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The iPad Controlled Beer Keg: For Geeky Beer Lovers
This must be my lucky day! I love beer and I love iPads, so this is like my dream come true. Long story short, a team of extremely geeky Yelp engineers built this iPad-controlled kegbot.
This snazzy little contraption measures the beer flow, displays info about the beer, keeps track of who has ...
The Killingest Engagement Ring Ever Created!
There have been so many cool rings and jewelry items featured on Bit Rebels that it is hard to top any of them really. They are all really creative and make for hot gadgets for any geek to wear. However, as always, there's still something around the corner that is going to blow us away. I think I ...
Make Designs With Your Own Shadow!
My sisters and I used to have the best time making shadows on our bedroom wall when we were young. We started with the standard alligator and rabbit shadows, and then moved our way up to more creative shadows where we collaborated to create a story and used a flashlight.
Making shadow art is the ...
Now You Can Roll Sushi At Home (Really, You Can!)
Misty and I both love to eat sushi. To me, a sushi dinner is right up there with chicken wings and beer, but thankfully, it's a little more sophisticated.
There are a few obstacles a person has to overcome in order to enjoy good sushi. First of all, to truly eat sushi the most delicious way, yo ...
The 4th Dimension – Crush, Kill, Destroy!
Isn't that what the Lost in Space robot used to say? "Crush, kill, destroy!" This super slow motion video of stuff being destroyed reminds me of that.
It's mind boggling to think about how many things in the world we miss because our eyes don't see them. This whole time space reality, often ref ...
Become A Baking Jedi – Star Wars Cookie Cutters
I don't bake much, but if I did, making these cookies would be at the top of my list! What could be better than gracing your cookie jar and your tummy with Yoda, Darth Vader, Boba Fett and a Stormtrooper?
These just aren't ordinary cookie cutters either. The stamp in each cutter is spring loade ...
Reboot Your Senses – The Crossroads Project Photography
There are many different ways an office full of creative people can showcase their talent to prospective clients. Since I'm a huge photography fan, I especially enjoy watching photographers strut their stuff.
Bulgarian creative studio Addminimal wanted to express their talent for directing, ligh ...
Dissected Frogs Never Looked So Cute!
When I was in high school, biology was my least favorite subject. I always thought dissecting animals was completely gross, and I felt so bad for them. Somehow their lives ended just so they could lay helpless in that cold metal tray awaiting to be disrespectfully cut up and studied.
Maybe that ...
The Electric Love Ring – A Design That Combines Love & Memories
Oh my gosh, how precious is this? My father passed away in 2005, but this little ring reminds me of the times I spent piddling with him in our basement.
He would work on his woodworking projects, like hand crafting bird houses, while I had fun listening to music and twisting the wire I found on ...
Knitted Chicken and Steak – Craft Inspiration
What can rival the kind of creative insanity (or genius) required to embroider bread? Knitting slabs of meat and wrapping them up like the butcher, of course!
Pictured below are design student Stephanie Casper's knitted creations including a T-bone steak, a rotisserie chicken, a ham, some sausag ...
Meet Gary – The Cutest 8-Bit Costume You’ve Ever Seen
This is just the geeky kind of project that would be a dream come true for me. Wouldn't it be fun to make one of these costumes one weekend? It would make for an inspiring Saturday afternoon!
This particular 8-bit costume was created by Kiel Johnson and Klai Brown for a Toshiba commercial. Hmm ...
Add Some Geek To The World – Repair Buildings With Lego!
We all know that over time, the walls on old buildings and monuments begins to age and crumble. Sometimes those cracks and crumbles add personality to structures, but other times, they make the buildings look old and sad.
Jan Vormann, a 26-year-old artist from Germany, has devoted the past three ...
Meet the 13-Year-Old Real Life Spiderman
Vacuum cleaners are boring, aren't they? They are noisy, cumbersome and collect nasty dust. I'm so happy to see someone do something inspiring with a couple of vacuum cleaners.
13-year-old Hibiki Kona has always wanted to be just like Spiderman. He took his dream, five months, and two $22 recy ...
How To: Make Yamaha’s VMAX Motorcycle In Paper Craft
I was never really into motorcycles when I was growing up. But then shortly after I graduated from high school, Brad Pitt stared in the movie Thelma and Louise. He was so handsome on that motorcycle, and I'm obviously not the only one that thought that. As the story goes, that movie skyrocketed h ...
The Flipped Axis Bridge – Driving Has Never Been So Confusing!
As if the world isn't complicated enough as it is... We have architects that try to come to terms with all the odd and confusing ideals we have learned throughout the years, but they always seem to come out short with their ideas. This one is no exception. Well, that is at least if you're not from ...