Offbeat

A robot that solves Rubik's cube with Sisyphean aplomb, an avatar of something like the opposite of the uncanny valley.

"The man in charge of the machinery of the universe is Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge."

Confounded by fruit and other technologies; video after the jump.

In space, no one can hear you munch your popcorn. Video after the jump.

This sweat-absorbing, all-natural peripheral promises "a deep feeling of peace, calm and tranquility."

In 2010, the Electronic Frontier Foundation fought copyright monopolies, walled-garden mobile phone formats, and privacy invasion in the social media, helping keep the Internet safe�even for 8-bit nostalgia. Video after the jump.

A viral math trick may not be what bloggers claim it is, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

"Just think how many periodic tables you could put on my whole head!"

In the app store, no one knows you're a dog.

Animaloscope, cinnomonograph, katoptiikum, lobsterscope, mutoscope, phenakistoscope, vivrescope, xograph�just a few of the turn-of-the-last-century's names for a strange new medium.