DIYs & Mods

Only so many men are manly enough to put in this much time into a baked good. The Optimus Prime Transformers cake was painstakingly detailed over a period of 26 hours, 4 for the planning, and 22 for the baking and icing. With a total cost of supplies equaling about $85, if you don’t include the mental anguish, the Optimus ...

You and your chicken shit sky diving just got a new competitor as most extreme of the extreme sports. By 2009, we might see Space Diving added to the X-Games line of competitive extremities. It is currently in the works for a huge 120,000 ft free fall from the outer limits of the Earth’s atmosphere. Eventually researchers hope to reach ...

We really hate worrying about parking meters when we go to urban areas. 45 minutes has a way of speeding through time when you actually aren’t paying attention. Some parking meters being tested for use in Canada will actually call your phone when you need to add some more money to your meter. If you want, you can even send ...

Using custom circuits and a whole bunch of LED bulbs, here is a totally custom product built from scratch, including self-etched boards. The LED Bonsai tree spins a series of bulbs to create the appearance of a, yup, you guessed it, Bonsai tree. The fast speed of the spinning LEDs creates a 3D image, which either looks like a Bonsai ...

How could you be a true gamer and not know what Peach’s Castle looks like from Super Mario Bros? It happens to be one of the most prominent landmarks of Mushroomland, thank you very much. Here it is immortalized through the wonders of playing card architecture. And to our knowledge, Goomba free. This build happens to be a rendition of ...

This bamboo Jeep totally bamboozled us. Ok, now that the lame intro sentence is out of the way, this bamboo Jeep was made in the Philippines and was actually used for personal use by the creator. It is now used as a pimped out ride for pimped out government officials who visit the province. In other news, it now seems ...

Vroom, vroom. Gentleman, start your search engines! This V8-inspired (and no, it’s not the healthy yet delectable vegetable juice) Case Mod is one fast looking machine. Packed with eight valved madness, the Engine PC is a true original. Complete with neon blue LEDs and racing flags, the V8 Case Mod is chromed out in phantasmal geekery. It looks as though ...

We never understood the allure of paintball guns. For some reason, the prospect of shooting each other with pain filled projectiles never got our motor going. Though we must admit, the Ultimate Paintball Gun looks pretty bitchin’. With two barrels at your sides, each full of a tank load of paint ammunition, nothing will make you feel more like a ...

Does anyone still buy newspapers actually made of paper? Well, they must. But apparently the maker of this project doesn’t anymore. Using an old newsstand box, he managed to modify it into a crazy digital output machine that displays the top headlines at all times, without the need of loose change. Hell, if we had something like this, we’d even ...

What would any true knight be without a satisfactory time piece? Imagine showing up for a scheduled raid, but realizing that you’re centuries late! Well, that just can’t happen. The Catapult Watch by Backyard Artillery is a needed tool for any rampaging, raiding, rambunctious warrior itching for some pillaging. This very special watch can shoot BBs, seeds, pop corn kennels, ...