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Crazy 4-Player Ping Pong Adds Elements Of Pool

1:15PM January 16, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

In the grand tradition of Calvinball, this four-player table tennis setup looks like it borrows elements from other games. Including ping pong and billiards; mashing them up into a new creation that’s ready to destroy friendships. More »


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A Hidden Pool Table For The Modern Bachelor

10:40AM January 5, 2012 | Casey Chan

There are few things that scream bachelor pad more than a pool table. And even the skeeviest single guy knows you gotta eventually class it up. That’s why this pool table by Fusiontable is so perfect. It’s a modern dining table with a hidden, convertible pool table underneath. Business in the front, party in the back. More »


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Live Out Your Drug Kingpin Fantasies With A Billiards Table In A Pool

7:20AM June 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

NOTE: I am going to avoid all “pool” table jokes. I hope you’ll understand. But this waterproof… pool table, by Opulent Items, is great for anyone bored by their current swimming setup. Oh, also, youll need at least $US6500. More »


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How Is Knokkers Not An Olympic Sport?

12:20AM January 21, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Knokkers is one of those rare athletic endeavours that’s greater than the sum of its parts. And when the parts in question are jumbo-sized billiards and bowling, that’s really saying something. More »


Watch The PR2 Robot Hustle Some Serious Pool

12:40AM June 17, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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The creators of the PR2 robot are finally done making it fold their laundry. Now they’ve finally put it to some good, honest labour: billiards. It’s just like The colour of Money, except Paul Newman is a task-oriented robot. More »


Gadgets

Obscura CueLight Pool Table Is $US200,000 Worth Of Fancy

7:30AM September 19, 2009 | Adam Frucci

If you like being distracted by projections and badass animations while you play pool, the Obscura CueLight is for you. It uses sensors and an overhead projector to create images that follow the balls as they bang around the table. More »


Deep Green Pool-Playing Robot Ready To Hustle And Terminate

8:14PM September 18, 2009 | Danny Allen

What IBM’s Deep Blue computer is to Chess, Deep Green may soon be to the felt table. The impressive system of cameras and robotic gantries, from the computer vision lab at Queens University, is already at a “better-than-amateur level”. More »


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Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience

3:30AM July 24, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Hurricane Billiards makes some of the best custom tables anywhere, and this version entitled “Unique Autosports” is no exception. It looks better than my car I can tell you that much. More »


Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear

7:00AM February 25, 2009 | Adrian Covert

If I had a pool table in my apartment (which I definitely don’t), I wouldn’t want pool cues, balls and all that other stuff constantly in plain sight. Enter the leather cue bench.

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Lasers, Cameras and Mirrors Turn You Into a Pool Shark

6:15AM December 11, 2008 | Adam Frucci

Do you suck at pool? Well, this fancy system involving lasers and cameras shows you exactly where each ball on the table will go depending on where you’re pointing the cue.

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