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When you take 2000 recycled keys off of defunct keyboards and paste them onto a bench made of baltic birch wood, you’re just asking for furniture snobs to turn up their noses in disgust. “But how could you destroy such beautiful wood?” Ahh, shove it up your key-impressed asses. Designed by Nolan Herbut (lol, Her Butt), the Wolfang Keyboard Bench favors the environment first, and your ass second. While we’re sure the bench is immensely comfortable, but probably not as... Continue reading

Unicorn horns aren’t just ground up into a powder and used as aphrodisiacs any more. Now there’s a practical use for fictional animal parts. You know you’ve found your unicorn soul mate when its horn can start your fricken’ car or magically open the door to your home and steal all of your goods when you’re not looking let you inside without a fuss. Link

As a professional key… forgeter… person, I know the importance of having a steady spot to lay down your shit. If I didn’t have “a spot” I’d just throw my keys anywhere and everywhere. Hell, I’d probably just throw them across the room for the fuck of it. But the Doorganizer changes all of that, boring prick that it is. No more throwing my keys just because I can, nope, the Doorganizer, with its accusing glances and pun-tastic name, ensures... Continue reading

My girlfriend will use this bag whether she likes it or not. The Keybag is a purse made of keyboard keys, so for once you’ll know exactly how to press her buttons. Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all night. Link [via]

I’m hesitant to trust anything I could have invented myself. Why wasn’t this the clear conclusion from the beginning? What took so long to combine the key and the keyring into one compressed gadget? Alright, Designer Scott Amron, what’s the catch here? Does it self-destruct? Does it give you AIDS? Will my first born die from the plague? I don’t trust you, Scott. Not one bit. Link [via]

Our contest is heating up! Looks like you guys really want to get in on the Killzone 2 action before everyone else. I applaud you for that. Here are some choice comments left by our dear readers so far: “I have a stupid name. You must see it at the frontline when the hell starts. Dont mind about halo. I wont.” “man,, i’ll suck your dick for a killzone 2 code” “Killzone will own every single shoother thats now out.... Continue reading

Jean Shin is pretty cool. First, we saw her bizarre melted wave of vinyl records (we hope no Journey vinyl was used.) Now, we’re taking a look at Jean Shin’s TEXTile, an interactive sculpture that’s comprised of 22,528 recycled keyboard keys that are fashioned in a way to make it appear as a tapestry. At its base is a customized active keyboard which works with interactive software, so anything you type becomes part of the sculpture when it is displayed... Continue reading

We’ve all misplaced our car keys at one point or another. The problem lies around two o’ clock in the morning when you’re shit-faced drunk, have no money for a cab and your keys fall into a sewage drain. No worries. Wired has the solution. It explains in detail all that is required to get your car up and running without the need of your car keys. Hopefully, you can prove you’re the owner of the vehicle you’re driving after... Continue reading

Can’t afford an Optimus Maximus? Don’t feel bad, I can’t either. And anyone who can afford it didn’t get rich buying $1600 keyboards. Art Lebedev has announced a numpad-like keypad called the Optimus Pultius. The keyboard comes packed with 15 OLED keys, an SD card slot and a USB hub. It’ll look great alongside the Maximus you don’t own or with any other keyboard. Come to think of it, if you try putting this keyboard next to any keyboard that... Continue reading

The Netherlands-based locksporting group Toool held a panel at HOPE discussing new and advanced opening techniques for high security locks. We sat in on this two hour discussion with Barry Wels and Han Fey commenting on some unorthodox approaches to key copying. The speakers mentioned how easy it is to copy even the most exclusive of key profiles, which in actuality, only block hardware store copying methods. Noting the classic clay mold approaches to key copying, the speakers quickly alluded... Continue reading