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Friday, July 17, 2009
Design

Mirror/Ironing Board Concept

10:00PM Brian Lam | Aha! I hate pulling down ironing boards and then having to fold their screechy legs back up. Having one disguised as a mirror is a great idea that would save time and space. (Just figure out stability.) [Aissallogerot via Toxel] More »
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In Lieu of Fireworks, Chinese Villagers Hurl Molten Iron at a Wall

7:50PM Elaine Chow | During the Lantern Festival last month, one village in China celebrated the same way they have for 500 years—by throwing molten iron at a wall to create showers of make-do fireworks. More »
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Software

Iron Is Chrome Spin-Off for Tin-Foil Hatters

5:20AM Jesus Diaz | German security company SRWare likes Chrome but not as much as their tin-foil hats, which is why they have created Iron. Iron is a Chrome derivative that has been developed to protect your intimacy by stopping the control that Google has over your data. I don’t know if it addresses Chrome fatal flaw, but if you don’t want to relay any information to the New Galactic Empire, its features list will make you happy: More »
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Design

Lifesize Scopedog Mecha Towers Over Iron and Steel Celebration

5:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation got ironsmithing genius Kogoro Kurata to display his insane 1:1 scale model of the Scopedog mecha from the 80s anime series VOTOMS. Weighing in at two tons and standing a full four meters tall, it dwarfed everything else at the exhibition. The cast iron structure was actually finished in 2005 and has been on display before at other Japanese conventions, but it still thrills every time it rears its mechanical head. Look at the detail on this thing! More »
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