Fight
If you consider yourself to be a true geek, you know there is only one way to really wage a war, and that is with a pillow fight. Any other kind of war would be ill-fated and stupid, at least in my own humble opinion. A proper pillow fight is all you really need in order to settle a dispute or a pow ...
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New Era Caps: The Brilliance Of Weird Designs [32 Caps]
Try to keep a distant perspective to design for a second, then imagine what you previously didn't think was possible or even comprehensible. When you have come that far, you have pretty much entered the interesting landscape of the many unusual designs that are being created as we speak. I am not ta ...

For A Trekkie Holiday: A Spock Christmas Tree Topper
Are you tired of that boring old angel you've been putting on top of your Christmas tree for decades? Are you itching for something different this holiday season? How about something a little more logical? I can see that for some people, the whole concept of gift giving on Christmas seems a little i ...
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The Awesomeness Of Silicon Valley [Infographic]
Many companies have their own perks that make it worthwhile to go to work every day. However, there are also those companies that don't give their employees the necessary excitement to keep being creative and feeling good about their daily work. Of course, when you own your own business and everythi ...

The Brick Bible: Lego Reenactments Of Biblical Events
I bet you thought we had covered pretty much everything when it comes to Lego by now, right? That's where you are wrong. When it comes to Lego, there are a million things out there that we probably don't have a clue about right now. Lego is one of those "toys" that just never ceases to surprise us w ...
App Rubik’s Cube: When Apps Are All You Think About
I don't think there is anyone in the civilized world who doesn't know about apps these days. You can hardly have a cell phone in today's technology world without it being a smartphone of some sort. There are simply apps for pretty much everything. If you can think about it, there is probably an app ...
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World’s Greatest Birthday Adventure [Video]
Isn't it weird how we obsess over our friends' and loved ones' birthdays and what to give them? We usually get them things that will most likely go pale with time or go out of style. We try to find the perfect this or the perfect that, but what is really perfect? Are we that obsessed with perfection ...

Super Sweet Steampunk Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse Design
When the steampunk style first became popular a few years ago, the designs we saw were all very Victorian, like watches and small gadgets with little screws and brass handles. The steampunk style of design has evolved a lot since then, and as we've mentioned on Bit Rebels before, we are now seeing j ...

World Record: 3,118 Coins Stacked On 1 Dime (This Is Insane!)
Have you ever checked out the website called Record Setter? It's a great place to waste a few minutes (or hours). There are all kinds of world records on there that you can check out like... The most people that can be crammed into a minivan, the most consecutive knuckle push-ups on a concrete floor ...

The Millennium Falcon Apple Pie Design
This is a hella cute Star Wars apple pie. It makes the tiny apple pie baked inside an apple that I wrote about yesterday look so boring. It's funny how today's hero can be tomorrow's zero. You might be asking yourself, "Why would I want to make an apple pie that looks like a Millennium Falcon?" Well ...

Typographic Calendar Created With 2,012 Recycled Keyboard Keys
I betcha this is the geekiest thing you'll read all day. I had to read about it a few different times just to wrap my brain around the complexity of it all. This is a typographic wall calendar created with 2,012 (since it's a 2012 calendar) recycled computer keyboard keys. Each one of the keys is ve ...