Cool Stuff
I’m sorry… I just had to post this. This machine, called a gopan makes bread out of rice. A lot of South Indian food (dosas, etc.) are made out of rice but are bread-like.
Etch A Sketch case for your iPad… awesome! Actually it’s pretty funny that we could potentially spend all this money to make our iPads look like a $10 toys from our childhood, but whatever… You can buy it over at Headcase for $39. More photos after the break.
This is pretty crazy! What do you think of this? Apparently you can even wash it after you peel it off…
Mario Anatomy Sculpt by Jason Freeny.
The new table in solid wood frame with full toughened-glass top, anodised and silk-screened aluminium control panel, Happ concave or Sanwa convex buttons and a spinner, as well as the 2.25″ happ trackball, has simply brought choices to a squeeze. There’s just one thing that summarizes the whole: Don’t miss this, it might be your best choice ever.
Pretty cool arcade table for your home. Contact Surface Tension if you’d like to find out more about it. More photos after the break.
In the late 60s, the UK’s Ministry of Technology has built seven buses with movie theaters inside.And the only one of the original mobile cinemas to have survived. Now it is outfitted with Epson EH-TW3500 LCD projector, Pioneer BDP-320 Blu-ray player, Onkyo TX-NR807 receiver and complete with Dolby 7:1 surround sound. It has 22 upholstered seats. The Vintage Mobile Cinema was launched in May 2010, they are based in the South West of England and are available for hire for private event. More photos after the break.
The Toy Lamp is a one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted table lamp by Ryan McElhinney in his London Studio. Made of recycled toys which are bonded together and then coated in a high-gloss polyurethane lacquer. More photos after the break.
via Gizmodo. How do you get around traffic without flying cars? China is building these new buses that actually ride over traffic. One question: what if someone underneath the bus wants to switch lanes? Oh well. Construction is set to start next year. Pretty cool.
How Vinyl Records Are Made and How To Replicate Vinyl Records
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via MikeSenese. This is not an easy process, but it is pretty interesting. Check out the videos, courtesy of Discovery’s How It’s Made after the break. Also, check out more about how to replicate vinyl as well here.
“If you haven’t seen the exact process in how records are created, you might be surprised at how much manual cooperation is involved. From inspecting the metal pressing discs and the lacquered masters, to centering the disc for hole punching, you’ve got sweet old ladies who are meticulously making sure your music will sound great. And the actual assembly process, even with automation, is like something you’d see in a Detroit auto maker’s factory: heavy hydraulic equipment pressing hot platters into precision shapes, rotating slicers, and vacuum-assisted label placers.”