HacknMod.com (and plenty of other sites that jumped on this story first) points out an impressive custom made R2-D2 gaming droid. Its ingredients include a refurbished R2-D2 cooler, a whole bunch of fans, and eight gaming consoles. No rusty innards to be found inside this astromech, just hours and hours of nostalgic gaming joy.
More to see here.
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Posted by Pabawan
Perusing eBay this week, we came across one of the ultra-rare vintage Star Wars motion lamps recently highlighted in our “Fad Wars” feature a few days ago. Good timing or savvy salesmanship? Either way, it’s a groovy piece that doesn’t come up too often, so better boogie on over if you want to bliss out with a cool piece of vintage Star Wars psychedelica.
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Posted by pvilmur
Think you’re strong with the Force? Pretty soon, you’ll be able to find out.
USAToday.com just posted a story about an upcoming licensed toy that literally uses brain waves to “reach out with your feelings” and move an object. Here’s an excerpt:
The Force Trainer (expected to be priced at $90 to $100) comes with a headset that uses brain waves to allow players to manipulate a sphere within a clear 10-inch-tall training tower, analogous to Yoda and Luke Skywalker’s abilities in the Star Wars films.
No, you’re not tapping into some “all-powerful force controlling everything,” as Han Solo said in the movies. But you are reaching out with mind power via one of the first mass-market brain-to-computer products. “It’s been a fantasy everyone has had, using The Force,” says Howard Roffman, president of Lucas Licensing.
Now, if we could just find a Force toy that lifts the economy…
Check out the full article here.
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Posted by pvilmur
One of my favorite newsstand mags to browse is Popular Science, leading the way for some of the better and more fascinating subjects you can read and digest in a short period of time. Every year they name their favorite new things we can spend our paychecks on – and the list is, quite often, a geeks dream.
This year is no different, with things from OLED Televisions to sub-woofers for your seat gracing the pages. A personal pick is the new Onkyo Receiver. The ability to adjust color and brightness before the video signal hits your television is any videophiles fantasy.
Not to be left out, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, thanks to the brilliant physics and AI engine within (DMM and Euphoria respectively), made this years list. As the award exclaims, videogame players finally get a tactile sensation they are effecting physical objects, and actually hurting Stormtroopers. We’re flattered for the award, and our thanks goes out to PopSci.
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Posted by JediMudkip
During last night’s election CNN unveiled their hologram technology to beam in correspondents Star Wars-style. Think of Anderson Cooper as R2-D2 and Obama supporter and musician Wil.I.Am as Princess Leia (minus the hair buns) and you get the idea. As Wil.I.Am says, “I’m being beamed to you like it’s Star Wars and stuff.”
Cooper and Wil.I.Am weren’t the only ones using the holograms to chit chat about the election. CNN new correspondent Wolf Blitzer also gave it a go.
Check out Cooper and Wil.I.Am as they geek out on CNN here:
WATCH VIDEO:
CNN Can’t Stop Pimping Its Election-Night Holographic Toy
(via io9.com)
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Posted by bonniegrrl
Grab the official Star Wars: The Clone Wars Widget for your own site, or favorite social networking profile. Only a few more days until Star Wars hits the theaters once again!
Star Wars takes on a dazzling new look in the first-ever animated feature from Lucasfilm Animation – Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace. More and more systems are falling prey to the forces of the dark side as the Galactic Republic slips further and further under the sway of the Separatists and their never-ending droid army.
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Posted by QueenAmidala
Sure R2-D2 doesn’t cook or make a mean margarita, or screen your calls, or even pay rent; but he has a knack for turning your living room into a deluxe movie theater or gaming-on-the-ceiling arcade. He even plays all the songs on your iPod so you can invite the neighbors over for a dance party!
If you haven’t been drooling over the R2-D2 Digital Audio and Video Projector yet, perhaps this techno-saturated, R2-D2 as a supermodel, demo video will do the trick.
VIDEO: R2-D2 Projector (via nikkoamerica.com)
INFO: R2-D2 Digital Audio and Video Projector (StarwarsShop.com)
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Posted by bonniegrrl
(Luminous 360 SkyCeiling™
installed in the Star Wars-themed family room
of the Ruiz home in Frankfort, Illinois.)
Is your humble dwelling missing something? Maybe you need a sky light, or better yet a portal into a galaxy far, far away? Sky Factory is here to make your home redux dreams come true with virtual and programmable “SkyCeilings.”
BoingBoing Gadgets Editor Joel Johnson reviews these futuristic home decor sky lights with a couple of ideas that might make Star Wars fans take an interest:
I tried to blow Aaron’s mind with my idea of doing fantasy scenes, but he stopped me mid-blurt, telling me about the large number of installations they’ve already done in home theaters that feature deep space scenes full of nebula and shooting stars. One of Sony’s MMO groups apparently looked into getting one of their game’s sky graphics installed in a board room. Another client was an orthodontist redoing his basement as a tribute to Star Wars (including an X-Wing cockpit mock-up) who recreated the little table at which Chewie and C-3PO play chess. Above it? A custom window looking out into a spinning galaxy.
Read Joel’s full report here:
Sky Factory SkyCeilings: modular and custom drop-in virtual skylights (and spacelights!)
(via Boing Boing Gadgets)
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Posted by bonniegrrl
Sick of commuting to work in that boring, old car? Perhaps you should make like Grievous and hop on a Motorized Monocycle from Hammacher Schlemmer.
Sadly, it’s top speed is only 25 mph, but you’ll be saving serious dough considering less than half a gallon of gasoline will give you around two hours of driving time. Plus, you can pretend to be outrunning Obi-Wan as you wheel around the neighborhood. It costs around $13,000, so start saving now.
Let us know if you get one! We want to see this baby in action!
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Posted by bonniegrrl
For all your General Grievous Wheel Bike blogging needs, there’s the Monocycles Blog on Buzzfeed.com. This blog has news and reviews of monocycles in production right now. They might not be as advanced as Grievous’ sweet ride, but they sure do look cool!
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