Deep dives into niche interests, curiosities, experiments, hardware, software, science, and ideas that appeal to technically curious and enthusiast audiences.
Star Wars Fans: Get Your Own Knitted R2-D2 Sweater
A couple days ago I wrote about an epic college prank that turned an observatory into a giant R2-D2. I received a lot of attention on Facebook about it, and it's apparent that you guys either like R2-D2 or pranks in general. Well, I tend to think it's the latter of the two. However, it has not escap ...
Inspiring Rock Sculptures That Appear To Defy Gravity
Just looking at the images in this article makes me feel relaxed and peaceful. I've spent a lot of time in the North Georgia Mountains, and in rivers and lakes like what you see here. I've held many rocks like these in my hands, and I know first hand how slippery and heavy they can be. This patient ...
Batmobile Limousine: Stretching The Superhero Awesomeness
Do you guys remember the Batman TV series on the telly where Batman and Robin went around in their ridiculously awesome costumes fighting bad guys? It was when the iconic "Blam," "Ouucchh" and "Clunk" text bubbles were introduced, and the whole thing had a comic book feel. I loved that series, and I ...
Giant R2-D2: Best College Observatory Prank Ever
I sometimes miss those days in school when we could pull epic pranks on our classmates or teachers and actually get away with it. Nowadays, there are always repercussions to our actions, and even though we humbly point out that it was just for fun, we can always expect there to be retaliation. Then ...
7 Pictures Of Real Everyday Life Cosplay
We are hearing more and more about cosplay, and it's becoming quite a movement. It's everywhere these days, and I think it's really awesome. I haven't been to any events yet; however, I really need to plan one soon cause I am dying to see every awesome costume that is out there. So, before I start l ...
Angry Birds Superheroes: When Ordinary Just Isn’t Enough
There seems to be no end to what we are willing to go through to get ourselves an Angry Birds fix. We have seen countless examples of this through the years here at Bit Rebels. We've seen cakes, dinners, real life events, clothes and pretty much everything you can imagine. So where would we want to ...
Super Mario Piranha Plant Earring: Brilliant Nerd Accessory
It's been a long time since anyone has sent me any geek gear to share with you, so I actually started looking for some myself. We're always so focused on bringing you creatively cool stuff that cannot be easily acquired, but maybe you guys really want to know where to get all the super nerdy stuff. ...
The Creation Of The Original Stormtrooper Helmet From Scratch
There is so much Star Wars awesomeness out there that I am sure if I really wanted to, I could cover several week's worth of article content with it. It ranges from original never before seen photos of the actual shooting of the first Star Wars movie to Star Wars pens that light up like Christmas tr ...
Severed Zombie Head Bowling Ball Designs
I remember about two years ago when zombies suddenly became really popular. I'm not sure exactly if it was a movie or television show that started the craze. There was the Twilight series of course, but that is vampire-themed, and as you know, vampires are very different from zombies. If you don't k ...
Creative Star Wars Inspired Vegetable Carvings
Have you ever noticed how much Star Wars inspires food designers and party planners? Now that I think about it, Star Wars pretty much inspires all geeks, whatever their interests may be. I remember when I wrote the article Geektastic Collection Of Star Wars Inspired Party Foods. If you are a Star Wa ...
Insane Living: A Whole Room In A Compact Box
The world is getting ever smaller they say. As a little kid, I never used to quite understand what the adults who said that were talking about, but as I grew older, I understood that it didn't have to do with the world as a physical object. With all the new technology, infrastructure and transportat ...
World’s Largest Post-It Stop Motion Uses 350,000 Notes
I promise you that if anyone were to ask you how many Post-It notes you had used throughout your life, you wouldn't be able to answer that question. Of course you couldn't because who counts them as they use them, right? Well, there actually are people out there who do count how many Post-It notes t ...
An Outdoor Cinema Created From Abandoned Refrigerators
One of the best types of creativity is the kind that we see when artists and designers create something that is not only interesting to look at and useful, but it also helps the environment. We see a lot of examples of this since together we are all learning the importance of recycling and reusing. ...
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If Social Media Sites Were Superheroes [Infographic]
It seems like a lot of designers are having fun creating infographics these days, and when they are fun like this one is, I can't get enough. Have you ever played the card game called Top Trumps? It's a game where each card has a character and a group of numbers on it. The numbers rank the character ...
Gulp: The World’s Largest Stop Motion Video
We have covered quite a lot of stop motion videos here on Bit Rebels, and they are always entertaining and creative. Stop motion is a really cool way to shoot a short video or perhaps a longer feature film such as A Nightmare Before Christmas. The methods are the same, and basically what it means is ...