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The LED Volleyball-Basketball-Tennis Court Of The Future

5:00PM September 12, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Painted lines? Where we’re going we don’t need any painted lines. We’ll have reconfigurable LED lines, because this is the future we’re talking about, and those little lights are almost cheap enough to use everywhere, including beneath our sneakered feet. More »

Entertainment

Unique Tron Board Game Worthy Of Its Own Daft Punk Soundtrack

8:00AM April 11, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Some dads just got it going on. Like Brett King. He knew his kids loved the new Tron: Legacy movie so he went and built them this one-of-a-kind board game. More »

Valve Offices Receive Custom Motion-Sensing Sentry Gun

4:00AM December 13, 2010 | Jack Loftus

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Cars

Director’s Custom Gulfstream Includes Flying Home Theater

6:00AM November 1, 2010 | Jack Loftus

One anonymous director’s new home theatre is actually aboard a Gulfstream III. He’ll reportedly use it to screen movies while zipping from coast to coast. The 42-inch screen is the largest HD LCD monitor ever installed on a Gulfstream. More »

Lego Car!

5:35AM August 23, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The Lego car looks fun and full of whimsy, sure, but like all Lego creations I can’t help but feel it had a few extra, yet important pieces lying around when the builder finished. More »

Entertainment

Someone Actually Built A $70k Stargate Atlantis Home Theater

10:40AM December 10, 2009 | Brian Barrett

Jacob Yarmuth may not hold the official title of world’s biggest Stargate Atlantis fan, but I doubt anyone would question his claim after he designed this home theatre system inspired by the show. So what’s $US70k getting you these days? More »

The Future Of Bluetooth Headsets Is Custom Noise Cancellation

10:42AM November 13, 2009 | Nick Broughall

At yesterday’s Jawbone launch, there was a very interesting conversation at the end of the session around the future of Bluetooth headsets. The representative from Aliph (who make the Jawbone) said that in the future, they are hoping to have the ability to customise the noise cancellation to exactly the situation you are in, right in the device itself. More »

Science

Forget Designer Purses, I Want Some Designer Eyeballs

1:00PM October 7, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

LASIK’s been around a while, and somehow it was only a matter of time before designer vision, corneas custom-tailored to lifestyle and career, started to turn common. Could laser eye surgery will become the new graduation boob job? More »