Hasta La Gadget!

These Star Wars suitcases are a great way to pack for your next trip to sunny Mos Eisley, wintery Hoth, swampy Dagobah or even the Death Star resort in orbit.

These suitcases are from crafter AmandaJeannn and they show the world her love of Star Wars while she’s at the airport or on the road. She covered these bags in Star Wars fabric and they look amazing. As an added bonus, they’re easy to identify on the baggage carousel.

But for some reason I have an overwhelming urge to see Jar Jars head in one of these.

[via Nerd Approved]

Teens struggle with body image and weight issues every day, and it doesn’t help that media flaunts images of size 0 and below models on their screens every few minutes or so. But if you think about it, toymakers are partly to blame because of the toys they’re churning out of their factories.

One very good example of such toy is Barbie. Most toddlers have one and they grow up with the notion that these too-thin plastic dolls have an attainable body type.

Barbies have been targeted and given makeovers by artists time and again, but artist Nicholay Lamm took a more scientific approach by obtaining average measurements of a typical 19-year-old woman from the Center for Disease Control beforehand. He then used 3D imaging to create a more realistic and full-bodied rendition of Barbie.

I think realistic Barbie looks better and way more healthier than Mattel’s stick-thin Barbie.

Mattel previously defended the dimensions of the doll, saying that her clothes and accessories add bulk to her frame. That’s a valid point for selling toys, but not so much for imparting a healthy message to kids who might get the wrong message or idea about what their bodies should look like.

What do you think?

[via Geekologie]

I always find Star Trek’s utopia future pretty dumb. The human race is never going to be perfect and live in harmony. Because… This thing. This gun from the future is all kinds of bad-ass. It looks like Smith and Wesson made love to TRON and left this bright glowing and deadly baby on our doorstep.

This is a fully-functioning coilgun that launches metal bolts with the power of electricity. The coilgun technology you see here was all jammed inside and around a G36 airsoft gun.

It has a night vision infrared camera and viewfinder, lasers, and a magazine that holds batteries instead of bullets. And if you saw those three lasers at the end of the rifles barrels pointing your way, you’d better duck.

The future’s so bright… I gotta wear Kevlar.

[via Obvious Winner]

Ever snickered as you walked past a car that vandals drew stuff on with soap? That laughter will disappear as quickly as it came when you reach your car and see that they’ve done the same to you.

This happens more often than most people like. But someone who wants the opposite to happen – and by opposite, we mean that he wants people to draw on his car – is artist Phillip Romano.

He coated his 2004 Hyundai with gallons of chalkboard paint and fastened a vanity license plate that says ‘DRAWONME.’ As you can see, people are more than happy to oblige.

Hopefully they leave the windows alone, because that’s one area the chalkboard paint isn’t on, for obvious reasons.

[BuzzFeed via Incredible Things]

These wedges are made for walking, but you can also just display them for good measure because they look more like collectible works of art than actual footwear.

These Star Wars wedges, for example, feature the most noted characters from the hit franchise, from Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker to Darth Vader and several of his Stormtroopers.

If you’re not much of a Star Wars fan, then maybe superhero-themed pumps and heels featuring the likes of Superman, Captain America, Dredd or Wonder Woman is more up your alley.

They’ve even got some Robocop high heels. Now I’d buy that for a dollar!

These fancy footwear are made-to-order by Etsy decoupage artist DeckoFab. They take custom orders, too, so if you’re a huge fan (or troll), then you can put in an order for an all-Jar Jar pair of wedges for good measure.

The wedges cost $115(USD), while the high heels are priced at $85. You can check them out at DeckoFab’s Etsy store.

[via C|NET]