Let The Egg-Bot Draw Your Egg A Plaid Jacket

Robots help us accomplish many complex tasks, from diffusing bombs to assembling automobiles. Now, with the open source Egg-Bot, we can add “drawing on spherical surfaces” to that list. Not that complex, you say? Well just look at this diagram:


August 30, 2010
Science

Butterfly Eggs Don’t Look Like They’re From This World

Butterflies sorta creep me out. First, they start out as another bug and then they cocoon themselves. Who does that? And just take a look at this butterfly egg, it’s borderline alien looking.


August 2, 2010

You Can Fry An Egg On The ioSafe Solo

Gizmodo AU

We’ve seen some pretty entertaining attempts to prove that the ioSafe Solo is a pretty-much indestructible external hard drive, but the guys from Choice decided to do it the Aussie way and cooked one on a barbecue.


July 15, 2010
Science

Scientist: We Have Proof That The Chicken Came Before The Egg

“It had long been suspected that the egg came first, but now we have the scientific proof that shows that in fact the chicken came first,” says Dr Colin Freeman, from Sheffield University. Here’s the explanation:


June 24, 2010
Online

BeautifulPeople Dating Website Now Selling Designer Sperm, Eggs

The same dating site which kicked off 5000 members who “overindulged” over the Christmas break has now launched a sperm and eggbank section of its site, promising “beautiful babies” for anyone who partakes.


May 26, 2010
Software

Egg Boiler iPad App Times Your Eggs To Perfection

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has to Google how many minutes a soft-boiled egg requires every time I attempt one. If you’ve got your iPad in the kitchen already, this app would prove very handy.


May 15, 2010
Geek Out

Why You Shouldn’t Try To Scan Eggs

It’s just messy. [Firmuhment via Today and Tomorrow]


May 11, 2010

Egg Toaster Concept Kills Four Birds With One Stone

If you really like eating eggs, but you really like making toast, the BangBang is the device you’ve always dreamed of: a toaster-style, four-egg steamer, suitable for streamlining your morning routine or rigging your neighbourhood egg toss. Delicious efficiency. [Yanko]


July 29, 2009

iPod Egg Cups Are Hard Boiled, Hairbrained

The eiPOTT (“Ei” is German for egg and “Pott” means, well…pot) is the latest product in which designers have repurposed the Apple aesthetic in completely ridiculous ways. I’ll have my eggs scrambled thank you very much. [qed design via Likecool]


May 28, 2009

Beautiful DIY Speakers Are Made of Actual Eggshells

These little speakers are made from real eggshells, meticulously cut to allow for one Hi-Vi B1S driver per egg. Creator Gomhi says they sound a little “narrow,” but what can you expect from such an adorably tiny “cabinet”? [Flickr via DVICE]