Ping Pong

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Tilting Table Makes Ping Pong More Awesome

5:00AM February 6, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

They said it couldn’t be done, but Robb Godshaw has successfully found a way to make ping pong — truly man’s greatest sport — even better. By introducing a rocking mechanism under the table and high-powered flashes to throw off your opponent. More »


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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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Expensive Table Tennis Is Probably Not Worth The Sum Of Its Parts

5:40AM October 20, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

When artist Tom Burr set his sights on turning a ping pong table into a contemporary work of art, he didn’t rely on the finest black marble, the rarest of dark woods or even an exotic black metal alloy. More »


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Ping Pong Tables Have Never Been So Classy

12:40PM June 2, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Teak Wood. Leather-bound nets. Custom-made paddles. Black surface. This James Perse-designed, regulation ping pong table is the perfect rec-room centerpiece in the mid-century modern home of your dreams. Aged scotch not included. [James Perse via Uncrate]


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Even Ping Pong Paddles Are Being Coated In Carbon Fibre Now

10:20PM April 13, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I don’t care how much lighter carbon fibre makes something – is it really necessary to paint a bleedin’ tennis table paddle in it? I will concede it looks damn cool, but $US140 cool? Yeh, I thought so. [Donic Schildkröt CarboTec 100 via Uncrate]


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Watch How Nuclear Chain Reactions Work, Using Ping Pong Balls

12:20AM March 23, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Chemistry students at Horizon Science Academy in Cleveland had to illustrate a nuclear chain reaction and came up with this video. I wish nuclear chain reactions were always this fun. More »


Mobile

You Probably Shouldn’t Use Your iPhone As A Ping Pong Paddle

12:00AM January 28, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Just like you shouldn’t kickflip your skateboard grip-taped iPhone case, please don’t whack balls with these cases. But, in traditional red, green, blue and black colour options, you can at least display your team colours for $US30. [Incase via BookofJoe]


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What Are 25,000 Ping Pong Balls Doing In This Tiny Apartment?

3:00PM January 22, 2011 | Rosa Golijan

Recently some guy decided that perfect way to decorate his 90 square foot apartment was by plastering its walls with 25,000 ping pong balls. For some reason I think he was on to something. More »


Ping Pong Paddle Shows A Ping When You Pong

10:40AM July 22, 2010 | Casey Chan

Ping! Pong! These ping pong paddles have integrated LEDs that display PING or PONG in mid-air when a player hits the ball. It’s like a futuristic version of those unforgettable Adam West Batman fight scenes. Kapow! More »


Gaming

Projected Pong Puts Some Interactive BleepBloop On Your Apartment Walls

1:20AM July 21, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Take an Arduino, accelerometer and gyroscope-powered VR glove, some custom software, a projector and some funky interiors and you’ve got yourself the most futuristic game of Pong I’ve ever seen. Spoiler: the ball actually bounces off the stairs. More »