Crayons

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You Should Never Ever Buy Knockoff Crayons

2:20AM August 2, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

On the left, a fine selection of Roseart crayons left in the sun for over 12 hours. Barely a trickle, I’m sure you’ll agree. On the right, the damage of just 3.5 hours’ sun on a pack of Crayolas is evident. More »


Educational Chemistry Crayons: ‘Pass The Barium Nitrate Flame’

6:00AM August 29, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

At least that’s what the creator of this product hopes your child will say when they get these crayons, which are labelled with the actual chemical used to give each coloured wax stick its hue. More »


Edible Crayons Draw Crazy Squiggles In Your Stomach

2:20AM May 27, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Here’s an idea I can get behind. Edible crayons! Luxirare created a box of eight colours (flavours?), using household ingredients such as nuts, sesame seeds and melted marshmallow for the white crayon. More »


Science

Man Launches Crayola Crayon Rockets In Nevada Desert

8:54PM February 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

He’s been working on them for 12 years, but finally John Coker was successful in launching his Crayola crayon rockets. Only four of the eight worked properly, but they managed to soar to 892m in the Nevada desert. More »


Science

First TV Image of Mars Ever Was Made With Crayons

5:00AM May 23, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

What you are looking at here is the very first image ever taken of the surface of Mars. It was acquired by NASA’s Mariner 4 using a television camera, and rendered using crayons. Look closer:

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Christian Faur’s Crayon Art Will Make You Cross-Eyed

7:30AM February 24, 2009 | Sean Fallon

You are familiar with drawing and crayons, but Christian Faur is taking a different approach to the medium. He uses hundreds of thousands of individual crayons to produce a single, pixelated image.

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Gaming

Crayon Physics iPhone Game Looks Amazing

2:15AM December 31, 2008 | Adam Frucci

We’ve shown you the amazing-looking iPhone game Crayon Physics before, but here’s a gameplay video. I, for one, cannot wait for this to hit the App Store. It looks like a top 10 contender. [Kotaku]

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Gaming

Crayon Game Gets You Back to Kindergarten (Verdict: Doodlelicious)

5:20AM November 17, 2007 | Jesus Diaz

newVideoPlayer("crayon_deluxe_gawker.flv", 475, 376);The Crayon Physics Deluxe must be one of the coolest touch-screen games ever. The aim is very simple: take a ball to where the start is. The tools to do it are a crayon and your imagination, since whatever you draw will automatically get recognised by the physics engine and put into motion over a piece of paper. Microsoft must buy this game and ship it with every Tablet PC. And somebody should port this to the iPhone. Pronto. [Kloonigames]

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Crayon Cologne Tells the Ladies You Are Mature

10:29PM August 31, 2007 | Wilson Rothman

Close your eyes, think “Crayon” and the first thing that occurs to you isn’t the bright yellow box but the smell: part puke n’ earwax, part unbridled creativity. Now you can wear that essence, in the form of Demeter’s Crayon Cologne. At $19 an ounce, you better hope the message you’re giving off is Raw Sienna, not Burnt Umber. [Perpetual Kid] More »