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Ray Tanaka and his team over at PayPal Labs constructed this PayPal Vending Machine, unveiling it at PayPal X Innovate 2010. The machine melds together a zeitgeist of gadgets to allow smartphones to scan a QR code and make a PayPal payment. Once a payment is made, the machine tweets your purchase and notifies you with a confirmation display. Tanaka and crew used a couple of Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller boards, a WiShield, relay, proximity sensor, LED display and oddly enough,... Continue reading

Are you down with TMNT? Yeah, you know me. 23-year-old geekette Brittney Schneck transformed her 1994 Dodge Caravan into a real-life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles van, which I expect she’ll be using to retrieve lots and lots of pizza take-out. Schneck hand-painted and stenciled the exterior colors and fabricated the ray gun, spoiler and other add-ons from scratch, but the transformation wasn’t merely cosmetic. My future wife (whether she knows it or not) also added a new radiator, brakes, axles... Continue reading

It took 2,400 LEGO bricks, three Mindstorms NXT kits and nine additional NXT motors to complete, but Battlebricks’ MakerLegoBot has done it. The home-constructed LEGO 3D Printer is a LEGO-created device made to compose custom LEGO creations up to 12 bricks high. The 3D LEGO Printer assembles your LEGO designs brick by brick, following print commands through a USB connection that are translated from a Java application running on the connected PC. You can build your very own LEGO Printer... Continue reading

Using mostly various household products and scraps, Volpin Props created this awesome replica of the M8 Assault Rifle from the only game in recent history that features a lesbian alien-human sex scene, Mass Effect. Mostly composed of scrap parts, MDF board, PVC pipe and LEDs, Finally you’ll be able to test for your self just which game’s weapons are superior, Fallout 3 or Mass Effect. Volpin Props points out that his initial design had a considerably larger amount of dirt... Continue reading

The Grow Your Own Beer Garden allows you and your family to easily grow your own hops, barley, and wheat for the production of homemade beer. But be aware, this garden is only appropriate for “ages 4 and up.” Unfortunately your toddler will have to wait a year or two before learning the values of beer making. ThinkGeek offers the Grow Your Own Beer Garden for $24.99. Included is everything you need to start busting out your own beer factory... Continue reading

Everybody’s favorite crisped pork fat dish, with a side of fried chicken hatchling, is the star of this felt iPhone case / pouch / inedible tease. Breakfast is one of the geekiest meals of the day, just because the inclusion of bacon, maybe with a dash of Jolt cola for that AM buzz. The handcrafted case makes me hungry just thinking about it. Seriously. The $35 price tag is a little more steep than I’m used to, but for bacon,... Continue reading

You could go through all of the trouble of learning how to roll your own sushi rolls, spending months mastering the art, or you could take the easy way out, get one of these nifty sushi rollers designed by Osko+Deichmann and be eating in no time. The latter sounds good to me, thank you very much. This contraption kind of looks like a cigarette roller. Sure, it might not be the “ancient” way of doing things, but when I’m starving,... Continue reading

Apparently, being in the Russian military isn’t all fun and vodka. Hanging out in the woods all day might sound like a fantastic time (no, it actually really, really doesn’t), but in reality, it’s a lot rougher than you’d expect. Members of a Chechen troupe of troops have resorted to extreme ways of charging their beloved electronic devices. This handmade wooden charger was made by Chechen troops after they realized that the 20 lbs. of charger cabling they hauled with... Continue reading

The cat is back! Check out this wacky bed that’s shaped just like a cheeseburger. It was obviously created by some Internet-loving hipsters who had enough time and skill to craft such a bed. I mean look at the cheese. It’s a blanket! In my opinion, the best part of this bed is the top bun, which looks all too real to me after consuming my quota of Quarter Pounders with Cheese for the week. Link

Two things are fantastic when made at home: lemonade and tanks. Two brothers from Maine built this tank they call the Ripsaw MS1. It’s controlled by two people, a driver and a gunner. The most impressive feature is that it can hit 60 MPH in 3.5 seconds and has a top speed of 80 MPH. Not too shabby. Link [via]