spiderman
Cameras
The Spider-Man Webcam Does Horrible Things to Villains, Plastic
2:20AM Mark Wilson | Not only does this Spider-Man look absolutely gross. We think that it might even be officially licensed. More »
Entertainment
Kideo Lets You Stick
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Don’t let that picture of a cute little kid up there fool you – Kideos can be used for adults too. There’s nothing in the terms and conditions that says you have to upload a child’s photo to the Kideo website to get a 26-minute Spider-Man cartoon featuring their face and name as the web-slinging hero. For 40 bucks, you can become Spider-Man – that sounds like a bargain to me.
Although, you may want to stick with a child’s pic for the Dora the Explorer, Barney and Gregory Gopher videos – using your own mugshot there would just be creepy and wrong.
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Kideo Lets You Stick Your A Child’s Face Into A Spider-Man Cartoon
12:30PM Nick Broughall | Don’t let that picture of a cute little kid up there fool you – Kideos can be used for adults too. There’s nothing in the terms and conditions that says you have to upload a child’s photo to the Kideo website to get a 26-minute Spider-Man cartoon featuring their face and name as the web-slinging hero. For 40 bucks, you can become Spider-Man – that sounds like a bargain to me.
Although, you may want to stick with a child’s pic for the Dora the Explorer, Barney and Gregory Gopher videos – using your own mugshot there would just be creepy and wrong.
[Kideo - Thanks Amber!] More »
Peripherals
Spider-Man Sacrfices His Face to Hold Your Mobile Phone in a Car
5:00AM Sean Fallon | Poor Spidey. His disembodied head suction-cupped to your windshield, forced to hold your mobile devices with his face. That’s no way for a superhero to go out. On the plus side though, this little plastic gadget will give you a unique place to store your mobile phone while keeping it at eye level in case you receive a call. Plus, it will only set you back US$17. More »
Robots
Waalbot Wall Climbing Robot Could Put Spiderman to Shame
8:40AM Adrian Covert | Though news of the Waalbot actually surfaced last fall, EngineeringTV has a good footage of the gecko-like robot in action. The Waalbot has two legs with three micro-suction adhesive pods each, letting one pod stay attached to the wall while the other two rotate forward. It is also an autonomous bot with an RF transmitter on it’s back, allowing for wireless control. This is cool and all, but is it too much to ask for some giant-sized pods for my own usage? Check out the video below. [Carnegie-Mellon via EngineeringTV] More »
Science
Glass Micromachine Makes Silk the Same Way Spiders Do
11:20PM Gizmodo US Edition | A team at the Technical University of Munich in Germany has designed a glass chip pierced with micro-sized tubes that act the same way as spider silk glands, and can be used to replicate the initial stages of natural silk production. It’s an interesting development since production of artificial spider silk has proven difficult in industrial quantities and qualities, and its tensile strength to density ratio is five times that of steel, making it potentially very useful as armour and in medical applications. More »
Random Stuff
Net Shooter Will Make You Happier than Spiderpig
2:15AM Jesus Diaz | Unless you have been bitten by a genetically modified radioactive spider lately, the Net-2000 will satisfy your most inner arachnid superhero desires, except the making out with Kirsten Dunst bit. However, I bet that if you have enough real Mary Jane and buy yourself red and blue pajamas, shooting this 15- square-foot net rod will actually make you believe you are the friendly neighbour himself. Check it in action after the jump. More »
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