Ok, we ALL know we have tried to master the Rubik’s cube. This think toy has gotten the better of 345 million, and I’m sure caused many suicides. Simple design 6 sides with 9 squares on each sides, but it still makes me want to throw it through the FUCKING wall. Created in 1974 by Erno Rubiks, a hungarian professor and architect. No wonder we can’t finish this damn thing, it was made for college professors not 8 year old kids, WTF? But the Lego Mindstorms based in Billund, Denmark, has made a machine called the Cubestormer. Clever name don’t you think? This beast , ass machine  can solve any randomly mixed up 3×3×3 cube in under 12 seconds. That’s just as long as it takes you to finsh thinking about playing with your cube, that or creaming your pants watching this thing in work.  The thing that is most sexy about this thing………….is………..it is mainly made of LEGOS!!!

Whenever you think of the word plasma it normally brings to mind some word that isn’t far from a synonym to destruction. Whether it’s slicing through shit like butter with a lightsaber, or sticking your neighbor’s dog with a plasma grenade (please don’t attempt… but if you do, send me video footage. JK I do not support animal cruelty whatsoever… email me..) plasma has played a pretty crucial role in nerd culture. BUT NOW, research labs are trying to create a plasma hand sanitation device?! Hold your horses you want to take something as badass as plasma and use it as a new soap? *Stupid hospitals and other service industries that need sterilized utensils and apparatuses.* Although plasma cleaning isn’t new, this is the first time it has been put to human skin (aside from those hilarious, harmless pranks in which you take plasma and singe your sleeping friends ball hair off by throwing it on his unsuspecting testicles… I can’t even redeem myself after that). Apparently it only takes four seconds to thoroughly cleanse your hands, fingers, and even underneath your fingernails. It’s so powerful it destroyed a human baby from across the world. But actually, it totally conquered this guy’s athletes foot without him even having to take off his sock. Now, i suppose that’s cool… Alright it’s actually pretty sweet. This device will astronomically increase the hygiene of the nerd world. Those of us who don’t wash after any interaction between our hand and genitals will have a new  motivation to washing our hands, and even possibly, our genitals. ENJOY!

Source: Dvice

After disappointing many people since its announcement, leave it to the Apps that could determined if the iPad will sell or not. I’m not sure if this can replace the Kindle and other digital readers but Panelfly’s comic viewer app does look good on the big screen. Panelfly did release an app for the iPhone/iPod Touch but they are making a whole new app just so thet it can take advantage of what iPad can provide, and judging from the pictures, I say they are heading to the right direction and I wouldn’t mind trying this app out if I got the chance. I have tried out the comic viewer on the PSP and I thought it was neat, but if I was able to do it on a nice big screen, I think I would fall in love immediately with it. Check after the break to view more images of Panelfly’s cool app. You know, the more I think about it, the more it seems that the iPad gives you the comfort to read anything digital while your on the toilet.

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If  ya haven’t been alive for the past week, the iPad (insert female product joke here) has been talked about ever since its announcement, rather it be positive things about it or negative. Just in case you don’t know what it is, the iPad is Apple’s newest tablet that it looks and is similar to an iPod Touch. You can view videos, listen to music, browse the internet, and have access to the App Store that has a crap ton of apps that is already available thanks to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Even with all that, the lack of a camera, flash, and multitasking has made some people not even care about the product, but maybe, they might change their mind. Parry Gripp released a song about how awesome iPads are by comparing them with Nachos in order to change peoples mind about the iPad
via BuzzFeed

Last week I happily unwrapped my package containing my brand-spankin’ new Android, Verizon’s answer to the iPhone rage. My biggest complaint matches up with the 1.9 million reviews I read (ok, maybe it was only 1.8 million, but still). The battery life sucks. I’m used to going days without charging my trusty old Blackberry 8703e — even with lots of phone and data use. Oh, how I miss the sweet sweet days of Blackberry’s battery life.

But that was yesteryear. I now own a Droid Eris, not to be confused with Motorola’s bulkier, more pricey Droid with the enticing slide-out keyboard. So far: I really like this phone in spite of the battery life. Verizon’s coverage rules and so far, being new to smartphones, I’m pretty happy with some of the apps in the Droid Market. Here are my top picks…SO FAR: (more…)

The Sonim XP1 . The Unbreakable phone. It can be dropped from a 10-story building, left under 20 feet of water for 30 minutes, and even hammer a nail with it. “If you find a way to break it, we’re going to give you a free phone,” That’s the motto!!! Just wait for the 1:00 mark, hilarity ensues.

The only thing stopping me from thinking this is an amazing technological development is HUMAN ERROR! How long before everything in my house would be damaged, including the cat’s mind. Watch this awesome demo and be the first on your block to have your own UFO! But please, don’t bring it to my house. We have enough trouble having nice things.

I’m guessing that most of  you nerds out there just LOVE  joysticks, and really enjoy handling them, talking about them and keeping them in top condition (and hopefully cleaning them). So in tribute to all of your joysticks, I have compiled a Joystick Web Walk. Please note that I am a fan of painfully out-dated web pages that act as history lessons. You’ll be seeing some dinosaurs of the interweb along your journey today. Lets get started! (more…)

In the greatest geek mashup sense chocolate and expresso beans tied the knot so many years ago these two pillars of industry have finally come together to produce the ultimate edible geek creation.  The entire cake is edible according to the bride, who surprised the very lucky groom with this soul enriching tribute to geek decadence.  This was not the only Mario presence at their wedding though.  The groom was given a pair of Mario boxers to wear on the day and the rings were delivered to the alter  on a 1-UP keychain.  If the saying a way to a geeks heart is through his console holds true, then this woman surely has her priorities on the right track.

As if this cake wasn’t enough to cement their relationship into the annals of geekdom I give you…their wedding date, November 5th.  This date should instantly resonate with many of you comic and movie geeks out there.  Need a hint?  Remember, remember, the fifth of November.  This night in 1605 is what is now known as the Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes night.  It’s a celebration of the failed Gunpowder Plot and the now comic legend V wears a Guy Fawkes mask as he attempts to disrupt the British government.  For all you that know and love the movie, I strongly urge you to check out the 10 issue run of the DC comic that inspired and in my opinion far eclipses it.  There is an earlier black and white version published in Warrior but DC reprinted and finished the story.

For you movie geeks lets not forgot that your hero and mine, Dr. Emmet Brown conceived one of the single greatest achievements on this date in 1955, the flux capacitor.  This simple device now for sale to the masses by ThinkGeek enables us to travel and explore the vastness of time and space.

Thanks goes to Kotaku.com for the story

I love robots. I love zombies. It occurred to me recently that the two share some qualities that make them admirable to any card-carrying sci-fi or horror fan. They’re relentless, they’re pre-programmed (if you will) to complete specific tasks, and humans find them threatening and irresistible all at once. Enter “The Uncanny Valley” as defined on Wikipedia:

The uncanny valley hypothesis holds that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost like actual humans, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers. The “valley” in question is a dip in a proposed graph of the positivity of human reaction as a function of a robot’s lifelikeness.

I found some examples of robots I’ve found to be wandering the uncanny valley.

1. Most Human-like — Akiba Robot Festival 2006 footage featuring a beautiful but creepy female robot.
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