swords
Robots
Robot Practices Tai Chi And Swordplay In Preparation To Kill Us
12:20PM Rosa Golijan | The first HUBO robot innocently rode a Segway. The HUBO 2 looks like he’s ready to turn into a killer ninja-bot as he practices tai chi, hones his swordsmanship has a drink when he’s finished. More »
Random Stuff
Student Kills Intruder With Samurai Sword After Laptops Stolen
12:20AM Danny Allen | Holy crap. Detectives are still interviewing a John Hopkins University student who fatally lacerated the upper body of a man breaking into his off-campus residence overnight. The suspect also suffered a nearly-severed hand, and was pronounced dead at the scene. More »
Music
Can the iPod Shuffle Be Swallowed?
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | Someone asked that question when the tiny shuffle came out, so we tried it. Well, we didn’t, but we found someone who did: The very sweet sword-swallower Heather Holiday, from the Coney Island Circus. More »
Weapons
Greatest Living Samurai Reduced To Slicing Vegetables, BBs in Slow-Mo
7:40AM Sean Fallon | The noble Samurai has found his role in Japanese society reduced over the decades from a fearsome fighting warrior to a skilled cutter of vegetables and BBs that’s paraded on TV shows for our amusement. More »
Random Stuff
Samurai Ergonomics
1:00PM Brian Lam | I have ignored computer ergonomic professionals my entire computing life, but this winter, a pain in my lower back would not go away. Instead of listening to “experts” I followed the advice of ancient swordsmen. More »
Gadgets
Ninja Umbrella Makes You Stealthy Against Rain
6:15PM Elaine Chow | Real ninjas probably have no trouble dodging water droplets to begin with, but for budding Bushido, I guess this katana-shaped umbrella will have to do. $US30 from Uncommongoods. [Josh Spear] More »
Toys
Nerf N-Force Swords Deliver Solid Smiting Without the Fleshwounds
3:20AM John Mahoney | Unlike the wet noodle Nerf blades of my youth, these new N-Force scepters are stiff enough to put on the hurt without flexing, but soft enough to not scare mum (too much). I want. More »
Weapons
Samurai Sword Umbrella: Fight the Rain With Honour
4:20AM Sean Fallon | Whip out your samurai sword umbrella and do battle with Mother Nature. Should you be defeated, the only honourable way out is seppuku—although that would be especially nasty with an umbrella. [ThinkGeek via Uberreview] More »
Weapons
Halo Energy Sword Makes You Unstoppable/Arrestable
11:15PM Mark Wilson | We’ve all picked up the Covenant Energy Sword in a multiplayer match of Halo, grinning with childlike glee…only to be combo sniped and teabagged into oblivion. Now you can settle the score in real life with this Halo energy sword replica. Cast in stainless steel finished with the reflective “spectrum treatment,” the 27-inch sword will mirror the red blood of your enemies, the blue flashes of police lights and the dark consequences of your actions as you spend life in jail…oh so far from your precious sword. You were an Arbiter once, long ago. And for a moment, it was wonderful. [Trueswords via Kotaku] More »
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