Are You An Airline Geek?
I just learned about a new sub-species of geek this week. It is the classic airline geek.
According to the Washington Post, airline geeks are “…frequent fliers who chase inaugural flights because they adore airlines, airplanes, even airports. They seek to be part of airline milestones.†U ...
Edible Sculptures
A few years ago I sent my dad a book called "Play with your food." I love the creativity behind all of the funny creatures and characters that are revealed in this book, and since then, have evolved into collections of 'food sculptures.' They remind me of Michealangelo's comment about the sculpture ...
Lifesaver Bottle
During the twin tragedies of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, Ipswich water-treatment expert Michael Pritchard winced helplessly at televised coverage of throngs of refugees waiting for days for a simple drink of clean water. Stricken by the chronic failure of aid agencies to surmount this b ...
Create Your Own Time Lapse Video
Mac World Video's Rob Griffith explain two ways of creating time-lapse videos, one easy and free, the other more complicated and time consuming. Here at bitrebels, we also want to give our readers the chance to do stuff on their own and now here are 2 videos with a step by step guide as to how you ...
What Happens? – Liquid Nitrogen & Dry Ice in Pool
Remember the scene in Terminator 2 when the liquid police officer (the bad guy) get caught up in liquid nitrogen and freezes and then breaks? Well, that was pretty cool but special effects can do so much right. So what happens in real life if you put Liquid Nitrogen and Dry Ice into places they don' ...
Beware: Fleshy Robot Hand
At the Tokyo International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in June, a very cool robot chef wowed the crowd. His name was “Chef Robot†(how creative). This robot, which was really more like just a robot hand, could even handle delicate sushi. Here’s the kicker, this robot had a very ...
Modern Architecture on an unexpected street.
Modern architecture has always fascinated me. I love the use of materials, textures and shapes, which I also consider in my own artwork as a designer and sculptor. A new 2300 sqft residence in Bangalore (India) recently caught my attention. The architects (Cadence) cast the street-facing walls in co ...
G33k Bling!?
Found some accessories that may make some people smile. Gr0glmann's Fun Retro Jewelry showcases computer related retro funk jewelries from Batman and Super Mario pendants, to laptop and mobile phone rings to Lego pendants and a lot more. This will truly bring out your individualistic style.
Th ...
Woof! Dog Translator
Have you ever wondered what your dog is telling you when he barks? There is a gadget that was developed by the Japanese that will allow you to translate his barks.
The Bowlingual, a gadget that analyzes a dog's bark to detect its emotion, is being relaunched. The gadget can supposedly recognize ...
DIY – Origami Photo Frame Design
This is a pretty neat little trick for your wedding or for any birthday you might attend or throw. It's an origami lesson in how to create an Origami Photo Frame with a stand, design by Larry Heart. As I have always been amazed by the many Origami creations and sometimes wondered how the heck they m ...
Watch Out For Flying Doctors!
Are mosquitoes becoming flying doctors? Mosquitoes are a huge problem where I live in Georgia. This time of year, it’s not uncommon for us to get several mosquito bites just walking from the front door to the car. I’ve always had a strong disdain for mosquitoes and have no problem swatting th ...
How to kill time at the office.
If you ever find yourself bored at the office, I challenge you: Create something! Check out this entertaining vid from EepyBird, who's creative team spent many hours coordinating this experiment with sticky notes.
The guys at Eepy Bird (pronounced eeeeeeeeeeepy bird) have made their name by creat ...
Fake iPhone App?!
Presenting the iCar Remote. It's basically a remote control for your car. Control windows and even drive it! Awesome. Get it from the APP STORE off your iphone. Also on some websites! as the video claims and it costs around US$6.99
You got to give the guy who produced the video a pat on the back ...
Coffee Cup Power Inverter
No its not a new coffee brand. But this cool gadget works like your coffee. In what way you ask? This gadget is like a caffeine boost for your electronic gadget.
The Coffee Cup Power Inverter is a conveniently shaped power source that coverts your car's DC power into two 120-volt AC outlets. ...
Worlds Scariest Bridge – Would you?
I would consider myself quite well travelled and I have done my share of bridge walking as I love mountain climbing and it sometimes takes a couple of bridges to get to a great trail to climb. I have driven across some of Europe's longest bridges and still that is NOTHING compared to what you are ab ...