Lego Weapons: Realistic Enough to Hold Up a Liquor Store January 26, 2007

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You can create just about anything with Lego, but now we direct your attention to a subset of the Lego-building posse: These guys make guns. The one pictured on the left could even be kinda dangerous, shooting what its maker calls "very strong rubber bands," albeit one at a time.

Rather than functionality, the BrickGun Desert Eagle on the right goes for realism, and yes, it's made of 288 genuine Lego parts. It's BrickGun's biggest handgun model yet, and it looks close enough to the real thing to fool a convenience store clerk. Remarkable. It's $55 for the parts and instructions.

Rubber Eagle  [K's cluttered loft]
Desert Eagle [BrickGun]
Thanks, Nate!

Ruler USB Flash Drive for Measuring Up January 26, 2007

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Those online cyber-sex webcam sessions can be intimidating sometimes. I should know. If you ever need to size yourself up to prove to the hooker stripper actress adult film employee hooker on the other end that you are who you say you are, then this might be the best option. This may actually go into production in the near future, so keep your eye out for it, shorty, or just build your own. It doesn't seem too complicated.

Ruler USB Drive [MAKE]

Bird House Camera: Oops, We Forgot the Bird House! January 26, 2007

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This "Bird House Camera" was designed to use motion sensing technology to snap pics of our feathered friends without them realizing it. It's a great idea and all, but isn't there something missing from this design? Like, you know, something to get the birds in front of the camera?

Seems to me that this would have worked a lot better if it was an actual birdhouse or was attached to a birdfeeder. As it stands it's just a motion sensing camera in a stupid plastic casing. One that'll set you back $181.22, even. –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via Uber-review]

Roberts DAB Radio Sticks With Retro January 26, 2007

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roberts sound 78 dab.jpg It might look like what your parents listened back in yesteryear but this is about as modern as you can get, at least on the inside.

I like retro looking radios and this DAB radio from Roberts is certainly stylish. The Roberts Sound 78 hides a three-way speaker system, FM and DAB functionality inside its wooden and chrome façade which, Roberts claim, is actually an ‘acoustically tuned cabinet’. It will also pump out the tunes from your MP3 player.

It will cost you £120. Jump for full feature list.-Martin Lynch

World’s Smallest Projector: Sweet January 26, 2007

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I thought the Toshiba TDP-FF1ADLP projector was small but this working prototype from Explay shows us just what miniature projector means.

Weighing in the same as a regular mobile phone (thanks to a flat lithium battery) and measuring just a few inches long, the Explay is a laser/LED-based projector that uses less energy and generates less heat. It can be hooked up to a phone, iPod, portable video player and any other source for displaying low resolution images, 320x240, but the company says higher resolutions are coming.

It does need a darkened room and, as you can see from the photos, the image size is not great. But it’s still a lot better than watching something on an tiny phone screen and can be slipped in your pocket when you’re done.

This is exciting stuff. Expect to see a lot more on the nano-projection front in 2007. Jump now for more pics. - Martin Lynch

[The Future of Things]

iBlinds? You Really Don't Want To Know January 26, 2007

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Do you ever feel like the whole 'i' thing has gone far enough - like maybe, a few years ago? If you think it hasn't maybe you need to be exposed to some more iRubbish.

Try the iBlinds above - where "Serge takes a satirical look at what might be possible in the future, and ponders how far will the 'i' generation take us?....and how much of it is actually needed!"

Hmm, musically controlled blinds? I could get the same effect strapping my cat the damn things and turning up the stereo. Things like this just make me want to kick someone in the iBalls. Twice. -Martin Lynch

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