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 Play Super Mario Bros. just like the Amish do without all that pesky electricity with the Magnetic Mario game set. Made of perler beads mounted to foam with a magnet, these will stick to your fridge, locker, or any other magnetic surface. Got a metal plate in your head? Play Mario on ... read more on Save the Princess (and Electricity) with a Magnetic Mario Set...  Combining old and new into one neat hack, the folks at Tinkerlog took and old Commodore SQ 1000 electric typewriter and hooked it up via Arduino with an Ethernet Shield to the internet. The typewriter is set to print out any tweets that come in. It took some technical wizardry to get ... read more on A Twittering Typewriter (Twypper)...  Moving in and out of focus, time turns elastic with the Stretch Clock. It’s a normal looking clock designed by Charles Heydinger but it’s made entirely out of rubber. With the hole in each corner and the included pegs, you can stretch the clock to a variety of shapes from 9″-12″. Personally I’d ... read more on Time Turns Elastic with the Stretch Clock...  Getting kids to eat can be very difficult and you need something to make it a little more interesting for them. Everyone’s done the classic “airplane coming in for a landing” game with their kid but today’s modern toddler needs something a little more realistic, fun and high tech- bring on the read more on Light Up Landing Strip Bib and Airplane Spoon...  Check out this super sweet (pun definitely intended!) cake from master baker Debbie Does Cakes. It’s Star War’s own Yoda. Very realistic, it doesn’t even look like cake! And yes I think I just called Yoda realistic, whatevs. This 16″ tall cake uses a glowstick for the lightsaber which is a pretty ... read more on Yoda Cake with Lightsaber...  We’ve covered some crazy and cool sinks here on the big site before but never a sink as “out there” as this one. The Mons Lavabo is an eco-friendly sink concept design controlled by an automatic hand sensor that’s designed to be appealing to children. It’s colorful and fun design (a bit Ikea-esque ... read more on It’s a Monster, It’s a Sink...  Sergio Silva has created this beautiful looking oil lamp called Oyule using a regular incandescent lightbulb. This is a great adaptive reuse for those old burned out light bulbs instead of just throwing them away. It turns a modern lighting source into an older one, elegantly. There is a “rare earth magnet” ... read more on Lightbulb Turned Oil Lamp...  I’m really trying to avoid writing it’s the best thing since sliced bread here…dang! Did it anyway, couldn’t resist. The Bread Buddy keeps your bread fresh and dispenses it out one slice at a time almost like a Pez dispenser. Maybe not exactly but you don’t have to stick your hand all ... read more on Bread Buddy is Like a Bread Pez Dispenser... |   | ||||
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