Wake Up On Time Or This Alarm Clock Will Fling Balls At Your Face

I adore this concept design. It’s basically an alarm clock which flings a ball at your face before going off. In order to make the noise stop, you have to find the ball and put it back where it belongs.


September 21, 2010

Light Up A Game Of Toss With An LED Ball

Feeling like a game of catch, but the sun’s gone down? Try out this DIY ball filled with LEDs. They light up randomly as the ball is shaken up, like a bunch of angry fireflies trapped in a globe.


September 9, 2010

Dog Bed Made From Tennis Balls Provokes Chewy Dreams

My bulldog already emits enough nocturnal pleasure spackle when sleeping on a normal dog bed. I can only imagine what he’d do with a bed made from tennis balls. Fortunately, at nearly $US300, I’ll never know. [HughHayden.com]


August 22, 2010
Geek Out

Because Bowling Balls Do Way More Damage Than Bouncing Balls

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August 15, 2010

NFL Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy

The NFL wants to insert a tracking chip into footballs so that it can cut down on human error and give players fair and accurate spots. The new system could solve many potential headaches and arguments during a game


July 1, 2010
Gaming

The Only Time You’re Ever Allowed To Say Android Is Ballin’

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New start-up Gearbox looks to combine two of man’s most innate pleasures: playing with balls and playing with gadgets. They envision their Android-controlled spheres facing off in games of golf and curling; I envision driving cats absolutely crazy.


June 16, 2010

How They Make The Controversial World Cup Match Ball

World Cup winners and losers agree on one thing: the Jabulani, this Cup’s official ball, sucks. Depending on who you ask, it’s either too light, too fast or just too damn round. Now, watch how that frustration is manufactured. [Abitare]


June 13, 2010

A Soccer Ball To Light Up Developing Nations

Developed by a group of Harvard graduates just in time for the World Cup, the sOccket 2.0 is an ingenious concept for illuminating developing nations. Kicking the induction coil-equipped ball around for 10 minutes provides three hours of LED light.


March 23, 2010

This Is The Ball That Football Needs

CTRUS. A football – as in soccer – ball that doesn’t use air but an inner elastic structure and an elastomer skin that perfectly simulates a real football ball. It’s also the ball that would avoid most referee mistakes.


March 1, 2010

The World Cup Goes High-Tech

From the ball to special uniforms that make you jump higher, this year’s World Cup could very well be the most techie soccer tournament the world’s ever seen.