Retrobotics Ulisee. Limited edition sterling silver space art. $795.00. [via ThisNext]   Retrobotics is basically one guy, me, Christopher Jennings. I am an artist located in Chicago. I have been making sterling silver vintage space art for many years and have decided to step it up a bit and produce my designs in limited edition runs. I will post more back story soon.

BloggerSnap. Paste this free code into your site template and let your visitors upload a photo of themselves posing in front of their webcam. Er…this is a good thing? Apparently several sites think so, and some of them are actually upgrading to the $11.60 a year Pro version to get better image quality. We’re trying hard not to think of the possible risks….   BloggerSnap is a little tool which allows your visitors to easily post on your blog or website a snapshot…

The SMS Guerrilla Projector is a cute little toy. It’s a homemade device that lets you project SMS messages onto any suitable surface. The idea of projecting random text messages onto the back of unsuspecting strangers would, however, make me hold my lawyer’s hand ever so tightly.   The SMS Guerilla Projector is a home made, fully functioning device that enables the user to project text based SMS messages in public spaces, in streets, onto people, inside cinemas, shops, houses… Small, portable, and battery…

Astromech – The Official R2 Robot Builders Club. OK, so according to their brochure [PDF] there are around 5000 members worldwide, and they build R2 clones for anything between $500 and $40,000. The site features parts listings, tutorials, a registry and mailing list. This is seriously geeky, isn’t it, but you’ve gotta love it. [via Growabrain]   One can be made for as low as a few hundred dollars, to well into the thousands for an accurate, metal droid with lights,…

Fascinating new technology from Pendulum Studios provides state of the art facial animation and begs the question – how long before we’ll be watching high quality digital movies as part of the mainstream Hollywood catalogue? Answers on a plastic Oscar to… Check out the video (the hands are a bit wrong though, perspective-wise). We heart Shakespeare.  A fundamental hurdle in bringing digital actors to the screen is achieving realistic facial animation. With the most recent implementations of the Vicon motion-capture system,…

Jammin Johns Guitarlet Acoustic Guitar Toilet Seat. Couldn’t make this stuff up, could you? Only $99.00 with accessories. Rock on, baby.  Combining the comfort of a finely crafted bathroom accoutrement with the legendary looks of your favorite guitars…

The CuboGlass Television tries very hard to pretend it’s not. A television. It does this mainly by masquerading as a microwave oven. Without the *ding*. It’s €950.00 though, which makes it an expensive way to cook a pie. Or not.  CUBOGLASS is much more than a television set, it’s an absolute clear sign. When it’s off you can’t make out what it’s for exactly : desirable even before you now what it’s used for. This is due to the irony…

The Moon as you’ve never seen it before. Beautiful photo and definitely wallpaper ready. Discussion here. [via ComputerDave]

The Mac In Smart Project. Bahaeddin from Turkey sends me info on his project to shoehorn a Mac Mini and all the bits into a Smart car. It’s got to be some sort of Apple marketing whizz hasn’t it, because no-one else in their right mind would stick such an expensive raft of gear into a car the size of a rubber duck, would they? Not to mention thieves. Did we mention thieves? Well, not to mention thieves. So think…

The Afterburner Table is crafted out of an F4 Phantom fighter bits. Pretty cool bit of furniture to impress the neighbours, eh? But since it looks as though price is ‘on application’, it may be a touch too hot for most of us mere mortals. Check out the Small Bomb tables too!  IFS is fueled by a lifetime love and passion for aviation, contemporary art and designer products. We offer our clients extraordinary aviation products and services. IFS selects and presents…

The Vehicle Passenger Noise Reducer. Yes it’s a spoof, but sometimes, just sometimes…  KaleCoAuto loves all-in-one solutions, and we know that you do as well. Imagine, with one product, you could solve the following problems: *Back Seat Drivers *Nagging Significant Others *People who doubt your awesome driving ability *And more! The KaleCoAuto Passenger Noise Reducer is guaranteed to reduce troublesome ‘passenger noise’ by 95%. The KaleCoAuto “PNR” is made from high quality silicone, with stainless bit and elastic band. Completely…

The 42 String Pikasso Guitar. Forty two strings and weird, weird, weird. But playable. [Via Seihin]   In 1984 Pat Metheny asked me to design and build a guitar with ” as many strings as possible” The resulting collaboration was the Pikasso guitar…This instrument took 2 years to build (approximately 1000 hours), and when the 42 strings are strung up to high tension, the Pikasso is under approximately 1000 lbs pressure.

This is a cute little car. What is it though, anyone know? [Via Core77] [Update: Ah…apparently it’s a Q-Car or Quno. Electrical, 50 kph speed, 80 km range. Thanks Taku!]