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Science
Strangely, The Man In This Electrifying Photo Is Not Dead Today
5:00AM Jack Loftus | Meet Peter Terren. Inspired by the The Thinker, he set out to recreate that classic sculpture using electricity, wire caging, a conductive foil suit, and a death wish. Can’t forget the death wish. More »
Toys
Shocking Thumbwars Literally Shocks Your Thumbs in War
11:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Calling all masochists who are growing weary of Chinese Roshambo! Shocking Thumbwars, a 3-in-1 party game, is a game where you avoid getting shocked—literally—by beating your opponents in 3 different challenges: 50/50, where the first person to reach 50 (by button mashing) is safe from a shock; Rebound, which is like Ping-Pong except with LED lights instead of a ball; and Endurance, which we like to call “Jackass” because this game’s winner is determined by which idiot can hold onto the device longer as it continuously delivers increasingly intense shocks. Shocking Thumbwars can be purchased for about $US30, or if you want to electrocute yourself for free, just stick a fork into a socket. (Please don’t really do that. Thanks!) [Firebox via ChipChick] More »
Games
Pro Gamers Are Doping Too
1:30AM John Mahoney | Not able to let cyclists and sprinters have all the performance-enhancing fun, pro gamers are apparently equally avid dopers, according to an interview Game Player Australia has with Alex Walker, the director of an upcoming World Cyber Games tournament. They stick him the hard question–what is the WCG doing to combat the growing problem of pro gamers gaining advantage by popping some uppers or hitting the bong prior to fragging? His answer: Um, what? More »
Toys
Shocking Prank Pen: A Haiku
1:20AM Adam Frucci | That cute girl in sales I’ll use this to flirt with her! Man, I’m so lonely. [ThinkGeek] More »
Science
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lets You Deactivate Selected Parts of Your Brain
11:40AM Adrian Covert | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is a process in which you run an electromagnet over parts of the brain, which essentially turns them off. You may have LOL’d at the idea of Kirsten Dunst and Mark Ruffalo erasing Jim Carrey’s brain while dancing around in their underwear, but this brain altering technology is no joke. While effects don’t appear to be permanent or long-standing, doctors and researchers think it could show how the brain recovers from traumas such as stroke. Though the technology might run a teensy-weensy risk of causing epilepsy, that’s all. The video below shows grown men reciting nursery rhymes and turning into stuttering messes. [Daily Telegraph via Medgadget via io9] More »
Press
How Gadgets Helped a Crazy Austrian Man Keep His Daughter as a Sex Slave For 24 Years
7:50AM Sean Fallon | To be honest, I wish that I never learned of the Josef Fritzl story in the first place—but it was hard to avoid given the severity of the crimes committed. However, the fact that a man could imprison his daughter in a basement for 24 years and father her seven children is too horrifying and baffling to ignore. Over the last few days we have learned the full magnitude of the events that transpired—three of his incestuous offspring (aged 19,18 and 5) had never seen the sunlight until their release and one of the seven children died due to inadequate care. We also learned that he managed to keep the whole thing a secret—even from his wife. The question is…how? More »
Cameras
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Kid Brings Camera Taser to School, Almost Gets Tased by Cops
4:30AM Matt Buchanan | Remember that camera modded to shock anyone who used it? Some genius thought it would be absolutely hilarious to use it at school. (Okay, it would be.) Anyway! The mischievous little bastard didn’t even get the chance to zap the schoolyard bully before the cops swooped in and busted his arse, though they deprived us of ironic hilarity by not tasing him. Instead, they slapped him with possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds, attempted assault and breach of peace. So try this at home, not at school, kids. [WCBS via Geekologie] More »
Home
Light Switch Electrocutes You Greener
12:11AM Mark Wilson | Do you really need that light on to not trip over your coffee table and break your leg? Let’s find out, shall we? The Consumption Feedback Switch is a device that monitors your electricity usage. If it feels you’re within your light quota when you flip on the lights, you’ll see a small, harmless spark. But if you’ve been one of those dolphin-unsafe villains from Captain Planet, reading a few minutes too long at night, a gigantic stream of deadly electricity will mend your ways pending you not die. More »
Games
MindwireV5 Shocking Game Accessory: Rumble is for the Weak
9:20AM Sean Fallon | You know what would make gaming even more fun? Pain. Or at least that is what the folks at Mindwire would like you to think. Their new MindwireV5 unit helps you get into the action with sensations ranging from a “crashing car to the blast of a machine gun’s multiple bullets hitting you; a sharp zap all the way through to a soft massaging feeling.” Five self-adhesive pads are connected to the arms, legs and stomach which administer a range of electric shocks that create sensations that mimic in-game action. More »
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